Question
We have been diagnosed recently, can we still have unprotected sex?
25 November 2008. Related: All topics, HIV transmission.
Can you tell me if a couple that has recently been diagnosed as positive can still have unprotected sex. We are both not on any any medication yet and have been told it will be a while before we will need any.
Answer
Yes, if you are sure that one of you has infected the other+neither of you has contacts with other positive people where there is a risk of reinfection with a virus strain that is different from the one that you have, then you can have unprotected sex.
However, if you