... occur within the body if one does not take care of themselves and practice safe sex. AIDS is the disease caused by HIV. HIV is not airborne meaning that it cannot be contracted through the air. For one to contract HIV they must either have unprotected sex with someone who has the ... virus or have an open wound and some one with infected blood manages to come in contact with it. The disease AIDS is a very scary one indeed. If ... to get into the body and grow more and more until it is so large that nothing can stop it from growing more and more until It cannot be stopped. AIDS stands fo...

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... who didn't obey certain rules of normal sexual behavior. But today it means punishment for those who are having sexual intercourse without protection. AIDS is abbreviation for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. A result of human immune-deficiency-virus (HIV) that makes the immune system less able to ... are those who use injected drugs (25%), male to female sexual contact (7%), transfusion with blood products (2%) and unknown risk (6%). How is AIDS transmitted HIV is spread by sexual contact with an infected person, by needle-sharing among injecting drug users, or, less commonly, thr...

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... reproduces. HIV destroys the T-cells and the body becomes unable to fight off certain opportunistic infections. 11 million people worldwide are infected with the disease. As far as researchers know, AIDS is always fatal and there is no known cure. HIV can be transmitted in several ways: By exchange of body fluids such as semen or blood with infected person. Sharing ... not thrive outside the body, and human skin is an effective barrier to it. The virus cannot be transmitted by using utensils, breathing the same air, casual touching, or using the same toilet with an infected person. AIDS...

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... a worker in Gerald Ford's white house" (Shaw). Fisher opened people's eyes and showed them that no one is safe, "the fact of AIDS has changed from being primarily a disease of white men, to a disease of people of all colors and both genders" (Oprah). Statistics reveal that in ... before, Fisher had a lot of credibility being a republican's daughter and a worker in the white house but her credibility stood no chance against the logic that the AIDS disease was a deadly virus. Fisher already knew this coming in so she was prepared to bring out numbers and percentages. "Worldwide, forty milli...

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... are STI's and STD's. STI's are infections which are curable, while STD's are diseases with no cure. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is an STD that has, to date, claimed over 40 million lives. HIV is transmitted in three ways: unprotected sex ... Cancer Institute where a man named Robert Gallo was seen as a cancer specialist. He would later state that he found the virus which causes AIDS and called it HTLVIII. A lawsuit between the Pasteur institute and Robert Gallo would follow with the dispute being settled and a new name being ... give...

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... . These types of infection are known as opportunistic diseases. These can cause life threatening situations that are serious and may lead to dealth. When AIDS weakens the immune system the person infected has a higher rate of getting sick. They do not have the ability to fight off the bacteria ... . The HIV virus is carried through blood, semen, vaginal fluid, and breast milk. Although people think this is true , you can not receive HIV, or AIDS by kissing, hugging, tears, sweat, feces, or urine. Blood has the highest content of the virus, followed by semen, vaginal fluid, and finally br...

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... spread or what it was, so they had no way of stopping it at the time. One of the only diseases comparable to the bubonic plague is AIDS. AIDS has taken many lives because at first no one knew what it was or how to control it; even now no one has found a cure. One ... sex. Alcohol can also be considered a drug. After consuming alcohol, people let their guard down and are more likely to have unprotected sex (AIDS.org) Peoples" fear of both diseases, AIDS and bubonic plague, are similar. When the bubonic plague hit Europe, people were terrified of getting it so they fled their homes and to...

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... people getting these diseases in numerous years. Soon, it also affected hemophiliacs, blood recipients, prostitutes and their customers, and babies born from AIDS-infected women. When high-profile victims began to contract the virus, such as porn star John Holmes who died in Sepulveda, California in ... rashes, a fungal infection of the mouth known as thrush, lack of resistance to infection, and swollen lymph nodes. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is transmitted through blood, semen, and vaginal fluid. The virus is usually transferred through sexual intercourse, the transfusion of viru...

