The HIV/AIDS is an issue of a big concern around the world,

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The HIV/AIDS is an issue of a big concern around the world, but it becomes more complicated when it is observed among senior citizens. This problem is not speedily known, what causes the increase of percentage of people getting infected among that age group. In fact, this problem requires immediate attention and possible solutions to help to prevent the spread of infection, otherwise it can grow to a very big issue.Nowadays the incidence of HIV among seniors of 50 and older is rapidly increasing. This is hard to believe but many seniors in the United States are infected with HIV. Most of them do not even know about that, and they all consider it as typical aging problems they usually encounter. Loss of appetite, constant headaches, fatigue, weight loss or rashes can be associated with aging but in reality those are some of the main symptoms of HIV/AIDS. According to the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AIDS cases among Americans over 50 have quintupled since

If we do not act now, the danger of facing this problem will increase more and more. "�HIV among elderly citizens is an issue which is barely known, but it is becoming rapidly spread and very soon it might become a big problem of concern in addition to the HIV/AIDS issues among younger generation. My husband was infected four years before we met. It is very difficult to deal with it, because people do not understand that regardless of age the risk of getting HIV is the same in all respects. Many physicians are not skilled and comfortable in addressing sexual health, and drug abuse patterns when they talk to their senior patients. "It took about six years to figure out what I had because I had diabetes, and some of the symptoms are the same,"� said Evey Richardson, in The Boston Globe, June 2001, 56-years old grandmother who used to think AIDS was for other people. We need to fight this issue and help each other. The more people know, the more there is a chance of prevention and preserving their health from HIV and a chance to decrease the rate of infection. e 1995, up from 16,300 in 1995 to 90,600 in 2003. Today, seniors represent 14 percent of total AIDS cases. Many agencies that work with HIV-positive clients have failed to address this issue. There is a need to prevent these causes and spread the awareness of HIV among everyone. "We have failed to put an older face on HIV/AIDS,"� said Frances Jackson, associate professor of nursing at Oakland University, in previously cited The Detroit Health news. Together people can make a big change; together we can stop this fatal disease which effects all generations.