HIV/AIDS

What is HIV / AIDS?

AIDS is the abbreviation of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Occurrence of AIDS first reported in 1981 and until now is still a global health problem.


AIDS caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). This virus attacks the human body with a simple way to kill or damage the cells that play a role in the immune system, so that the body's ability to fight infection and cancer decreased dramatically. AIDS is a term that is actually intended for the stages of HIV infection is most serious / severe.

The medical Limfosit T and B limfosit together to maintain the body. B cells will develop into plasma cells, producing antibody to kill microorganisms. Q Limfosit responsible for the diperantarai cell immunity (cell mediated immunity), which is very important against the virus. Limfosit T consists of T helper cells (CD4 +) and sitotoksik T cells (CD8 +). Population Limfosit Q is the center of the body defense, which attacked and destroyed by HIV is a progressive and sustainable.





How the mechanism of transmission of HIV, so at this time it spread all over the world?
How the spread of HIV among the general one person to another person are:

* Conducting Sexual Relations with the HIV virus carrier without masks (do not use condoms)
* Use a syringe previously used by the person who infected with HIV virus
* Receive a blood or organ donors (organ transplants) of the person infected with HIV virus
* Transmission from mother to child of a mother infected with HIV transmit the virus to her child during virusnya in the womb, during birth, or through the milk of water.

There is no evidence that the spread of HIV through saliva, pengidap in contact with the HIV virus, exchange of food, or swim with people infected with HIV. HIV is not spread through insect bites such as mosquitoes.

That means that if sleeping with a HIV infected person safe?

Safe safe-aja ... provided that is not related sexual risk ya!
If HIV is directly severe symptoms can appear immediately or even die?




The time since first HIV infections occur to develop into AIDS varies in each individual, from the weekly period to twenty (20) years, depending on the status of the body's immune penderitanya. Without antiretroviral drugs, age life expectancy of AIDS at the average of 9.2 months. AIDS symptoms are very diverse, ranging from interference skin, respiratory, digestive, persarafan, malignancy (tumor / cancer), to infection oportunistik (kandidiasis, kriptosporodiasis).

HIV life cycle in the body's Corner We view Medical (Nice to know aja kok ...)

1. Virus entry.
Cell-free or cell associated HIV enters the body through the route of blood, semen or sekresi vagina from a man who infected. HIV soon appeared that the cells reseptor complementary (CD4 +, CCR5 and CXCR-4/fusin) can be either CD4 + cells, makrofag or langerhans cells.
2. Primary HIV infection.
Immune response to begin active viral antigen and intensive division of the virus occurred in the limfosit Q teraktivasi. This diperantarai by limfosit T cells specific sitotoksik (CTL) and antibody specific HIV and fastening through netralisasi supplement. Period from the entry of HIV in the host and the emergence of the detected levels of HIV-specific antibody called "window period" and people with very infeksius.
3. Clinical latent period
Marked loss of acute viral infectious diseases, reduction of virus in the blood, CD4 + cell count the almost normal, antibody and complement fastener netralisasi visible very low in the blood perifer (coffee RNA virus, viral load, virus cell mononuklear pengekspresi). Average occurred during 8-10 years. Calculate CD4 + cells ranged between 200 and 500 cells / μl in blood perifer.
4. AIDS.
This stage, with marked improvement virologis parameters (number of virus / viral load, p24 antigen, and so forth) in the blood perifer and nodus limfa. There is emphasis immune system and infections that are not harmful microorganisms in the normal condition (infection oportunistik) asserts that fatalnya this stage. CD4 + Count usually less than 200 cells / μl and down the progressive over time.



Currently there are antiviral drugs is recommended in people with HIV / AIDS. But until now still can not cure the disease and prevent a progresivitas disease. So, prevention remains the best option.
How to Prevent contagious?

The outline of a breeze. Only five (5) points, the A (Abstinence), B (Be faithful), C (Condom), D (Do not inject) and E (Education). Easy huh? What is that including these points?

A: Abstinence

* Do not free sex, either with HIV or high risk of HIV infection such as drug users.
* Not doing sex pranikah

B: Be Faithfull

* Setia on one pair and not mutually pair.

C: Condom

* For the "hiperaktif" related sexual (mania ni story ...), sediain condoms. But you should not touch first deh ..

D: Do not inject

* Avoiding the use of needles that are not sterile and take turns with the same needle in any form.
* Using one-use syringe.
* Avoiding the use of syringe with drug users.
* If you do a blood transfusion, make sure the blood test is free of viruses and the HIV (virus-virus and other)

E: Education

* Extension
* Guidance from parents, families, teachers, or other related parties
* Access and read articles and blogs on the teenager's health website that we made .... OK?


STOP AIDS
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