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Paula Couto García

Paula Couto García. Andrea Rodriguez Miñambres. Patricia Pallas Otero. 3ºA. HEALTH AND DISEASE:. AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE. What are infectious diseases ?. THE AIDS. Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. Acquired means you can get infected with it ;

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Paula Couto García

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  1. Paula Couto García Andrea Rodriguez Miñambres Patricia Pallas Otero 3ºA

  2. HEALTH AND DISEASE: AN INFECTIOUS DISEASE

  3. What are infectiousdiseases?

  4. THE AIDS AcquiredImmuneDeficiencySyndrome Acquired means you can get infected with it; Immune Deficiency means a weakness in the body’s system that fights diseases. Syndrome means a group of health problems that make up a disease.

  5. HIV To understand what HIV is, let’s break it down: H – Human – This particular virus can only infect human beings. I – Immunodeficiency – HIV weakens your immune system by destroying important cells that fight disease and infection. A "deficient" immune system can't protect you. V – Virus – A virus can only reproduce itself by taking over a cell in the body of its host.

  6. AIDS SYMPTONS

  7. GLOBAL STATISTICS

  8. TREATMENT At this time, there is NO CURE for AIDS, but medications are effective in fighting HIV and its complications. Treatments are designed to reduce HIV in your body, keep your immune system as healthy as possible and decrease the complications you may develop.

  9. FIRST STEPS TO TREATMENT

  10. TREATMENT

  11. Scientists identified a type of chimpanzee in West Africa as the source of HIV infection in humans. The virus most likely jumped to humans when humans hunted these chimpanzees for meat and came into contact with their infected blood

  12. SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION

  13. FIGHT AIDS NOT PEOLE WITH AIDS Say NO todiscrimination !!!

  14. THE END

  15. Bibliography http://www.who.int/topics/infectious_diseases/en/ http://www.metrohealth.org/?id=1204&sid=1 http://www.metrohealth.org/?id=1204&sid=1 http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/stds/std_hiv.html http://www.uchicagokidshospital.org/online-library/content=S05619 http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/education-materials/fact-sheets/19/73/the-hiv-life-cycle# http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/default.htm?names-dropdown=KY http://sis.nlm.nih.gov/hiv/Topic.php?topicID=1673 http://www.who.int/gho/hiv/epidemic_status/deaths_text/en/ http://www.yale.edu/yaw/world.html http://www.avert.org/worldwide-hiv-aids-statistics.htm http://www.avert.org/hiv-aids-stigma-and-discrimination.htm http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/hivaids.html http://www.who.int/features/qa/71/es/ http://www.cruzroja.es/vih/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV/AIDS http://www.aids.gov/ http://www.aidshealth.org/ http://aidforaids.org/es/

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