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... ) and is released to infect another cell. This process then repeats itself and eventually leads to the destruction of the body's immune system. AIDS is a severe immunological disorder caused by the retrovirus HIV. When infected by HIV you body will make antibodies, special molecules that are supposed to ... you have HIV infection. People who have the HIV antibodies are called "HIV-Positive." Being HIV-positive is not the same as having AIDS. As HIV disease continues, it slowly wears down the immune system. Viruses, parasites, fungi and bacteria that usually don't cause any problems ... ...

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... ( Fertzer p163 ) Many people are aware that there are no high-risk groups instead there are a high-risk behavior. (Peterson p. 153) HIV and Aids affect more than thirty million people worldwide. Race, sex, and age have nothing to do with who can get this disease however, the race with the highest ... for contraction through open sores or cuts in your mouth. ( Faulk P.2) There are various ways to prevent the spread of HIV (the virus that cause s Aids) The Human Immunodeficiency Virus is not spread easily. You can only get HIV if you get infected blood or sexual fluids into your system. (F...

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... virus has taken on six different strands, and is spread in humans mostly through sexual intercourse. Issue The matter being discussed here is the AIDS epidemic. AIDS and the HIV virus are very real issues in the world and especially in America. Whether it is the needle of the syringe of a ... doctor to perform the test. No electricity is needed and no complicated storage is required. Another solution is to make African's more aware of Aids. Such as flyers, posters, and announcements that can spread news like wildfire. This will add knowledge to the African communities. So, they can ... ...

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... that could happen to me. The gay community, I feel, started this whole thing. A good example, Gaetan Dugas, patient zero they call him, this man brought AIDS to the United States. Although he didn't know he had it, he did know about condoms. This man on average had about 250 gay partners a year. In just ... two months the cases of AIDS went from 80 to 160. That is only with 15 of the 50 states reporting. If the gay people of America wouldn't have so much unprotected sex, ... The medical community was trying very hard to find out how this was happening. At the rate people were spreading...

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... testing was required, many people, especially hemophiliacs, received HIV through tainted blood. Also, only about thirty percent of the children born to HIV-positive mothers actually become infected themselves. The AIDS epidemic is expanding at a rapid rate. At first, HIV infection in the United States was concentrated in the homosexual community and in individuals who received blood products, such as those ... the United States. Although males make up almost ninety percent of these cases, women and children are the fastest growing group of people with AIDS. In 1992, AIDS became the eigh...

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... ). Viral infections: CMV (affects the eyes), hepatitis, herpes simplex, human papiloma virus. Neurological conditions: dementia, peripheral neuropathy. Other conditions and complications: depression, diarrhea, wasting syndrome, pelvic inflammatory disease. AIDS does not discriminate, everyone is at risk, from the very young to the very old. The Center for Disease Control estimates as of Dec 1999 33.6 million people are living ... Testing for the HIV virus is a simple blood , saliva, or urine test. Testing can be done anonymously at your Local County Health Services, your private doctor, a...

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... those people go years without even know they are effected. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus, which is a virus that can lead to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. Unlike some other viruses, the human body cannot get rid of HIV, and there is no medicine that can cure you of it at his time. Meaning, ... this stage, HIV reproduces at low levels, but is still active and is still spreading. Although they are nearly symptom free, they can still transmit HIV/AIDS to others. The only true way to know if you have been infected is to get tested, you can get tested with your doct...

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... But they are wrong because HIV is the virus that means human immunodeficiency virus. Some people can have the HIV virus and not be diagnosed as having aids for up to ten years. What the virus does is attacks the immune system directly until it just shuts down and you die. There are two ... main ways that people can get aids one of them is by doing drugs, like using the same needle. Another main way to get aids is by having sexual intercourse with a person that has aids. Another way is through breast milk, vaginal fluid, also the HIV virus can ... from them. Also if you get donated semen ...

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... infections such as PCP, which is a form of pneumonia. Moreover, pregnant women who receive extensive pre-test counseling would further understand the benefits of AIDS testing. They need to know basic information on this disease before being tested. There could be a routine test commonly given to pregnant women for ... the disease. The mother would be able to obtain an AIDS test at anonymous or confidential test sites or in a doctor's office. At an anonymous test site, a woman getting the test remains anonymous, and ... of the test, risk and benefits, and the voluntary nature of it. The ...

