PDF《甚麽是空窗期？》

在旅游或公干期间, 我有机会感染爱滋病病毒吗? 爱滋病病毒主要存在於人体的血液、 阴道分泌、液和射前分泌.

所以,在 旅游或公干期间,你有可能经由性接 触或血液接触而感染爱滋病病毒. 前往高感染率的地区旅游或公干, 感染爱滋病病毒的机会是否较高呢? 无论你身在何地都应该提高警觉,因 为不安全的性行为、与人共用针筒针 咀注射毒品都有 机会感染爱滋 病病毒,因此,不要因某 地区的感染率 偏低而掉以轻 心. 是否有些国家要求入境人士 进行爱滋病病毒抗体测试? 某些国家是需要入境工作、停留较长 时间的人士或移民人士进行爱滋病病 毒抗体测试的.目前,香港并没有这 方面的规定. 如何避免受爱滋病病毒 感染? 1. 避免进行不安全的性行为 2. 正确及持续使用安全套 3. 切勿与人共用针筒针咀 4. 避免进行纹身或皮肤穿手术 5. 除非在挽救生命的情况下,否则,尽量避免在外地接受输血. 6. 切勿在饮酒或使用毒品后进行性 行为,因为酒及毒品会影响你的 判断能力,低你使用安全套的警 觉性. 甚麽是安全性行为? 安全性行为是指在整个性行为过程 中,避免接触对方的阴道分泌、射 精前的分泌、液或血液,这样便可 以大大低感染性病及爱滋病的机会. 如皮肤破损或患有性病,会增加感染 爱滋病病毒的风险.因此,正确及 持续使用安全套是可预防性病及爱滋 病的传播.如有需要,旅游其间都 应带备安全套. 我怎样才知道是否感染爱滋 病病毒? 爱滋病病毒感染者在外看来与常人无 异,要证实是否已受感染,就需要进 行爱滋病病毒抗体测试.如果你的爱 滋病病毒抗体测试呈阳性反应,代你 已感染了爱滋病病毒;

若呈阴性反 应,则代你未受感染,但必须注意测 试是有「空窗期」的. 甚麽是空窗期? 就是说人体受爱滋病病毒感染之后, 血液中会产生抗体.而产生足够抗体 需时可以长至三个,期间可能因抗体 数量不足,测试就未能检验出来.换 言之,刚感染病毒的人士若验血,结 果会出现所谓「假」阴性反应,而事 实上他/她已受感染,并能将病毒传 染其他人. 保障自己 免受爱滋病病毒感染 如有查询,可致电爱滋热线:(852)

27802211 PA/AG4/14-02(B)/TRA-INF 红丝带中心 - 联合国爱滋病规划署合作中心(专业支援)制作 Produced by Red Ribbon Centre C UNAIDS Collaborating Centre for Technical Support, Hong Kong Do I have any chance of getting Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) when travelling? HIV is found mainly in blood, vaginal discharge,semen and pre-ejaculate. You may get HIV infection through sexual contact or blood contact when you are travelling. Will the chance of getting HIV increase if I travel to a region with high prevalence rate? No matter where you stay,you should be alert to HIV infection. Unsafe sex and sharing syringe or needle are the routes of HIV transmission. Therefore,you still need to take n e c e s s a r y precautions when you are in a low prevalence area. Is there any country that request for HIV antibody test for travellers? Some countries request foreign workers, long-stay travellers or new immigrants to have HIV antibody test. To date, there is no such regulation in Hong Kong. How to prevent from HIV infection? 1. avoid unsafe sex 2. proper and consistent use of condom 3. don't share syringe and needle 4. avoid tattooing and skin piercing 5. avoid receiving blood transfusion as far as possible 6. don't use alcohol or drugs before you have sex. These substances can affect your judgement, causing you less likely to use a condom. What is safer sex ? Safer sex means to avoid contacting vaginal discharge, pre-ejaculate, semen or blood directly during sexual intercourse in order to reduce the risk of getting Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs) or HIV infection. Injured skin or presence of STIs can increase the risk of getting HIV infection. Proper and consistent use of condom can reduce the risk of getting the virus. Bring along condoms with you if necessary. How can I know my HIV status? It is impossible to identify one's HIV status from one's appearance. HIV antibody test is a reliable diagnostic method to determine one's status. Positive HIV antibody test result means an infection has occurred. Negative result means no infection has occurred, only if the HIV antibody test was done after the "window period". What is window period ? After infection, the body will produce HIV antibody, but it may not be detectable at the early stage of infection. This duration is called "window period", which is around