There’s only one way to erase doubt about your HIV status: GET TESTED.
Most people newly infected with HIV don’t feel symptoms of the disease. That’s why just over half of new HIV infections in Los Angeles County are spread by those who have it and don’t know it. You can contract HIV from a person who is infected through:
- Sex: having anal, vaginal, or oral sex without a condom
- Needles: sharing unclean needles and syringes to inject drugs, steroids or vitamins; or sharing needles for body piercing, tattoos or becoming “blood brothers”
- Mother to Child: through pregnancy, birth, or breast feeding
- Contaminated Blood Products: before 1985, donated blood was not tested
Click here for more information on getting an HIV test in LA County. Click here to view a notice of privacy practices.
