Stories about this virus can be found in the newspaper and on the TV and radio almost daily. Most teens have gotten some form of HIV education in school or their faith community. Despite all of this, HIV is increasing among teens. Young adults learn that this infection is transmitted through unprotected sexual intercourse, blood contact and by being born to an infected mother. HIV may take over ten years to cause people to look and feel sick.
Many infected teens look healthy.
There is no way to tell if someone is HIV infected just by looking at them. Anyone who has unsafe sex is at risk of becoming infected. Avoiding HIV can be done in three ways. One way is not to have sex. People who don't have sex don't get sexually transmitted diseases.