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... in Africa each day. In her book, Opposing view points Tamara L. Roleff says that about 600 deaths per day in Kenya are attributed to AIDS and by 2005 this number is projected to climb to 900 deaths per day (184). Some of the reasons why the HIV virus is spreading ... live below poverty level. Knowledge is power and this is what these people are lacking. There have been numerous campaign and workshop to educate people about HIV/AIDS virus but no significant changed. Since the African society is a male dominated society and women have little or no power over any decision making, girls and...

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... and say he is 35 years old, but he is really 18. It's really sad. All this is just because of this horrible disease called AIDS. He got the disease because he was forcibly injected with a needle that had been contaminated with the disease. Of course there are many ways to ... who is engaging in homosexual intercourse can also get the disease if it is done without protection (http://www.riverreporter.com/news/rue/911017.htm). AIDS is easily transmitted through needles and syringes contaminated with infected blood. Injecting drugs or steroids or sharing needles that are contaminated with ...

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... 22.5 million are infected. African household incomes have fallen by half and business profits have decreased by 20 percent due to AIDS deaths, and this is just one impact of the AIDS epidemic. Economically AIDS is greatly affecting Africa. In the gold mines of southern Africa one in four of its 48000-strong labor force has ... no one to raise them. Many of these children are then not attending school and getting an education. AIDS is defiantly impacting Africa in many ways. AIDS is spreading in Africa for a couple of reasons. One of the reasons AIDS is spreading in Africa is cultural norm...

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... spread throughout the world since the Black Death took the lives of more than one third of the European population back in the Middle Ages. AIDS, which is an acronym for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome, is a disease cause by the HIV virus. The disease kills white blood cells which ... simple infection that the immune system would have normally fought off. The United States government as well as its' people need to take steps concerning the AIDS epidemic. Those steps should be funding to try to find a vaccine, the promotion of abstinence and safe sex in schools, and having needle exc...

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... how it works and how to prevent people from getting it. Yet last year there were twenty thousand men and women diagnosed with some form of AIDS or HIV between the ages of twenty-four and forty. The number of young people has more than doubled in the last six years. So ... vaginal fluid and breast milk. HIV is a blood born pathogen and can only be transmitted through transferable blood, semen, vaginal fluid and breast milk. HIV and AIDS are transmitted mostly through sexual contact, blood, and mother to child. A mother infected with the virus has a 75% chance of passing it on to the ... ...

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... affects the immune system. This virus leaves a person infected by it completely defenseless against the many diseases in our environment. Up to now, scientists are trying to find a cure for AIDS but they are not that successful. The medicines available now only lessen the aggravation of the symptoms. Until now there is no cure for this life-threatening disease ... . AIDS is primarily transmitted sexually or in other forms of exposure such as infected needles during blood transfusion. AIDS has become a global concern since it was discovered in the early 90's. A lot of misconceptions arose...

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... , leaving a person defenseless to fight against unusual life threatening illnesses. The ignorance about the disease and the way it can be transmitted has contributed to its growth. According to research, AIDS can be transmitted during sexual contact, blood contamination, IV drug users and contamination from blood transfusions because of infected blood. The epidemic is also killing heterosexual and non-drug users ... sailor not long after becoming ill, sore throat, loss of weight, shortness of breath, continuous fatigue and night sweats. It was a strong possibility that both patients died ...

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... day, I was surprised and sad to hear the UNAIDS report which said that 58 million people have been infected with HIV and 22 million people died of AIDS during last 20 years. What can we do and what should government do? Do you know a boy named Nkosi Johnson who had had to fight against HIV ... from the moment of his birth? I knew him on TV the other day. As one of Africas millions of AIDS-stricken children, he had to battle those who didn't want to let him go to school. And when he was sick, his own body turned traitor, but Nkosi ... their children for the little time they may have toge...

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