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Current Issues: December |
| 3. How much do you know about HIV/AIDS? |  |
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Have a go at this test to find out how much you know about HIV/AIDS. The answers are at the bottom of the page. 1.
I can become infected with HIV by swimming in a pool, sitting in a bath,
holding hands or kissing someone with HIV. True : False 2.
People who are living with HIV look different from everyone else. True : False 3.
HIV/AIDS is incurable. True : False 4.
People who do not inject drugs or share needles do not need to get tested
for HIV. True : False 5.
Only drug users and gay men need to worry about HIV infection. True : False 6.
A woman cannot become infected with HIV by performing oral sex on a man
who is not wearing a condom. True : False 7.
If a woman is HIV-positive and pregnant, there are medicines that she can
take to greatly decrease the chances of her baby becoming infected with
HIV. True : False 8.
Women can't get HIV if they use a diaphragm. True : False 9.
A bisexual will automatically be twice as likely to be infected with HIV. True : False 10.
Unprotected anal sex is only risky behaviour for gay and bisexual men,
heterosexual women therefore do not run the same risks. True : False 11.
HIV/AIDS is not as threatening as it was in the past because we now have a
cure. True : False 12.
If a woman and her partner each had sex with three other people before
they got together, but have now been monogamous for two years and the
woman was going to start taking the birth control pill, they would not
need to get tested for HIV. True : False 13.
If I were infected with HIV, I would know because I would feel sick. True : False 14.
HIV and AIDS new combination drug therapies have slowed the progress
through to AIDS in developed countries so that infected people are living
longer. True : False 15.
HIV is present in the semen and blood of infected men. True : False 16.
HIV is present in the blood and vaginal fluids of infected women. True : False 17.
It is safe for an HIV-positive woman to breast-feed her baby. True : False 18.
It is safe to extend friendship and support to people living with HIV and
AIDS. True : False 19.
Some people who are unaware that they became infected with HIV in their
teens or early twenties may not develop AIDS or get sick for another 10
years. True : False 20.
New HIV/AIDS drug treatments have lowered the number of AIDS cases and
AIDS related deaths in the UK, because they help infected people stay
healthy for longer. True : False
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