These are the questions
a)Definition of HIV
b)Bacteria or Virus(indicate what the STD is)
c)Contraction(how you get it)
d)Symptoms
e)Testing (What does the doctors do)
f)Treatment
g)Long Term Effects
h)Prevention
If anyone can help me with a nice short answer for each i will easly give 10 points thanks for any help HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus
HIV is a virus
You contract it by sharing dirty needles, or by having unprotected sex. Not just intercourse through the vagina, or anally, oral sex as well. It is also possible through blood transfusions - but not likely these days.
Symptoms of HIV are typically flu like symptoms in the first couple weeks of catching HIV. Some people may experience absolutely no symptoms at all. Symptoms usually occur when it's transformed into AIDS.
Testing typically involves blood samples. Doctors then examine the blood to see if it has been infected with HIV.
Apparently, the most effective treatment is highly active antiretroviral therapy, or haart. Which is a bunch of antiretroviral medications.
Long term effects of HIV is it turning into AIDS. AIDS is the more fatal part of the virus. Some people may live for 20+ years before it turning into AIDS.
To prevent contracting HIV, having safe sex using a condom will help a lot. Abstinence. Using clean needles, never shared by anyone.
Hope this helps explain everything ;) a)Human immunodeficiency virus
B)is a retrovirus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections.
c)Infection with HIV occurs by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, pre-ejaculate, or breast milk. Within these bodily fluids, HIV is present as both free virus particles and virus within infected immune cells. The four major routes of transmission are unprotected sexual intercourse, contaminated needles, breast milk, and transmission from an infected mother to her baby at birth. Screening of blood products for HIV has largely eliminated transmission through blood transfusions or infected blood products in the developed world.
D)the most common symptoms of which may include fever, lymphadenopathy, pharyngitis, rash, myalgia, malaise, mouth and esophagal sores, and may also include, but less commonly, headache, nausea and vomiting, enlarged liver/spleen, weight loss, thrush, and neurological symptoms. Infected individuals may experience all, some, or none of these symptoms. The duration of symptoms varies, averaging 28 days and usually lasting at least a week.[71] Because of the nonspecific nature of these symptoms, they are often not recognized as signs of HIV infection. Even if patients go to their doctors or a hospital, they will often be misdiagnosed as having one of the more common infectious diseases with the same symptoms
E)HIV-1 testing consists of initial screening with an enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) to detect antibodies to HIV-1.
F)There is currently no vaccine or cure for HIV or AIDS. The only known method of prevention is avoiding exposure to the virus. However, an antiretroviral treatment, known as post-exposure prophylaxis, is believed to reduce the risk of infection if begun directly after exposure.[79] Current treatment for HIV infection consists of highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART
G)effects the entire immune system and eventually your body is unable to fight off even the simplest cold...Death rate 100%
H) prevention of aids * A bstain
* B e faithful
* C ondomise
* A bstinence for youth, including the delay of sexual debut and abstinence until marriage
* B eing tested for HIV and being faithful in marriage and monogamous relationships
* C orrect and consistent use of condoms for those who practice high-risk behaviours. |
