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how come there window period is 6 months ?
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That question has been answered over and over again. You can find the answer in the achieves.
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Most don't exactly look after themselves well.
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iv drugs tend to affect the immune system supposedly, decreasing activity
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Heroin slows everything down including the immune system. Also there is a higher risk of an IV user actually having HIV due to needle sharing (despite needle exchange progarmmes). Their last risk date is usually not known.
Though I don't know if it is injected, inhaled or sniffed methamphetamine users are as high risk of contracting HIV.  

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