Human Immunodeficiency Virus - HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV is a condition in which the immune system begins to fail and enables life threatening infections to occur.
HIV is transmitted through blood, semen, breast milk or vaginal fluid.
There are four major transmission possibilities and they include unsafe sex, breast milk, contaminated needles and transmission from an infected mother to a newborn during the birthing process.
HIV infects vital cells in the immune system and most untreated people almost always ends up with AIDS.
Most people die from malignancies associated with the failure of the immune system with AIDS developing within 10 years of the onset of the HIV virus.
Some will inevidably experience the development of AIDS sooner, depending upon the initial strength of the immune system.
HIV occurs initially after the transfer of body fluids from an infected person to an uninfected person.
It is worth noting that infected blood coming in contact with any open wound most likely will result in HIV.
This route of infection can account for drug users, hemopheliacs, blood transfusion patients and health care workers such as doctors and nurses can also be infected, tho this happens very infrequently.
People who give and receive tatoos and piercings are also at great risk.
HIV has four basic stages including an incubation period, acute infection, latency period and then AIDS.
The incubation period lasts 2-4 weeks with the acute infection period lasting approximately 28 days and then the latency period can last anywhere from 2 weeks to 20 years or more.
HIV is transmitted through blood, semen, breast milk or vaginal fluid.
There are four major transmission possibilities and they include unsafe sex, breast milk, contaminated needles and transmission from an infected mother to a newborn during the birthing process.
HIV infects vital cells in the immune system and most untreated people almost always ends up with AIDS.
Most people die from malignancies associated with the failure of the immune system with AIDS developing within 10 years of the onset of the HIV virus.
Some will inevidably experience the development of AIDS sooner, depending upon the initial strength of the immune system.
HIV occurs initially after the transfer of body fluids from an infected person to an uninfected person.
It is worth noting that infected blood coming in contact with any open wound most likely will result in HIV.
This route of infection can account for drug users, hemopheliacs, blood transfusion patients and health care workers such as doctors and nurses can also be infected, tho this happens very infrequently.
People who give and receive tatoos and piercings are also at great risk.
HIV has four basic stages including an incubation period, acute infection, latency period and then AIDS.
The incubation period lasts 2-4 weeks with the acute infection period lasting approximately 28 days and then the latency period can last anywhere from 2 weeks to 20 years or more.
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