{"id":17139,"date":"2021-05-03T16:49:57","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T16:49:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=17139"},"modified":"2021-05-03T16:49:57","modified_gmt":"2021-05-03T16:49:57","slug":"im-positive-and-not-taking-medication-is-this-a-risk-to-others","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/17139","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;m positive and not taking medication, is this a risk to others?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Thanks for getting in touch.<\/p>\n<p>The simple answer is yes. If you&#8217;re not taking medication and your viral load is detectable (which for most people it is, other than elite controllers, please see here: <a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/elite-controller\/\">https:\/\/i-base.info\/elite-controller\/<\/a>) if you have sex without a condom, you&#8217;re putting sexual partners at risk.<\/p>\n<p>If you want to ensure that there&#8217;s no risk, it&#8217;s important that you engage in treatment. Being on treatment is also important for your own health and wellbeing. Is there any reason why you&#8217;re not taking ARVs?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m positive and not on medication. Can I infect someone if I have sex without a condom? <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17139","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17139","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17139"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17139\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17139"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17139"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17139"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}