Actually I am a teenager and I find people talking around about AIDS(my friends etc).But I am in a daze now,I don't have any clear idea of AIDS i.e how it occurs and it's precautions.Can u pls give me information about it.plsssss
If you think I am not elilible for this then tell me why I am not.By the way my age is 15 AIDS stands for Auto Immune Difficiency Syndrome It is caused by the HIV virus that kills your tcells. And then because your white blood cells are so low or non existent it makes it easier for opportunistic diseae to take over your body and kill you.
The best way to prevent aids is not to share needle used by intervenous drug users and to have protected sex by using a condom. People can also get AIDs from blood transfusions.
Best thing to do is not get so high or drunk that you don't remember what you did and with who you did it with.
Stay safe get informed. There are thousands of website on the internet like CDC, org, webmd.com. etc just google it or go check it out with planned parenthood. http://www.aids.org/ http://www.avert.org/aids.htm acquired immune deficiency syndromw
just google or yahoo search it HIV - the human immunodeficiency virus - is a virus that kills your body鈥檚 "CD4 cells." CD4 cells (also called T-helper cells) help your body fight off infection and disease. HIV can be passed from person to person if someone with HIV infection has sex with or shares drug injection needles with another person. It also can be passed from a mother to her baby when she is pregnant, when she delivers the baby, or if she breast-feeds her baby.
AIDS - the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - is a disease you get when HIV destroys your body鈥檚 immune system. Normally, your immune system helps you fight off illness. When your immune system fails you can become very sick and can die.
The first cases of AIDS were identified in the United States in 1981, but AIDS most likely existed here and in other parts of the world for many years before that time. In 1984 scientists proved that HIV causes AIDS.
Anyone can get HIV. The most important thing to know is how you can get the virus.
You can get HIV:
By having unprotected sex- sex without a condom- with someone who has HIV. The virus can be in an infected person鈥檚 blood, semen, or vaginal secretions and can enter your body through tiny cuts or sores in your skin, or in the lining of your vagina, penis, rectum, or mouth.
By sharing a needle and syringe to inject drugs or sharing drug equipment used to prepare drugs for injection with someone who has HIV.
From a blood transfusion or blood clotting factor that you got before 1985. (But today it is unlikely you could get infected that way because all blood in the United States has been tested for HIV since 1985.)
Babies born to women with HIV also can become infected during pregnancy, birth, or breast-feeding.
You cannot get HIV:
By working with or being around someone who has HIV.
From sweat, spit, tears, clothes, drinking fountains, phones, toilet seats, or through everyday things like sharing a meal.
From insect bites or stings.
From donating blood.
From a closed-mouth kiss (but there is a very small chance of getting it from open-mouthed or "French" kissing with an infected person because of possible blood contact).
How can I protect myself?
Don鈥檛 share needles and syringes used to inject drugs, steroids, vitamins, or for tattooing or body piercing. Also, don鈥檛 share equipment ("works") used to prepare drugs to be injected. Many people have been infected with HIV, hepatitis, and other germs this way. Germs from an infected person can stay in a needle and then be injected directly into the next person who uses the needle.
The surest way to avoid transmission of sexually transmitted diseases is to abstain from sexual intercourse, or to be in a longterm mutually monogamous relationship with a partner who has been tested and you know is uninfected.
For persons whose sexual behaviors place them at risk for STDs, correct and consistent use of the male latex condom can reduce the risk of STD transmission. However, no protective method is 100 percent effective, and condom use cannot guarantee absolute protection against any STD. The more sex partners you have, the greater your chances are of getting HIV or other diseases passed through sex.
Condoms lubricated with spermicides are no more effective than other lubricated condoms in protecting against the transmission of HIV and other STDs. In order to achieve the protective effect of condoms, they must be used correctly and consistently. Incorrect use can lead to condom slippage or breakage, thus diminishing their protective effect. Inconsistent use, e.g., failure to use condoms with every act of intercourse, can lead to STD transmission because transmission can occur with a single act of intercourse.
Don鈥檛 share razors or toothbrushes because of the possibility of contact with blood.
If you are pregnant or think you might be soon, talk to a doctor or your local health department about being tested for HIV. Drug treatments are available to help you and reduce the chance of passing HIV to your baby if you have it.
How do I know if I have HIV or AIDS?
You might have HIV and still feel perfectly healthy. The only way to know for sure if you are infected or not is to be tested. Talk with a knowledgeable health care provider or counselor both before and after you are tested. You can go to your doctor or health department for testing or buy a home collection kit (for testing for HIV antibodies) at many pharmacies. To find out where to go in your area for HIV counseling and testing, call your local health department or the CDC National AIDS Hotline, at 1-800-342-AIDS (2437).
Your doctor or health care provider can give you a confidential HIV test. The information on your HIV test and test results are confidential, just as your other medical information. This means it can be shared only with people authorized to see your medical records. You can ask your doctor, health care provider, or HIV counselor at the place you are tested to explain who can obtain this information. For example, you may want to ask whether your insurance company could find out your HIV status if you make a claim for health insurance benefits or apply for life insurance or disability insurance.
