HIV- no symptoms Human Immunodeficiency Virus

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HIV- no symptomsHuman Immunodeficiency Virus
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AIDS- symptoms appearAcquiredImmuneDeficiency
Syndrome
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What is an Incubation period?

• Once a person has been infected with Hiv, the
  virus stays in a persons body for a long period
  of time---sometimes years---before any symptoms
  appear.
• The majority of people infected with Hiv develop
  Aids and die.

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HIV / AIDS

• Definition- An immune system condition
• brought on by the invasion of HIV in the
  bloodstream that renders a person susceptible to
  opportunistic infection that can eventually cause
  death.

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FLUIDS THAT TRANSMIT THE VIRUS

• 1. BLOOD
• 2. SEMEN
• 3. CERVICAL/VAGINAL SECRETIONS
• 4. BREASTMILK

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HIGH RISK BEHAVIORS

• Sexual Contact
• Sharing needles (drug use, piercing, tattoos)
• Breastfeeding/ mother to baby-birth
• Blood contact

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How to be 100 protected from HIV/AIDS

• Sexual Abstinence (no sexual contact)
• Avoid Blood Contact
• Do not share needles (avoid drug use and sharing
  needles to pierce or tattoo the body)

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The Effects of AIDS on the Body

• Hiv attacks the immune system which destroys your
  bodys ability to fight infection
• Causes serious lung infections / Pneumonia
• Rare skin cancer called Sarcoma(brown and blue
  sores on skin)
• Digestives problems diarrhea and intestinal
  infections

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Hiv/Aids Treatments

• Drug combination Therapy
• Drugs are used to slow the reproduction of the
  Hiv virus in the body and bloodstream
• Drugs used to treat opportunistic infection to
  delay the progress of disease(AIDS)

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AIDSISADEADLYDISEASESOMake GOOD
DECISIONS!!!!?