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HIV/AIDS

 

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) a lentivirus of a subgroup of retroviruses, HIV causes AIDS (Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The virus kills or damages cells of the body’s immune system. HIV progressively destroys the body’s ability to fight infections and certain cancers. People diagnosed with AIDS may develop life-threatening diseases from viruses or bacteria that rarely make healthy people sick. These infections are called opportunistic infections.

 

The major cause of AIDS is the unprotected or unsafe sex. It is not just you who will be affected by HIV/AIDS; your partner can also got infected by your HIV Virus. The transmission of the virus from the mother to the child can occur in utero during the last weeks of pregnancy and at childbirth. HIV can also be spread through the sharing of needles. Health care workers such as nurses, laboratory workers, and doctors, have also been infected, although this occurs more rarely.

 

Scientists are testing chemical barriers that can be used during sex to prevent HIV transmission.

 

 

The present research and preventive efforts are probably not sufficient to curb this modern calamity. A lot more commitment from the governments of various countries is required to enhance research efforts and implement the strategies to treat and prevent HIV infection.

 

One old saying is popular in case of HIV that is “Prevention is better than Cure“. Therefore only information to protect you is the sole medicine for this deadly disease.