Bezzy communities provide meaningful connections with others living with chronic conditions. Join Bezzy on the web or mobile app. Most people living with HIV achieve an undetectable viral load within 1 to 6 months of starting treatment with antiretroviral therapy ART when taken as prescribed.
There are plenty of lower-risk and oh-so pleasurable ways you can get off with a partner or solo to hold you over in the meantime. Touching, kissing, and oral sex carry little to no risk for HIV transmission. Here are some ideas to help you get your fix:.
Even if they have some knowledge of HIV and safer sex, they might still be worried about having sex with someone living with HIV. Here are some things that might help make the convo easier:. There are several precautions you and your partner s can take to prevent contracting or transmitting HIV through sexual activity.
Barrier methods, like condoms and dams , provide a, well, barrier. This can help prevent contact with bodily fluids during sex with someone living with HIV. Using enough lube can also help reduce the risk of HIV, too — not to mention, make sex a helluva lot better.
Lube makes sex safer by helping with dryness and friction, which reduces the risk of tears that can allow the virus to enter the bloodstream. It can also lower the chance of a condom breaking.
