AIDS

AIDS

I chose AIDS as my topic, because it is one of my biggest fears. I feel I need to educate myself so I have less chance of getting the virus. AIDS contaminates up to 900,000 people. 300,000 of the people that are infected don’t even know that they are. Though we know how AIDS works, we still don’t know what effect it will do to human kind in the future. What will happen in the future, and what can we do to stop it?Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. It impairs the immune system to fight infections. AIDS is the final stage of an HIV infection. The time between infection with HIV and the development of an AIDS- defining condition is about ten years. As HIV reproduces, it destroys the body’s ability to defend itself by taking over the immune cells. This leaves the body defenseless against possible illnesses. Like all Viruses, HIV is a tiny and simple organism that is energized when it comes in contact with a living cell. When a HIV virus gets energized it can reproduce up to one billion copies of the virus in a single day!

Ÿ Also more than 90 percent of HIV transmission worldwide is from the transfer of bodily fluids between sexual partners through sexual intercourse. Vaccine Challenges:Existing treatments can cost up to tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars per person. Each and every one of us must be responsible and take every safety method into consideration. Scientist have been stressing that none of the vaccines have been able to protect the human cell. This stage occurs when the immune system is exhausted and incapable of producing sufficient CD4 lymphocytes to defend the body. Ÿ Transfer of bodily fluids, especially semen and vaginal fluids generated by sexual activity. Ÿ From mother to infant through inheritance or through breast-feeding. The future health of the world depends on it. Ÿ Swollen glands: enlarged lymph glands in the neck, groin, or armpit, which maybe sore or tender. Prevention, early detection, proper medical attention is all contributing factors to this epidemic are ways this virus could be controlled, until scientists can find a cure of AIDS. Ÿ Skin rash: itchy bumps our ulcers appearing anywhere on the body and often spreading. Did you know that AIDS could be transmitted by?Ÿ French kissing (rarely)Ÿ Taking in infected blood through unspecialized surgical instruments or needles. The HIV virus has different stages. Ÿ Diarrhea: occur several times daily, and can last up to several months.