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HIV/AIDS

HIV/AIDS. What is AIDS?. Introduction to HIV/AIDS: What You Need to Know AIDS- acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS- is a deadly disease that interferes with the body’s natural ability to fight infection. The virus the causes AIDS is called HIV

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HIV/AIDS

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  1. HIV/AIDS

  2. What is AIDS? • Introduction to HIV/AIDS: What You Need to Know • AIDS- acquired immunodeficiency syndrome • AIDS- is a deadly disease that interferes with the body’s natural ability to fight infection. • The virus the causes AIDS is called HIV • Teens in the United States are currently the most rapidly growing group for both infection with HIV and AIDS. Age group 13-19. • In the United States every hour of every day and night, one to two teens are infected with HIV.

  3. What is AIDS? Cont’d • HIV- human immunodeficiency virus • AIDS is a fatal disease: there is no vaccine to prevent infection with HIV and there is no cure for AIDS it is FATAL!! • You can be a carrier of HIV without having AIDS. • Carrier: is an apparently healthy person who has HIV in the blood and can pass it onto others. • People infected with HIV have the virus for 1-10 years before showing any signs or symptoms of AIDS.

  4. What HIV Does to Your Body • AIDS is a relatively new disease. • First observed in the late 1970’s. Rapidly spread to over 100 countries and inhabits every continent of the globe. • First case in the United States was reported in 1981. • HIV attacks the immune system of the body

  5. What HIV Does to Your Body • Leading to swollen lymph nodes, tiredness, diarrhea, weight loss, and fever, • Eventually the weakened immune system can’t fight off the germs a healthy immune system could destroy. • It’s the other germs that ultimately kill the person.

  6. HIV Lets Germs Attack the Body • A low T-cell count is one important signs of AIDS • T-cells help destroy viruses in healthy immune systems • A person with AIDS is susceptible to many infections that otherwise would rarely occur. • This is called opportunistic infections. • AIDS patients develop a rare form of pneumonia called pneumocystic pneumonia.

  7. Testing and Treatment • Blood tests can indicate that a person has HIV • However it may take up to six months for the infections to show up in the form of antibodies. • Most treatments for HIV deal with the opportunistic infections • There is no cure but there are certain drugs that help delay the onset of the symptoms such as AZT • AZT does have serious side effects • The FDA has approved 8 other drugs to treat HIV.

  8. Combination Treatments • Best medical treatment for HIV infection is a combination of drugs called protease inhibitors. • Protease inhibitors- are drugs that stop the action of an enzyme which ordinarily helps HIV to reproduce. • The therapy known as HAART is a highly active antiretroviral therapy. It consists of giving three drugs that stop HIV reproduction at various stages and prolongs life 65-85 percent if you used correctly. • You need to take 20-50 pills a day at 4-6 and 8 hour intervals continuously. Sadly most of the world’s people with AIDS receive no treatment at all.

  9. The Diseases of AIDS • Kaposi Sarcoma- a normally rare skin cancer causing a purplish discoloration of the skin. • AIDS dementia complex- the mental disorder resulting from an attack from HIV on the brain and nerves. • First symptoms are- fatigue, appetite loss, weight loss, and nagging cough. • As the disease progresses, AIDS patients typically have persistent yeast infections of the mouth, throat, or vagina.

  10. Pregnancy, Childbirth, Breastfeeding • HIV can be transmitted in 3 ways to infants. • Infants can be infected during pregnancy, during birth, or by breastfeeding. • Effective antiviral drugs given to pregnant women can sometimes protect the baby from being infected. • While breast feeding usually urged for infants, mother’s who are HIV+ are urged not to breastfeed.

  11. How HIV is Spread • Sexual relations with an infected person • Using the same needles as an infected person. • Intravenous drug abuse- the practice of using needles to inject drugs of abuse into the veins. • Transfusion and other medical treatments using blood from an infected person • Passing the virus from infected mother to fetus

  12. How HIV IS NOT SPREAD • Not through the air • HIV is not spread through kissing • HIV is not spread through casual contact with another person • HIV is not spread through mosquitoes bites

  13. How HIV IS NOT SPREAD CONT’D • HIV is not spread by sharing eating utensils with an infected person • HIV is not spread through donating blood. • There is constant research being done but right now there isn’t a cure for AIDS

  14. ConCLUSION Tom Hanks in Philadelphia

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