AIDS is such a threatening disease that everyone scare of it but how many of us really understand and take appropriate precaution regarding to this disease? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in US, there is 75% of men and 25% of women are infected with HIV in the 40,000 new infections every year. The number of people get infected of HIV is getting higher and higher and we should look at it seriously.
AIDS is a short form for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It is an immune system disease which caused by the virus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). Due to this immune system virus, it is able to reduce the effectiveness of the affected immune system and brings more unexpected infections to human body. Antibodies will be generated by human body to fight against with this virus to protect our immune system. Therefore, if you have a HIV positive with your blood test, it means you will have such antibodies in your blood and it’s definitely comes with the HIV as well. If you certified with HIV positive but not necessary is having AIDS. But if the HIV disease prolongs, it will slowly weak your immune system down where all the viruses, fungi, bacteria and etc start to assimilate to your body easily due to the damaged of your immune system and make your weak and lead to AIDS.
There is a high risk of getting HIV through blood that infected with HIV. For those drug users that depend on the intravenous drug through syringes especially those reusing syringes that might be contaminated with blood that infected by HIV might have the major risk for HIV positive. On the other hand, the breast milk from a mother who infected HIV also can infect others such as their baby who depends on breastfeeding. Those having sex with the HIV infected people also can be infected easily through vaginal fluid and semen. There is some risk on blood transfusion as well, where the blood supply might have contaminated with HIV. Therefore, the blood that collected through donation or etc is being screened through carefully to avoid this disaster.
The symptom of a HIV infected people is fever, headache, joint pain, stomachache and even sometimes come with the skin rash. But then, some people might not have any symptom as mentioned above, therefore they might not know that they had been infected with HIV. The virus will be generated multiple for few weeks or months. During this time, your immune system still unable to respond and will not able to have the blood test for HIV. Therefore, if you suspect yourself have been infected with HIV, then you might need to go for the blood test approximately after 2 months from the suspected timing which can test for the antibody that generated by the human body.
There is no suitable vaccine for HIV to cure for AIDS from previous till nowadays. We only go for the most preservative way where known as prevention method to avoid for virus exposure. The main prevention methods are avoid for un-safe sex life, reduce exposure to the infected body fluids and prevent from any HIV infected mother to get pregnant. The un-safe sex life with the infected HIV sex partner is usually the most high risk ranking in the HIV disease. Condoms are used to reduce the infection of HIV either in male or female if it had been used correctly. For those health care operators or workers, the health awareness shall be promoted where they shall use gloves, masks or any protective apparatus to prevent any exposure to the blood contaminated HIV. Needles, glass and etc shall be handled carefully where to be disposed correctly to avoid any unwanted infection. Lastly, the HIV infected mother shall prevent breastfeeding to their baby.
Since there is no cure for this disease, we shall take good care of ourselves to prevent from this threatening disease. Love ourselves and said no to those unhealthy activities that might cause the HIV infections.
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