In many states, you can be tested anonymously. These tests are usually given at special places known as anonymous testing sites. When you get an anonymous HIV test, the testing site records only a number or code with the test result, not your name. A counselor gives you this number at the time your blood, saliva, or urine is taken for the test, then you return to the testing site (or perhaps call the testing site, for example with home collection kits) and give them your number or code to learn the results of your test.
You are more likely to test positive for (be infected with) HIV if you:
Have ever shared injection drug needles and syringes or "works."
Have ever had sex without a condom with someone who had HIV.
Have ever had a sexually transmitted disease, like chlamydia or gonorrhea.
Received a blood transfusion or a blood clotting factor between 1978 and 1985.
Have ever had sex with someone who has done any of those things
What can I do if the test shows I have HIV?
Although HIV is a very serious infection, many people with HIV and AIDS are living longer, healthier lives today, thanks to new and effective treatments. It is very important to make sure you have a doctor who knows how to treat HIV. If you don鈥檛 know which doctor to use, talk with a health care professional or trained HIV counselor. If you are pregnant or are planning to become pregnant, this is especially important.
There also are other things you can do for yourself to stay healthy. Here are a few:
Follow your doctor鈥檚 instructions. Keep your appointments. Your doctor may prescribe medicine for you. Take the medicine just the way he or she tells you to because taking only some of your medicine gives your HIV infection more chance to grow.
Get immunizations (shots) to prevent infections such as pneumonia and flu. Your doctor will tell you when to get these shots.
If you smoke or if you use drugs not prescribed by your doctor, quit.
Eat healthy foods. This will help keep you strong, keep your energy and weight up, and help your body protect itself.
Exercise regularly to stay strong and fit.
Get enough sleep and rest.
How can I find out more about HIV and AIDS?
You can call the CDC National AIDS Hotline at 1-800-342-2437 (Spanish/ Espa帽ol: 1-800-344-7432; TTY access: 1-800-243-7889). The Hotline is staffed with people trained to answer your questions about HIV and AIDS in a prompt and confidential manner. Staff at the Hotline can offer you a wide variety of written materials and put you in touch with organizations in your area that deal with HIV and AIDS.
On the Internet, you can get information on HIV and AIDS from the CDC Division of HIV/ AIDS Prevention at www.cdc.gov/hiv. Other sources of information are the CDC National Prevention Information Network, www.cdcnpin.org or AIDSinfo, www.aidsinfo.nih.gov.
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1-800-448-0440 its Acute immuno Deficiency Syndrome...its occurs through direct contact...sexual relations...using contamintaed syringes at hospitals...etc...
when contacted with this disease...immune system becomes weak and becomes suscpetible to other diseases....
its not communicable through food water or anythign...only vrey close relations...so no need to keep away from an AIDS patient...
well...thts all i can think about now it stands for aquired immuno defiency syndrome. it can be aquired through sexual relations, or the sharing of intravenous (sp?) needles, or babies can get it from an infected mother. It is easily killed outside of the body but once aquired is permenant, and in nearly all cases death is assured. You dont die from AIDS itself but die from something as simple as a cold. this is because AIDS causes your immune system to not function, allowing your body to be infected and attacked by any intruders. AIDS, Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, is a sexually transmitted disease. you are eligible to know because i learned about this in my school subject, btw i'm 15 too. AIDS is a disease whereas HIV is the virus. this virus attacks the body's immune system. if you ever fall seriously ill, it might be really difficult to heal.
precautions - safe sex, single sex partner, avoid any fluid contact with a person who has aids. that's BASICALLY it. It's letters stand for Auto Immune Deficiency Syndrome.This syndrome occurs because a virus attacks the body's very own self defense team(your white blood cells).If your body can no longer heal it's self you have the possibility of becoming sick much more often.This virus can only be transmitted through blood,semen,and vaginal fluids.Take care because it's out there and it's hitting hard everywhere.I'm 27 and now know two sort of close friends that recently found out they had it.Use a condom,don't share needles,enough said...tom science I have no serious answer for this question, but have fun anyway AIDS:Accqured Imuno Defeciency Syndrom it is the definition for AIDS.
aids is caused by HIV(human affecting virus) it is due to improper sexual relationship It occurs by sticking your winkie into something a dog wouldn't even lick. LOL No, it's caused by the HIV virus. It breaks down your immune system and leaves you vulnerable to other diseases, which is what ulimately kills you (usually pneumonia). Just follow the montra my granddad told me "Son, don't let your pecker run your head." acquired immune deficiency syndrome. the HIV-I or HIV-II type viruses are responsible behind this fatal diesease. The resistance capability to germs & viruses of the body system is destroyed in this diesease. BUT REMEMBER, ALL HIV +ve PERSONS ARE NOT AIDS AFFECTED. |
