Sunday, December 7, 2008

AH AIDS!

I have notice a rising number of people getting HIV Or Aids. This troubles me alot... is it because we as human are indecent ? Or is it we have no sense of having safe Sex Or is it people are jus pure unlucky..Anything can happen to any of us reading this webpage here .Who knows what will happen the moment after u leave your home.... maybe u were run over by a lorry , sent to a nearby hospital for treatment but very unlucky, one of the blood packet contain HIV genome and tada.... your infected !.. so i personally felt that people should start to notice the importance of preventing getting the virus or seek treatment .
Actually MANY people does not know that actually u does not get aids immediately you have to get the HIV first before your immune system is down and other diseases infect you.
Aids is Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is the final stage of HIV infection. An infection takes the "opportunity" provided by the weakened immune system to cause an illness that is usually controlled by a healthy immune system These infections are sometimes life-threatening and require medical intervention to prevent or treat serious illnesses. Persons living with advanced HIV infection suffer opportunistic infections of the lungs, brain, eyes and other organs. The 26 CDC-defined AIDS indicator illnesses are opportunistic infection.(http://www.hiv.com/)
To stop aids u have to start from HIV and to stop HIV! U have to….
Practicing safe sex and avoiding high-risk behaviors
using a latex condom
Symptoms of HIV
According to the Centres for Disease Control and Prevention, the following are symptoms that may be warning signs of HIV infections:
-Rapid weight loss
-Dry cough
-Recurring fever or profuse night sweats
-Profound and unexplained fatigue
-Swollen lymph glands in the armpits, groin or neck
-Diarrhoea that lasts for more than a week
-White spots or unusual blemishes on the tongue, in the mouth or in the throat
-Pneumonia
-Red, brown, pink or purplish blotches on or under the skin or inside the mouth, nose or eyelids
-Memory loss, depression and other neurological disorders

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