High-risk behaviors for HIV
You have an increased risk for getting HIV if you:
- Are a man who has sex with other men.
- Have multiple sex partners, especially partners who inject drugs.
- Inject drugs or steroids, especially if you share needles, syringes, cookers, or other equipment used to inject drugs.
- Have high-risk partner(s) (a man or woman who has multiple sex partners or injects drugs, or a man who has sex with men).
- Have or have recently had a sexually transmitted disease, such as syphilis or genital herpes.
Having sex with a person who has any of these behaviors also puts you at the same risk for becoming infected with other sexually transmitted diseases.
| Author: | Maria G. Essig, MS, ELS | Last Updated: April 10, 2009 |
| Medical Review: | Caroline S. Rhoads, MD - Internal Medicine Peter Shalit, MD, PhD - Internal Medicine | |
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