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Question

Can i get married if i have HIV?

22 October 2014. Related: All topics, Living with HIV long-term.

I am newly diagnosed and female, i am only 20. Can i get married if i have HIV?

Answer

Answer: Robin Jakob

Hi,

I am sorry to hear about your diagnosis.

There is no reason, related to HIV, that you cannot get married. It is also common now to have children who are negative.

HIV treatment today is very effective. Some people who are on effective HIV treatment can expect to live as long as someone who does not have HIV. HIV should not be something to be ashamed of and it does not make you less of a person. It may take a while to find the right person but many people with HIV are happy in relationships.

You can find information about being newly diagnosed on our website.

50 comments

  1. Josh Peasegood •

    Hi Md, did you have a question?

  2. Md •

    Hi

  3. Promise •

    Please am a hiv patient and I want to marry how will I protect my wife not to get infected

  4. Josh Peasegood •

    Hi Promise, are you on treatment and do you know your viral load?

    When on treatment, if you have a viral load below 200 it is impossible to pass on HIV via sex. This is explained by U=U: https://i-base.info/u-equals-u/

    You would not need to use a condom as HIV is suppressed so much by treatment that there will be no risk of passing HIV on.

    If you are not on treatment/have a higher viral load, using a condom or your wife being on PrEP will prevent any risk of transmission. PrEP: https://i-base.info/guides/prep

  5. Josh Peasegood •

    Hi Gloria, as mentioned in the main stem to this question, yes you can get married. Being HIV positive should not be a barrier to this.

  6. Gloria •

    Can someone with hiv get married

  7. Josh Peasegood •

    Hi Khan, yes you can get married. Being HIV positive should not impact on your ability to get married. Please look through older comments on this post with more information.

  8. Khan •

    I am 26 years old I am HIV positive with 29 copies viral load what is possible can I marry
    with HIV negative how match chance to HIV to other

  9. Josh Peasegood •

    Hi Senio, living with HIV should not impact your ability to marry. i-base is an HIV treatment charity, rather than somewhere for people living with HIV to meet. Please see this previous question for links to groups and forums which will be more suitable: https://i-base.info/qa/6473

  10. Senio •

    Am a male aged 37year living with HIV, am look woman to be come my wife. Will i get someone allow me to marry.

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