For average individuals, HIV invokes AIDS. But that is not the case. There is not much difference between HIV and AIDS, but it looks different, but there are conspicuous differences. It may be the reason they usually go hand in hand. However, it is important to give an overview of the differences. HIV is a virus. In fact it is a lentivirus, a subset of viruses called retroviruses or slow viruses. Virus leading to AIDS. Scientific research prove that AIDS is the final stage of four stages of HIV. The first three stages are the window stage, the seroconversion stage, and the stage without symptoms. Since HIV is a progressive virus, it is called a retrovirus. It invades through the mucous membranes and bloodstream into the body, and it exists in body fluids, semen, preterior vaginal bleeding, breast milk. Once in, the virus begins to migrate into the body by attack and destruction of immune system cells, thereby causing deterioration of the immune system. This inevitably leads to AIDS.
HIV is derived from Africans, nonhuman primates and is said to have migrated to humans in the 20th century. There are two subtypes. HIV-1, a more powerful type, easily contagious and responsible for major HIV infections worldwide, and HIV-2, which is less contagious and largely tied to West Africa. These strains were found to originate from Cameroun and Guinea Bissau / Gabon, respectively.
There are many ways in which HIV can be transmitted, but infected needles (or sharp things), unsafe sex acts, breast milk, vertical transmission (also called mother-to-child transmission) are the main things.
However, it can not communicate by sharing the same mug or spoon as the handshake, hug, infected individual, sitting in the same chair.
HIV is a lethal virus that infects the most important cells of the immune system such as CD4 + T cells and macrophages. This infection causes a sharp decline in the number of CD4 + T cells by killing the cells and increasing the rate of apoptosis (programmed cell death).
If the number of these cells (CD4 + T cells) drops below 200 and more than two opportunistic infections are set up, that individual can be diagnosed with AIDS patients.
How can I treat HIV?
Presently there are several drugs for the treatment of viruses called anti-retroviral drugs or anti-HIV drugs.
However, these drugs require complete commitment and must be taken at the right time throughout the life of the individual, as the virus can easily tolerate these drugs. They are also known to give severe side effects that can now be alleviated.
HIV may take up to about 10 years to develop to AIDS fully by average person. However, this time interval depends on individuals to individuals and taking reasonable meals.
Symptoms showing the presence of this fatal virus?
The most effective way to know whether an individual is infected with a virus is to take a test. However, some people develop influenza-like symptoms such as rashes and swollen glands in a short period of time, but these symptoms do not necessarily indicate the presence of HIV. In most cases, the individual is asymptomatic and feels healthy, but it can deliver the disease to other undoubted individuals. If you feel that individuals may come in contact with viruses, it is important to take a test. If taken within 3 months from the last exposure, the examination may not be accurate.
There is no cure at present for HIV, but it can be prevented. As the proverb advances
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The best way to prevent infections recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO) is arousal. However, if you perform safe sexual activity (latex condoms are only about 85% effective when used properly) you can avoid sharing sharp objects with people. These are some of the many ways to prevent the spread of this pandemic disease that affects about 0.6% of the world population.
But being diagnosed with HIV is not the end of the world. You can still have a complete, normal, long, and happy life that is only a footnote to your existence. The first step to this life is to be tested. Pregnant women who are diagnosed as positive need not be handed unnecessarily to the fetus. Antiretroviral drugs are known to reduce this risk from 25% to 2%. Talking about certain people infected with HIV, I have a normal child and a rather normal life.
Even if it is HIV positive, it means that there are some viruses that can be treated, not fewer people than anyone else. It is known that people have survived with this disease for over 30 years after receiving good treatment. The key is early detection.
Various societies in different ways & # 39; HIV patients. Some go as far as they burn. Other serious consequences that are not sick include all forms of life alienation, even if they exile from the community. All these are not necessary, these patients are human like others and alienation is not a way to eliminate disease from society. Each society must pay more attention to people suffering from this disease. I can not talk to them, share them, or feel like accepting them. HIV is the truth, people should have recognized that fact. We will learn that we must gather together and fight at an early stage.
Individuals can live a normal life with HIV. It's just a virus.
