6b. 'Natural' sheepskin is good for persons who have
allergies to latex--but they have to use the sheepskin condom with
another condom to be really safe (sheepskin is the only condom you can
use with another condom; you cannot use a latex or polyurethane condom
with another latex or polyurethane condom, or the condoms will tear! Try again!
7a. Discussing these things with your partner is a good
idea; just find a way to bring these up. Try
again!
7b. Eating a proper diet raises your resistance to
infection! Try again!
7c. You've got to get a good night's sleep regularly, or
you will have an immune disorder, even without HIV! Try again!
7d. If you have sex with someone when you are not in a
committed relationship, or if you have sex before waiting the window
period (see question 9) and being tested with your partner, you had
better use a barrier! Try again!
7f. Unless you bathe until your skin is dry as a bone,
bathing is a good idea! Try again!
7g. No, to prevent catching something else, whenever you
think you might have a sexually transmitted infection, see your health
department, school clinic, or doctor right away! And make sure to
follow your treatment regimen. Try again!
7h. Taking good care of your gums and teeth can help
prevent dental infections, and lesson the risk of catching HIV from oral
sex or wet kissing! Try again!
7i. No, sex gets more dangerous when you are on narcotics.
Try again!
7j. If you inject drugs, cleaning your injecting equipment
can kill microbes that might harm you. So this is not something that
you can skip doing--if you take drugs--though, of course, it is better to try not to take narcotics. Try again!
7k. A platonic relationship (look
'platonic' up at http://www.wordreference.com) can not only help to keep you safe from HIV and other STD's but can also help you get to know your partner better, and, if you insist on it, can increase your partner's respect for you. Try again!
8a. No, not until the person infected with HIV dies, and
the fluids in the person's body dry--though the HIV in a person might
drop slightly if all the T cells die (but, usually there are some T
cells even when the count is 0; also, HIV can live in other cells,
although it uses T cells for reproduction; in addition, a person in
end-stage AIDS cannot fight the virus, so the virus may have more
opportunities to multiply!) Try again!
8c. It's not lowest when a person is first infected. It
multiplies rapidly initially, before the antibodies have a chance to
contain it at all. Try again!
9c. No, people are often their most infective right after
being infected with HIV! Try again!
10a. HIV infections have been more common in homosexuals
than in other groups in the U.S., but this is changing, as other groups
adopt riskier sex practices. Try again!
10b. No. You are right, however, HIV has been common in
drug users as well as in homosexuals, because of risky sex and
needle-sharing practices. But other people have risky behavior, too.
HIV does not know that a perons is a homosexual or a drug user. All it
knows is that there are fluids being exchanged that it can ride on. Try again!
6. Yes, this is the answer. The sheepskin breathes, and
the virus can pass more easily through these large pores than through
polyurethane or double-dipped latex.! (But note, all materials have
some tiny pores, hopefully too tiny most of the time for the virus.) Go to Question 7!
7. Right! This is the one thing on this list that will
not help protect you from HIV or other infections! Douching washes
fluids from your partner higher into your cavities--where your partner's
microbes are more dangerous. Douching also kills your good fauna and
flora, leaving more room for the bad! Go to
Questions 8!
9. Exactly. During the window period, you may not test
positive, even though you may have HIV. So you have to get retested
after the window period (counting from the date of your last exposure)
has passed! Go to Question 10!
