From a legal, ethical, and moral standpoint, they should warn any prospective sexual partner of their HIV positive status. HIV positive women should be counseled before becoming pregnant about the risk to their infant and medical advances which may help prevent the fetus from becoming infected. HIV positive women should not breast feed their infant. Safer sex behaviors may reduce the risk of acquiring the infection. There remains a risk of acquiring the infection even with the use of condoms .
Abstinence is the only sure way to prevent sexual transmission of the virus.
Many other symptoms may develop in addition to those listed above. Sometimes the presence of one of these disorders is the first sign that AIDS is present. However, treatments are available that can improve the quality of life of those suffering the infection. Antiviral therapy suppresses the replication of the HIV infection in the body. It is the first to be approved in a new group of drugs claimed to be 10 times stronger than existing antivirals used in AIDS treatment.