Addiction expert: Smoking methamphetamine may lead to HIV infection

　　The proliferation of methamphetamine has not only caused the prevalence of drugs, but also caused many disease of raging. And for now, AIDS It is one of the most worrying diseases. Once infected with AIDS, you may directly face the threat of death. So, can smoking meth cause AIDS?

　　According to drug treatment experts, a large part of the spread of AIDS is caused by drug users' cross-use of drug syringes and group sex after taking drugs. Drug addicts who take drugs and have uncontrolled group sexual activities have become the main way of spreading AIDS.

　　Meth is a powerful center nerve As a stimulant, methamphetamine not only produces a "high" that can last for 8-12 hours (some drug users can experience a "high" that lasts for days or weeks), but methamphetamine can also significantly increase alertness, making people more talkative, energetic and confident in a short period of time. many male Homosexuals believe that these effects of methamphetamine use can reduce their feelings of inferiority in social situations, thereby increasing their self-confidence and likelihood of success in finding a partner.

　　Gay men who use methamphetamine are also associated with specific behavioral characteristics, including lower condom use, multiple sexual partners and a greater likelihood of engaging in sex with strangers. These high-risk behaviors of gay men who use methamphetamine also make them a high-risk group for HIV infection or AIDS. Surveys also show that gay men who use methamphetamine are about four times more likely to be infected with HIV or AIDS than gay men who do not use the drug.

　　How to prevent AIDS

　　For different transmission routes, scientists recommend that the following measures should be taken:

　　1. Prevent sexual transmission of AIDS

　　Stay clean and love yourself, maintain a loyal and single sexual relationship.

　　Use condoms correctly when engaging in risky sexual behaviors.

　　timely treatment sexually transmitted diseases。

　　2. Prevent blood transmission of AIDS

　　Do not use untested blood or blood products.

　　Do not take drugs, and do not share needles with others to take drugs.

　　Ear or body piercings, tattoos, acupuncture or anything that requires invasive punctures skin process, there is a certain risk of HIV transmission.

　　3. Prevention of mother-to-child transmission

　　HIV can be spread during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding after the child is born.

　　Women infected with HIV should avoid becoming pregnant and should have an abortion if they become pregnant.

　　Pregnant women taking antiviral drugs before and after delivery can reduce the chance of mother-to-child transmission.

　　Artificial feeding can also reduce the risk of HIV infection.