HIV/AIDS

What is AIDS?
AIDS stands for (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). When HIV (Human Immunodeviciency Virus) infection becomes advanced it often is referred to as AIDS. It generally occurs when the CD4 count is below 200/mL and is characterized by the appearance of opportunistic infections. These are infections that take advantage of a weakened immune system and include:
• Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
• Toxoplasmosis
• Tuberculosis
• Extreme weight loss and wasting; exacerbated by diarrhea which can be experienced in up to 90% of HIV patients worldwide
• Meningitis and other brain infections
• Fungal infections
• Syphilis
• Malignancies such as lymphoma, cervical cancer, and
• Kaposi's Sarcoma

CAUSES OF HIV/AIDS
AIDS are causes by a virus (human imunodevicyenci virus),it can be transmitted through :
1. Unprotected sex

2. Direct blood contact (including intravenous needles, blood transfusions, and accidents in health care settings) or certain blood products
3. Mother to baby (before or during birth, and through breast milk)
Infectious Fluids
4. HIV can be transmitted sexually through:
Blood (including menstrual blood)
Semen
5. Vaginal secretions
Blood contains the highest concentration of the virus, followed by semen, followed by vaginal fluids.

SYMPTOMS OF AIDS
In people with AIDS, these infections are often severe, and sometimes fatal, because the immune system is so ravaged by HIV that the body cannot fight off certain bacteria, viruses, fungi, parasites, and other microbes. Common AIDS symptoms that stem from these opportunistic infections include:

• Coughing and shortness of breath
• Seizures and lack of coordination
• Difficult or painful swallowing
• Mental symptoms, such as confusion and forgetfulness
• Severe and persistent diarrhea
• Fever
• Vision loss
• Nausea, abdominal (stomach) cramps, and vomiting
• Weight loss and extreme fatigue
• Severe headaches
• Coma.

What Treatments Are Available For HIV And AIDS?
When AIDS first surfaced in the United States, no drugs were available to combat the underlying immune deficiency, and few treatments existed for the opportunistic infections that resulted. Over the past 10 years, however, therapies have been developed to fight both HIV infection and its associated infections and cancers.
• Some medications target HIV itself, to reduce the virus's assault on the immune system, or to even prevent the virus, from entering human immune cells.
• Other treatments are used to treat or prevent specific opportunistic infections that threaten the health of people with HIV-damaged immune systems.

Antiretroviral drugs have side effects that can limit their use in some people.
• AZT, for example, may result in a loss of blood cells.
• Protease inhibitors can cause nausea, diarrhea, and other symptoms.

SUGESTIONS TO HIV/AIDS DESEASES
1. no free sex
2. don’t use syringe together
3. don’t doing blood transmision if you not trust the medicine toll used
4. no kissing
5. keep your imune system with eat health food and do sport everyday.