Thanks for your question as your situation is very common.<\/p>\n
Has your partner’s \u00a0positive HIV test been checked by a second test in a lab. All\u00a0rapid tests, need a positive result to be confirmed. This is because of the small chance of a false-positive result.<\/p>\n
If the second test (called “western blot”) is positive then your partner is definitely positive. In this case, how is your partner doing and does she have support?<\/p>\n
Even if your partner is HIV positive, it is common for one person in a couple to test positive and the other negative. This can happen even if they have bot been using condoms.\u00a0This is mostly just luck. Over time, most people will catch HIV if they continue to have sex without a condom.<\/p>\n
Even though you have not caught HIV so far, you can still catch HIV in the future.\u00a0Genetics may explain some cases of protection, but most are just down to luck and chance.<\/p>\n
Now you know your partners HIV status, you can still stay together and have sex safely. Condoms or PrEP are both really effective at stopping HIV and not sharing needles.<\/p>\n
Also, after your partner gets an undetectable viral load on treatment, the risk drops to zero – even without condoms. The PARTNER study<\/a> reported no transmission with an undetectable viral load. this was after about 900 couple had sex 58,000 without condoms (over several years).<\/p>\n