What You Should Know About AIDS?

What is AIDS? AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is caused by a specific virus. The virus enters the bloodstream and affects a certain type of white blood cells (lymphocytes), which are an important link in the protective (immune) system of the body. As a result of contamination of a person becomes "helpless" before the microbes and

tumors. The disease develops slowly over several years, the only sign of illness may be swollen lymph nodes. Then start the temperature rise, long-term intestinal disorders, sweating, loss of weight. In the future there are pneumonia, herpes, and pustular skin lesions, sepsis (blood infection), malignancy, predominantly skin. All this leads to the death of the patient.

The diagnosis of AIDS can only install a physician.

How do you get AIDS? A study of several thousand patients registered in the world, found that AIDS virus is transmitted:
- When you have sex with sick or infected with the AIDS virus, often through homosexual contact and promiscuous. Using a condom reduces the risk of infection;
- The use of unsterilized syringes for injections, mostly drug addicts;
- Through the introduction of blood or blood products containing the virus. For example, if a blood transfusion from an infected person. Now introduced a system of testing of donor blood, eliminating this mode of transmission;
- From a pregnant woman infected with AIDS, newborn.

The AIDS virus is not transmitted through the air when speaking, coughing, etc. When using common utensils and other household items, bath tub, swimming pool, etc. can not get AIDS. No cases of AIDS have arisen in household contact or contacts at work. No one health care worker is not infected with AIDS Relief. When staying healthy children and children with AIDS, there were no cases of virus transmission in schools and preschools. Used in health care methods of sterilization of needles and instruments exclude the possibility of transmission of the AIDS virus.

HOW AIDS diagnosed? With the penetration of the AIDS virus in the body arises response - antibody formation. This reaction can be detected by special methods in the study of blood samples. Positive reaction indicates that a person infected with the AIDS virus. In some individuals with a positive reaction in the future to develop AIDS. Others may remain outwardly healthy, but keep the virus in the body and can therefore infect other people. According to the results of the reaction can not tell who is sick and who will only be infected with HIV. Responding to AIDS is held each taking blood donations. Donated blood, which gives a positive reaction, is destroyed.

How to protect yourself from AIDS? Avoid casual sex and sex with homosexuals, drug addicts and those who lead promiscuous. The more sexual partners you have, the higher the risk of contracting AIDS. Condom use reduces the risk of infection. Do not use a random syringes for injections. If you have encountered any suspected contact your doctor. It is important to remember that your behavior is dependent on prevention of AIDS.