Friday, October 31, 2008
Tuesday, October 28, 2008
AIDS
It's easy to think that AIDS is something for other people to worry about - gay people, drug users, people who sleep around. This is wrong - all teens, whoever they are, wherever they live need to take the threat of HIV seriously. To be able to protect yourself, you need to know the facts, and know how to avoid becoming infected.
HIV : Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Is the Virus that causes AIDS
AIDS : Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome - The Condition in which the body's immune system(body's defense) is broken down. The body is thus unable to sustain itself against many diseases which a healthy body would otherwise fight easily.
How is AIDS transmitted?
HIV (virus) is transferred through bodily fluids( sexual fluids or blood) of the infected person.
This occurs wen one engages in sexual intercourse with the infected person , or by sharing needles with an infected person when injecting drugs. It may also occur in case unsterilized razors or syringes (first used by an infetced person) are re-used. People can also become infected by being born to a mother who has HIV and a very small number of people become infected by having medical treatment using infected blood transfusions.
HIV can't be caught by kissing, hugging or shaking hands with an infected person, and it can't be transmitted by sneezes, door handles or dirty glasses.
Cure?
There is no cure for HIV. HIV is a virus, and no cure has been found for any type of virus. Recently, doctors have been able to control the virus once a person is infected, which means that a person with HIV can stay healthy for longer, but they have not managed to get rid of the virus in the body completely.
HIV : Human Immunodeficiency Virus - Is the Virus that causes AIDS
AIDS : Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome - The Condition in which the body's immune system(body's defense) is broken down. The body is thus unable to sustain itself against many diseases which a healthy body would otherwise fight easily.
How is AIDS transmitted?
HIV (virus) is transferred through bodily fluids( sexual fluids or blood) of the infected person.
This occurs wen one engages in sexual intercourse with the infected person , or by sharing needles with an infected person when injecting drugs. It may also occur in case unsterilized razors or syringes (first used by an infetced person) are re-used. People can also become infected by being born to a mother who has HIV and a very small number of people become infected by having medical treatment using infected blood transfusions.
HIV can't be caught by kissing, hugging or shaking hands with an infected person, and it can't be transmitted by sneezes, door handles or dirty glasses.
Cure?
There is no cure for HIV. HIV is a virus, and no cure has been found for any type of virus. Recently, doctors have been able to control the virus once a person is infected, which means that a person with HIV can stay healthy for longer, but they have not managed to get rid of the virus in the body completely.
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