AIDS

1. AIDS By N.W

2. HIV and AIDS are two different diseases You can get AIDS like you get a cold or flu AIDS has three stages AIDS is a killer A heterosexual is someone who is intimate with only the opposite gender You can’t prevent AIDS A homosexual is someone who is intimate with only people of the same gender You can only get AIDS from having unprotected sex You can get AIDS by being in a pool or hot tub AIDS can be cured True or False pre-test

3. Common Questions • What is AIDS? • How can AIDS be contracted? • What are the symptoms of AIDS? • How can you prevent AIDS? • How will you know if you have AIDS or not? • How do you know if you have AIDS or HIV?

4. General Information • AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome • In 1983 AIDS was given an identity • AIDS has three stages: HIV, ARC, and AIDS • In Africa the most common cause of death is AIDS • AIDS is found in both homosexual and heterosexual people • AIDS can not be contracted only by having unprotected sex

5. Stage 1: HIV • HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus • Most people won’t even know that they have HIV • You most likely won’t even realize that something is wrong until you hit ARC • The only way HIV can be detected is by having a blood test • In some situations people’s HIV does not even develop • Some people carry it there whole lives without knowing

6. Stage 2: ARC • ARC stands for AIDS related complex • This is the stage where all the symptoms come in • The symptoms can begin to act anywhere from 8 weeks to 8 years or longer • As I stated before though, some people don’t even reach this stage

7. Loss of appetite or unexplained loss of weight Night sweats Long lasting fever or diarrhea Red shingle blisters Cancer of the lymphatic system Weakening in the legs; difficulty with climbing stairs Armpit, neck, or groin glands which are swollen Unexplainable dry cough Thickened mucous membrane or white sore patches on the tongue, mouth, or female genitals Blemishes or white patches in the mouth Stage 2: ARC symptoms

8. Stage 3: AIDS • AIDS in its full form means to receive of a cluster or pattern of diseases that cause a lack of white blood cells in the immune system • This is pretty much what happens, AIDS works at killing of your white blood cells, so it travels through the blood stream • White blood cells are the cells in your blood which kill off bacteria and protect you from infections • Without these your are an easy target for diseases • Therefore AIDS isn’t really a killer of the body, it is a killer of the system, or a weakener if you will • AIDS is infectious and contagious (under certain circumstances)

9. Types of tuberculosis Types of pneumonia Kaposi’s sarcoma (cancer) Dementia (mental/psychological dysfunction) Emaciation (extreme weight loss) Or sometimes rare diseases Lung deficiencies Headaches Fevers Blurred vision or blindness Nausea Diarrhea Colitis (stomach/intestine) Esophagitis (throat) Diseases contracted with AIDS

10. Forms of contracting AIDS • Having unprotected sex or having sex with a carrier, but that carrier needs to have a very large amount of HIV to infect another person • Using dirty needles • Getting a blood transfusion from an unclean donor • Sharing a needle when doing IV drugs (injections) • If your mother is a carrier it can be passed down through pregnancy

11. Things that would not cause you to contract AIDS • Person coughing or sneezing • Contact with tears, saliva, or sweat • Hugging fully clothed • Holding hands • Or • Giving massage on bare skin

12. Ways to protect yourself from AIDS • Don’t do IV drugs period, simple as that! • Make sure that you use a different, CLEAN needle each time • Don’t share needles • 98% of blood donations are screened now • Make sure both you and your partner are checked before you take your relationship to the next level • Make sure that both you and your partner are wearing clean, new and unaffected sexual protection (for condoms latex is highly suggested) • Use a water based lubrication, oil based lubrications will weaken protections

13. How you find out if you have AIDS • Go to a doctor get for a blood test • Blood test will be done and checked for HIV anti-bodies • The anti-bodies of HIV are generally produced about three weeks after infection • If there is a high rate of anti-bodies you will be marked as positive for having HIV • If there is a low rate the doctors may notice the anti-bodies, if not then you will receive a negative test result • The required time highly suggested to wait to before getting tested is six months after your last injection, or sexual activity, but it is said that three months is also possible, though this is as a minimum amount of time.

14. What are the 3 stages of AIDS in order? List 3 ways you can contract AIDS What does AIDS do to your immune system? What does AIDS stand for? What does PWA stand for? Is it true that when you get AIDS you become very hungry and frequently binge? When was AIDS first identified Is AIDS infectious or contagious? Is AIDS only found in homosexuals? Which continent has the highest amount of deaths caused by AIDS? Were all people with AIDS unhealthy before they contracted it? Do all people with AIDS die of the same disease? Do all people with ARC experience the same symptoms? Post-test

15. False False True False True False True False False False Answer Key for Pre-test

16. HIV, ARC, AIDS Unprotected sex, blood transfusion, IV drugs, at birth if the mother is a carrier It deteriorates (breaks down) the immune system Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome Person With AIDS No it is not true, you actually lose your appetite 7. 1983 8. Both (contagious under certain circumstances) 9. No 10. Africa 11. No 12. Theoretically yes, technically no 13. No Answer Key for Post-test