Sexual Health: AIDS
What is the meaning of AIDS?AIDS stands for the following:
| Acquired | Possible infection |
| Immune Deficiency | Disease fighting body's system turns weak |
| Syndrome | Group of health problems that conform a disease |
AIDS, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, is caused by a virus known as HIV. Moreover, HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. In case you get infected with it, your body defenses will try to battle the infection by creating antibodies, which are special molecules to fight HIV.
When you get a blood analysis test, these antibodies are trying to be found in order to determine if you have HIV. People who have HIV antibodies in their blood flow are denominated 'HIV-Positive'.
If you are HIV-Positive, it does not mean that you have AIDS. There are several people who are HIV-Positive, yet don't become sick after past various years. While HIV continues present in your body, your immune system slowly wears down. Parasites, bacteria, fungi and viruses which normally do not pose any threat to you, can make very ill in case your immune system is very damaged. These kind of infections are called opportunistic.
Symptoms- Pulmonary infections
- Gastrointestinal infections
- Neurological and psychiatric involvement
- Tumors and malignancies
- Sexual transmission
- Exposure to blood-borne pathogens
- Perinatal transmission
- HIV test
- WHO disease staging system
- CDC classification system
The following is a list of the most common exposure routes for getting the HIV virus:
- Blood Transfusion
- Childbirth
- Needle-sharing injection drug use
- Percutaneous needle stick
- Receptive anal intercourse
- Insertive anal intercourse
- Receptive penile-vaginal intercourse
- Insertive penile-vaginal intercourse
- Receptive oral intercourse
- Insertive oral intercourse
- Antiviral therapy
- Experimental and proposed treatments
- Alternative medicine
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