{"id":26894,"date":"2026-10-15T00:51:12","date_gmt":"2026-10-15T00:51:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/?p=26894"},"modified":"2026-10-15T14:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-10-15T14:28:28","slug":"is-uu-still-protect-against-hi-if-we-notice-blood-during-sex","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/26894","title":{"rendered":"Is U=U still protect against HIV if we notice blood during sex?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there<\/p>\n<p>Yes, please don&#8217;t worry about this.<\/p>\n<p>Several careful research studies proved the risk of transmission is zero when viral load\u00a0is undetectable, even without condoms.<\/p>\n<p>Actually, these studies were in sero-different couples &#8211; both gay and straight &#8211; when condoms were not being used. In the PARTNER studies, for example, people had sex without condoms more than 100,000 times.<\/p>\n<p>Blood during sex is also pretty common and so would have also occurred during these studies, and there were still no transmissions.<\/p>\n<p>More info on U=U is here:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/i-base.info\/u-equals-u\/\">i-base.info\/u-equals-u<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi there<\/p>\n<p>My partner is HIV positive. He has been on TLD medication for the last 6 years and his viral load is completely &#8216;Undetectable&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, we had oral and anal sex. We used a condom, but it broke during the act. We realized it immediately and replaced it with a new one. However, two days after the intercourse, I noticed some bleeding from my rectum, likely due to a minor tear or fissure caused by friction.<\/p>\n<p>I am aware of the U=U (Undetectable = Untransmittable) rule, but my anxiety is making me overthink. My questions are:<\/p>\n<p>Considering his undetectable status, the broken condom, and the bleeding\/tear after 2 days, is there absolutely any risk of HIV transmission to me.<\/p>\n<p>Does the U=U rule still apply 100% even if there is a tear or bleeding involved?<\/p>\n<p>Please guide me, as I am suffering from severe anxiety regarding this. Thank you<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,23,36,37],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26894","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-all-topics","category-hiv-transmission","category-sero-different-couples","category-sexual-health"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26894","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26894"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26894\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26901,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26894\/revisions\/26901"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26894"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26894"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/i-base.info\/qa\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26894"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}