What is HIV and AIDS?
AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, a disease that makes the body difficult to prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which leads to decreased immunity in humans, causes AIDS by infecting and damaging part of the body's immunity against diseases, such as white blood cells known as lymphocytes (types of white blood cells in the immune system useful to resist the invasion of germs).
HIV can be transmitted through direct contact with blood or body fluids of someone who is infected with the virus. Contact generally occurs due to sharing needles or unprotected sex with someone who has been infected with a virus. A baby can be infected with HIV from an infected mother.
Although there is no cure for HIV and AIDS treatment, no vaccine or cure for it. However, there are some things you can do to prevent your
What Do HIV In Body?This virus attacks specific lymphocytes called T helper cells (also known as T-cells), took over, and reproduce itself. This doubling will cause more destruction of T-cells, resulting in damage to the body's ability to resist the invasion of germs and disease.
When the T-cell count dropped to very low levels, people with HIV become more susceptible to infection, and they usually have some form of cancer that normally can be countered by a healthy body. This decreased immune (or reduced immunity) known as AIDS and may progress to severe life-threatening infections,
How Often HIV and AIDS Happen?The first case of AIDS was reported in 1981, but the disease may have been there for many years before that without any notes. HIV infection that causes AIDS has been the cause of the outbreak of disease and the occurrence of death in children, adolescents and young adults around the world. AIDS is the sixth leading cause of death for the age range 15 to 24 years in the United States since 1991.
In children, most cases of AIDS and almost all new HIV infections caused by the transmission of HIV from mother to child during pregnancy, birth, or through breast milk.
Fortunately, drugs that are currently given to pregnant women who are HIV positive have reduced the number of mother-to-child transmission significantly in the United States. These drugs (such as will be described in detail in chapter treatment in this article) is also used to slow down or reduce the effects of the disease in people who have been infected. Unfortunately, these drugs are not widely available in the world, especially in poor countries hardest hit as a result of the outbreak of the epidemic. Provides access to life-saving treatment has become an issue that has global interests.
How is HIV transmitted?HIV is transmitted through direct contact with blood or body fluids of someone who is infected with the HIV virus.
There are three ways in which the HIV virus is transmitted to the child's young age, namely:
When the baby is developing in the mother's uterus (intrauterine)
At birth
When breastfeeding
In patients with teens, the virus is usually transmitted through high-risk behaviors, such as:
Unprotected sex (either orally, via ****** or anal)
Sharing needles to inject drugs or alternately other materials (including contaminated needles used for injecting steroids and tattooing on the body)
In very rare cases, HIV is also spread by direct contact with the wound on the body of an infected person (virus can enter through cuts or scratches on the body of a healthy person) and through blood transfusions. Since 1985, the blood supply in the United States have been carefully screened for the presence of blood infected with HIV.
Signs and Symptoms of HIVAlthough there may be no physical signs of HIV infection at birth, signs of infection may appear within 2 to 3 months after a child is born. Children who are born with HIV could be exposed to opportunistic infections.
A baby is born with HIV infection likely will appear healthy. But sometimes, between 2 to 3 months after birth, babies who are infected will begin to look sickly, with less weight gain, yeast infection in the mouth that often occurs (trush - sprue), enlarged lymph nodes, enlarged liver or spleen, neurological problems, different types of bacterial infections, including pneumonia (pneumonia).
The teens and young adults who are infected with HIV usually do not show signs when they are infected. In fact, sometimes before symptoms become visible after 10 years or more. During this period, they can transmit the virus without themselves knowing that they have the virus. Soon after AIDS symptoms appear, the patient can lose weight drastically, feeling very tired, have swollen spleen, prolonged diarrhea, night sweats, or pneumonia. They will also be highly vulnerable to infections that can threaten their lives.
There are 3 phases of HIV symptomsPhase 1: No symptoms. In the early stages of HIV, symptoms are not visible. A person may have AIDS for years without realizing it. A blood test by your doctor will show antibodies after they are formed in order to fight the AIDS virus, but it took three months before antibodies are formed. This means that when you do a blood test as soon as you have sex, the virus will not be visible for up to three months to come.
Phase 2: The pain is not too severe. At this stage, the virus develops in the white blood cells and destroy them. When almost all the cells had been destroyed, the immune system also destroyed and the body will become weak. Some of the symptoms that may appear are: the patient began to feel tired, weight loss. They may be exposed to sick cough, diarrhea, fever or night sweats. People with HIV are exposed to a cold will be more life-threatening than others who do not have HIV.
Phase 3: severe pain. At this time, the AIDS virus has almost destroyed the immune system. The body will find it difficult to fight the bacteria. In addition, patients can develop a type of cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma. AIDS does not kill the sufferer, but other infectious diseases and cancer who did.
Diagnosis Of HIV Infection and AIDS All pregnant women should be tested for HIV in order to prevent mother to child can be done earlier. Although the woman has had a previous child and these children look healthy, they can be infected with HIV if the woman has tested positive for HIV at the time of their birth. A blood test is needed to confirm this.
Nevertheless, when a new baby is born to HIV-infected mothers, there is no way to know whether the baby is infected with the HIV virus. This is because if the mother is infected, ELISA tests are done to check for the presence of HIV antibodies present in the blood of newborn babies almost always showed a positive sign, because the blood of newborns will contain HIV antibodies taken from HIV-infected mothers (through placenta) even if the baby is not necessarily infected with HIV.
Children infected with HIV from their mothers will begin to build their own HIV antibodies and will generally remain HIV-positive after 18 months of age.
AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, a disease that makes the body difficult to prevent the occurrence of infectious diseases. Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which leads to decreased immunity in humans, causes AIDS by infecting and damaging part of the body's immunity against diseases, such as white blood cells known as lymphocytes (types of white blood cells in the immune system useful to resist the invasion of germs).
HIV can be transmitted through direct contact with blood or body fluids of someone who is infected with the virus. Contact generally occurs due to sharing needles or unprotected sex with someone who has been infected with a virus. A baby can be infected with HIV from an infected mother.
Although there is no cure for HIV and AIDS treatment, no vaccine or cure for it. However, there are some things you can do to prevent your
What Do HIV In Body?This virus attacks specific lymphocytes called T helper cells (also known as T-cells), took over, and reproduce itself. This doubling will cause more destruction of T-cells, resulting in damage to the body's ability to resist the invasion of germs and disease.
When the T-cell count dropped to very low levels, people with HIV become more susceptible to infection, and they usually have some form of cancer that normally can be countered by a healthy body. This decreased immune (or reduced immunity) known as AIDS and may progress to severe life-threatening infections,
How Often HIV and AIDS Happen?The first case of AIDS was reported in 1981, but the disease may have been there for many years before that without any notes. HIV infection that causes AIDS has been the cause of the outbreak of disease and the occurrence of death in children, adolescents and young adults around the world. AIDS is the sixth leading cause of death for the age range 15 to 24 years in the United States since 1991.
In children, most cases of AIDS and almost all new HIV infections caused by the transmission of HIV from mother to child during pregnancy, birth, or through breast milk.
Fortunately, drugs that are currently given to pregnant women who are HIV positive have reduced the number of mother-to-child transmission significantly in the United States. These drugs (such as will be described in detail in chapter treatment in this article) is also used to slow down or reduce the effects of the disease in people who have been infected. Unfortunately, these drugs are not widely available in the world, especially in poor countries hardest hit as a result of the outbreak of the epidemic. Provides access to life-saving treatment has become an issue that has global interests.
How is HIV transmitted?HIV is transmitted through direct contact with blood or body fluids of someone who is infected with the HIV virus.
There are three ways in which the HIV virus is transmitted to the child's young age, namely:
When the baby is developing in the mother's uterus (intrauterine)
At birth
When breastfeeding
In patients with teens, the virus is usually transmitted through high-risk behaviors, such as:
Unprotected sex (either orally, via ****** or anal)
Sharing needles to inject drugs or alternately other materials (including contaminated needles used for injecting steroids and tattooing on the body)
In very rare cases, HIV is also spread by direct contact with the wound on the body of an infected person (virus can enter through cuts or scratches on the body of a healthy person) and through blood transfusions. Since 1985, the blood supply in the United States have been carefully screened for the presence of blood infected with HIV.
Signs and Symptoms of HIVAlthough there may be no physical signs of HIV infection at birth, signs of infection may appear within 2 to 3 months after a child is born. Children who are born with HIV could be exposed to opportunistic infections.
A baby is born with HIV infection likely will appear healthy. But sometimes, between 2 to 3 months after birth, babies who are infected will begin to look sickly, with less weight gain, yeast infection in the mouth that often occurs (trush - sprue), enlarged lymph nodes, enlarged liver or spleen, neurological problems, different types of bacterial infections, including pneumonia (pneumonia).
The teens and young adults who are infected with HIV usually do not show signs when they are infected. In fact, sometimes before symptoms become visible after 10 years or more. During this period, they can transmit the virus without themselves knowing that they have the virus. Soon after AIDS symptoms appear, the patient can lose weight drastically, feeling very tired, have swollen spleen, prolonged diarrhea, night sweats, or pneumonia. They will also be highly vulnerable to infections that can threaten their lives.
There are 3 phases of HIV symptomsPhase 1: No symptoms. In the early stages of HIV, symptoms are not visible. A person may have AIDS for years without realizing it. A blood test by your doctor will show antibodies after they are formed in order to fight the AIDS virus, but it took three months before antibodies are formed. This means that when you do a blood test as soon as you have sex, the virus will not be visible for up to three months to come.
Phase 2: The pain is not too severe. At this stage, the virus develops in the white blood cells and destroy them. When almost all the cells had been destroyed, the immune system also destroyed and the body will become weak. Some of the symptoms that may appear are: the patient began to feel tired, weight loss. They may be exposed to sick cough, diarrhea, fever or night sweats. People with HIV are exposed to a cold will be more life-threatening than others who do not have HIV.
Phase 3: severe pain. At this time, the AIDS virus has almost destroyed the immune system. The body will find it difficult to fight the bacteria. In addition, patients can develop a type of cancer called Kaposi's sarcoma. AIDS does not kill the sufferer, but other infectious diseases and cancer who did.
Diagnosis Of HIV Infection and AIDS All pregnant women should be tested for HIV in order to prevent mother to child can be done earlier. Although the woman has had a previous child and these children look healthy, they can be infected with HIV if the woman has tested positive for HIV at the time of their birth. A blood test is needed to confirm this.
Nevertheless, when a new baby is born to HIV-infected mothers, there is no way to know whether the baby is infected with the HIV virus. This is because if the mother is infected, ELISA tests are done to check for the presence of HIV antibodies present in the blood of newborn babies almost always showed a positive sign, because the blood of newborns will contain HIV antibodies taken from HIV-infected mothers (through placenta) even if the baby is not necessarily infected with HIV.
Children infected with HIV from their mothers will begin to build their own HIV antibodies and will generally remain HIV-positive after 18 months of age.
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