AIDS/HIV
HIV AIDS infection
HIV AIDS infection is the global issue of the present era of science and technology. And this problem is a great challenge for human survival. And so children and the young ones need to be equipped with the knowledge, values and attitudes which help them to face these challenges and assists them in making healthy life-style as they grow.
AIDS stands for Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome, a disease which makes difficult for the body to fight off infectious disease. The virus known as HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is the root cause of AIDS. These viruses are type of white blood cell in the body’s immune system that is supposed to fight off and assault germs. HIV is a type of virus called a retrovirus. These infectes humans when it comes in contact with tissues that line with the anal area, vagina, mouth, break of skin.
This virus weakens a person’s ability to fight with other infections. People with HIV virus when develop some infections or cancers are said to have AIDS. But having HIV does not always mean that you have AIDS. The HIV virus takes many years to develop AIDS. There are treatments for HIV AIDS infection, but there is no vaccine that can cure AIDS. Although people with AIDS are likely to die from this illness, but there are ways that help for people to stay healthy and live for some more period of time.
HIV can be transmitted through direct contact with the blood; through body fluid of someone who is infected with this virus. That contact can be usually from sharing needles or by having unprotected sex with an infected person. Both men and women can spread HIV.
An infant is also likely to get HIV from a mother who is infected. The virus from mother enters to child in utero (during pregnancy), at childbirth and via breast feeding. A person with HIV feels okay and can still give virus to others. And in case of pregnant women with HIV can give the virus to her baby.
There some wrong notions about HIV transmission methods:
- Touching or hugging someone who has HIV AIDS infection cannot transmit the virus into other persons.
- Using public bathrooms or swimming pools.
- Bug bites
- Sharing utensils, cups or telephones with the person who has HIV AIDS disease can never transmitted the virus.
Causes of AIDS:
AIDS is caused by HIV. HIV is a virus which gradually attacks the immune system cells of the infected person. HIV progressively damages these cells and due to which the body becomes more vulnerable to infections, which will have difficulty in fighting off the other disease. When HIV is at very advanced stage, the person is said to have AIDS. It takes years before HIV has totally damaged the immune system for AIDS to develop.
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