In addition, infected pregnant women can pass HIV to their babies during pregnancy or delivery, as well as through breast-feeding. The virus is transmitted in body fluids: blood, semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk and other blood containing fluids have all been proven to carry spread the virus. By killing or impairing cells of the immune system, HIV progressively destroys the body's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. ...

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Another way to transmit an STI is mother to infant at birth or during breast feeding (Mayo, "Risk"). ... The organisms that cause sexually transmitted infections may pass person to person in the blood, semen, vaginal secretions and breast milk; despite belief a person cannot contract an STI from saliva. ... Some types of HPV can lead to cervical cancer or cancer or the anus or penis, ("Information"). ... A pap test can find changes in cervical cells before they turn into cancer. If the changes are treated, the cancer can be prevented ("Cervical"). ...

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HIV is carried in certain body fluids including blood, semen, vaginal secretions and breast milk. These fluids can be contacted from an infected person through sexual contact, sharing of needles, during birth and from breast feeding. ... Opportunistic infections are treated with a range of powerful antibiotics and cancers with chemotherapy. ...

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The disease enters the baby's bloodstream during childbirth as the baby passes through the birth canal, or after birth if the mother nurses the baby and her breast milk is infected. ... Women who are infected with HIV can pass the virus to their infants during childbirth or, less likely in breast milk. ... Hepatitis B attacks liver cells, leading to cirrhosis and possibly cancer of the liver. ... Although they are relatively painless, genital warts significantly increase the risk of cervical cancer in women. ...

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HIV can also be transmitted from an HIV infected mother to newborn, through child birth and breast milk. ... Herpes Zoster, Candidacies, Cytomegalovirus, Human papilloma virus, recurrent Pneumonia, hepatitis, Tuberculosis, and lung cancer are more communal because of the enfeebled immune systems (Weinberg, et al. 2010). ... HIV can be transmitted directly by sexual contact with infected person, infected breast milk, and from infected mother to newborn during child birth. ...

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These include: increased risk of cervical and breast cancers, increased risk of heart attack and stroke, migraines, higher blood pressure, gall bladder disease, infertility, benign liver tumors, decreased bone density, yeast overgrowth and infection, and increased risk of blood clotting" (Body Ecology). ...

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