Chapter 14 KIN. True or False

A person infected with HIV can look and feel healthy.

True

A pregnant women who has HIV can transmit the virus to her baby during childbirth.

True

AIDS- acquired immunodeficiency syndrome- is the end stage of infection caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

True

Abstaining from sex is the only 100 percent sure way to protect yourself from HIV infections.

True

Drugs are now available that can lengthen the life of an HIV infected person.

True

Early treatment can reduce the symptoms of HIV infected people.

True

HIV can completely destroy the immune system

True

HIV infections is preventable.

True

HIV is a chronic infection disease that spreads among individuals who choose to engage in risky behavior such as unprotected sex or sharing of hypothermic needles.

True

If you're sexually active, latex condoms provide the best protection against HIV infections.

True

Once infected with HIV, a person never becomes uninfected.

True

The only means to determine whether someone has HIV is through an HIV antibody test.

True

Using drugs and alcohol can make you more likely to have unplanned and unprotected sex.

True

Using drugs and alcohol makes a person less likely to use a condom and use it correctly.

True

AIDS is curable.

False

Condoms are 100 percent effective in protecting you against HIV infections.

False

HIV can be transmitted by spending time with or through casual contact (shaking hands, hugging) with an infected person.

False

People infected with HIV have AIDS.

False

The HIV virus may live in the body 10 years of longer before AIDS symptoms develop.

False

You can become HIV infected by donating blood.

False