The mode of transmission of HIV is often associated with the use of illegal drugs, free sex, and irresponsible sexual relations. The fact is that HIV transmission can happen to anyone, including people who have never used drugs or have never had contact with commercial sex workers.
Basically, the HIV virus can be transmitted through bodily fluids such as blood, semen, vaginal fluids, or breast milk from HIV-infected mothers. The following are various ways of transmitting the HIV virus that people sometimes don't realize:
- Sex toys ( Sex Toys ): Sex toys that are used alternately can also transmit the HIV virus to other people. Although the HIV virus generally cannot survive long on the surface of an inanimate object, sex toys that are still wet with sperm, blood or vaginal fluids are very likely to become an intermediary for the virus to move to humans.
- Working in a hospital: Nurses who are taking blood from patients who are positively affected by HIV, it is not impossible if a syringe that has been used by an HIV positive patient is accidentally stuck in the skin of a health worker. If HIV-contaminated blood gets on mucous membranes such as the eyes, nose and mouth; or if HIV-contaminated blood gets on an open wound on the skin.
- Eyebrow embroidery, eyebrow tattooing, lip embroidery : If performed by inexperienced or licensed employees, these cosmetic treatments can carry the risk of transmitting HIV through unsterile equipment, as these facial embroidery or tattooing procedures involve slicing open skin. Therefore, before doing eyebrow or lip embroidery, make sure that all the equipment used is sterile or disposable.
- Blood and organ transplant donors: The condition for a donor is not to have a disease that can be transmitted through blood, such as HIV. However, not everyone realizes that they have HIV and continue to donate blood or organs. Donor recipients are likely to get HIV infection also from infected donors. Donor workers should test every donated blood product for viruses such as HIV before giving it to someone in need.
*summarized from various sources*