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1. Roy Trevelion • 27 June 2018

   Hi Prince,
   Being on HIV treatment and being stable with an undetectable viral load means that HIV cannot be transmitted to your partner. There’s more info about undetectable = untransmittable (U=U) here. Your question about having a baby with a HIV negative partner is already answered here. Best of luck to you both.

2. prince • 27 June 2018

   Pls if am HIV positive but on treatment and I want to get child with my partner who is negative will she be affected before she could get birth

3. Lisa Thorley • 27 May 2018

   Hi Jeff,

   Please see Q’s 6, 9 and 14 here:

   https://i-base.info/qa/what-are-the-most-asked-questions

4. Jeff • 27 May 2018

   I have a partner who is HIV+…she’s on treatment, we want to have our own child,is it possible that she might get pregnant without transmitting it.

5. Roy Trevelion • 9 May 2018

   Hi Charles,
   Sexual dysfunction is not generally reported as a side effect of the HIV drugs you are taking. You can read more about this in the i-Base guide to HIV and quality of life. This guide also lists medical conditions that could be linked to sexual dysfunction.

   However, many people find it difficult to talk to their doctor about this aspect of their lives and it is something that doctors rarely ask patients about directly. Is it possible you to do this?

6. Charles • 9 May 2018

   Since I started taking tenofovir, efavirenz and emtricitabine, I have this problem I don’t have feeling for sex. Sometimes when I want to have sex with my wife I reases in one or two Minus. Can I stop taking this drugs?

7. Roy Trevelion • 8 May 2018

   Hi Alex,
   Side effects with PEP can depend on the meds used for PEP in your country. Yellow eyes and skin (jaundice) can be a side effect of atazanavir. This side effect was reported with indinavir too, but this is rarely used now. Small increases in bilirubin – a waste product of bile – are not causing any damage to your body but they can cause yellowing of eyes and skin. It’s good to know your lab liver tests were OK. You can read more info at this link

8. Alex • 8 May 2018

   Kindly assist I had a first encounter with my partner we had sex, after a week from the first encounter we had another sex and the following day we had HIV test and she tested positive and I Negative and I was put under PEP for now it is two weeks under medication
   I have developed yellow eyes I had lab test abs I was told the liver is OK k should continue with medication
   It is OK with me ??!!

9. Roy Trevelion • 24 April 2018

   Hi Telvin,
   We don’t answer questions about testing and transmission. But you can find all answers to this here.

10. Telvin • 24 April 2018

    I had an oral sex with a HIV positive person, and had a pcr test ten days and came back positive. I still had a rapid determine test after twelve days which came back negative. Please what should I do this is.