Can you get HIV or another sexually transmitted disease from a person who is not infected? Does anal sex “make” the HIV virus?
Many people incorrectly believe that just having sex (anal intercourse, vaginal intercourse, oral sex, etc.) will give you a disease like HIV/AIDS. The fact is, sex by itself is not what gives you an infectious disease. It is having unprotected sex with an infected person that makes sex risky, as far as HIV and other STDs are concerned. If you have unprotected sex with a person who is not infected, you are at no risk whatsoever for HIV and other STDs. A person cannot give you a disease that they do not have. Also, if you have sex by yourself (solo masturbation), you are at no risk whatsoever for HIV and other STDs. You cannot give HIV (or any other STD) to yourself. But, if you have unprotected sex with a person who is infected with HIV or another STD, then you would be at risk of infection. If there is any possibility at all that your partner may have HIV or another STD, I strongly encourage the use of condoms every time you have sex. But if your partner is not infected, you are at no
