Antiretroviral treatment • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 Although there are other factors that can help to keep a person with HIV infection well for many years, eventually it becomes necessary to take antiretroviral drugs in order to lengthen a person’s life. Antiretroviral… Basic management and monitoring of HIV infection • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 Once HIV infection is diagnosed, a person has a life-long condition which will go through several stages and has many consequences. The disease needs to be managed by people with… Myths about the transmission of HIV • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 You won’t get HIV/Aids if you sleep with a fat woman, HIV can be transmitted through hugging, mosquitoes can infect you with HIV. These are all preposterous and dangerous myths surrounding… Symptoms and phases of HIV infection & Aids • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 HIV/Aids is often called the “silent epidemic” due to its very long incubation period - meaning that a person can be infected for many years without showing any symptoms.… What is Aids? • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 Aids stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. We say that this disease is acquired because it is not an infection that is inherited. It is caused by a virus (the human immunodeficiency virus or… HIV/AIDS • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 Description AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is caused by HIV (the Human Immunodeficiency Virus). HIV is mainly transmitted through sexual intercourse. Once a person is infected, the virus remains in… Where does Aids come from? • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 The first recognised cases of Aids occurred in America in the summer of 1981, and soon afterwards in Africa. In the beginning doctors did not know what caused this disease, and it… How does one contract the virus? • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 There are three ways in which HIV infection can be transmitted from one person to another: Unprotected sexual intercourse; Contaminated blood; From an HIV+… In which body fluids does HIV occur? • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 HIV has been identified in various body fluids but it is especially highly concentrated in blood, sexual fluids (semen and vaginal fluids), and in breast milk. Although HIV is present… How common is HIV/AIDS? (Statistics) • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 HIV has changed the face of our world completely. Even the doomsday prophets could not have foreseen the destruction that HIV/Aids would leave in its wake. Let us have a look at… Transmission of HIV • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 HIV infection is transmitted primarily through: Unprotected sexual intercourse; Transmission through contaminated blood; When a mother infects her baby during pregnancy, during childbirth or as a result… Transmission through sexual acts • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 Scientific research shows that the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is transmitted by contaminated body fluids such as blood, semen (including pre-ejaculatory fluid), vaginal fluids and breast milk. Unprotected sex is one of the… Transmitting HIV through contaminated blood • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 Did you know that HIV can be transmitted by unsterile or dirty instruments used for circumcision? There are many other ways that HIV is transmitted though contaminated blood. Mother-to-child transmission of HIV (MTCT) • HIV and the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrom • Apr 18 05 Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV is one of the major causes of HIV infection in children. It is estimated that about 600 000 children are infected in this way each year (this… Page 45 of 45 pages « First < 43 44 45 << Back to main
