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Sexual health is about more than freedom from sexually transmitted infections. Being in good sexual health involves being happy about your sexuality and your choices.
Continuing to enjoy sex and relationships after an HIV diagnosis is good for your mental and physical health
Having HIV might affect the way you feel about sex.
Sexual problems are common in people with HIV, but treatments are available.
HIV-positive people can pass on HIV during sex.
Condoms, when properly used, provide excellent protection against HIV and most other sexually transmitted infections.
Sexual health check-ups are free and confidential.
There are many sexually transmitted infections and most can increase your chances of passing on HIV during sex.
There is a risk that HIV can be transmitted by oral sex, but this risk is much lower than the risk from unprotected anal or vaginal sex.
People who have an undetectable viral load may still be infectious.
There have been cases of people with HIV being reinfected with other strains of HIV that are drug-resistant.