The biggest risk that a person takes when they choose to have unprotected sex is contracting the HIV/ AID virus. HIV is the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. A member of a group of viruses called retroviruses, HIV infects human cells and uses the energy and nutrients provided by those cells to grow and reproduce. AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a disease in which the body's immune system breaks down and is unable to fight off certain infections, known as "opportunistic infections," and other illnesses that take advantage of a weakened immune system. A person who has HIV carries the virus in certain body fluids, including blood, semen, vaginal secretions, and breast milk. The virus can only be transmitted if any of those fluids enter the bloodstream of another person. The best defense against HIV/AID virus is a condom, only latex condoms, not lamb skin because the lamb skin condoms have pores and the virus can get through it. Some people my say Oh I’m health and the people that I have sex with look health too so I can’t get the HIV/AID virus.
A lot of people think that just because you feel health you are that is not always the case. You cannot tell by looking at someone whether he or she is infected with HIV or has AIDS. An infected person can appear completely healthy. But anyone infected with HIV can infect other people, even if no symptoms are present, it could take as long as 6 to 12 months before you get your first symptom according to Ben young M.D, P.H.D. According to the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, in the U.S. the estimated number of people with HIV/AIDS is about 1,185,000 with approximately 25% of them unaware of their infection. The estimated number of new cases of HIV is 42,0 00 each year.