... the best way to prevent would be abstinence, but if you do have sex there are safety precautions that you can take. It is extremely important to take precautions while having sex. You should always have "safer sex" if you are going to have sex, not "safe sex" because there is no such thing; there is always a risk of contracting ... the STD and/or becoming pregnant. In order to have "safer sex" you must always use contraceptives such as the use of condoms alone or with spermicidal foam. Also you should remember that when you are ... to you. So that is why you are at a greater risk of co...

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... face the growing problem of the rapid spread of HIV. HIV is often transmitted sexually, and crowded prisons provide prime settings for AIDS epidemics. Oral sex is gaining popularity among teenagers because teens believe that there is less risk of obtaining a sexually transmitted disease (STD). STDs include gonorrhea, chlamydia, ... What is the most effective method of contraception? Abstainance is of course to most effective method, but also communication is very important, and if sex is going to happen some type of barrier must be present. 3. Is HIV easier, harder, or equally difficult ...

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... or symptoms and are completely unaware that they are infected. HIV/AIDS can be transmitted by sexual behavior, including anal, vaginal, and oral sex, with an infected person. Some of these behaviors are riskier than others. Direct exposure to blood of an infected person, sharing needles with ... this belief is vaguely untrue. Condoms can protect you to a certain extent, but they are not one hundred percent effective. An individual having sex with an infected person may still contract the virus and are placing themselves at high risk even with the use of a condom (Servilio, 1). ... tract...

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... present, and the person is believed to have engaged in risky behavior to catch the virus, further testing is done. The first test is called the ELISA or enzyme immunoassay antibody test to detect the presence of HIV antibodies. If this test is positive, the same blood is tested a second time. If the second ELISA is positive, a Western blot is performed. This a more ... specific and confirming test. Blood that has tested positive to all three tests will be reported as postitive for HIV. If the results are inconclusive, the test is repeated in four to six weeks. If the results were negati...

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... th three months after the infection, but less reliable when used in the early stage of HIV. Doctors confirm a positive result by using the Western Blot test. This test detects lower levels of HIV antibodies. During this, a blood sample is place on a paper strip with HIV proteins and if antibodies are present, they bind ... with the HIV proteins, changing the color on the paper. The ELISA and the Western Blot test combined is more than 99.9 percent accurate within weeks following exposure. Physicians differentiate between people who have HIV and those who have AIDS. The CDC, Center ... at...

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... be detected by cultures or certain slide tests. Unlike cultures, which require days of observation for the growth of the bacteria, the slide test can be performed fairly quickly. Most labs can have results within 24 hours. However, the infection may be very mild and the more rapid slide ... as the brain, and can lead to death. Symptoms of syphilis can be vague or seemingly related to some other problem, so most physicians do not routinely test for this infection. Syphilis is diagnosed by either scraping the base of the non- painful ulcer and looking under a special type of microscope for...

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... tests- of industrialization; it remains a developing country because not at least 10 percent of its workforces are employed in industry as required by the Sutchiffe's test number three (Thomas, 16). Regarding Thailand's social development, the World Bank reported the estimated population for July 2000 as 61,230,874 with an annual ... in urban areas. Consequently, many of the young men and women moved into a different industry, such as commercial sex service. When some of the successful men or women in the sex industry start remitting large amounts of money back home to build big houses a...

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... a physician. Most of these treatments are very expensive and ineffective compared to the treatment of a medical doctor. Procedures and tests to determine and treat MS There is not one single test that can determine whether or not a person has MS. MRI (magnetic resonance imaging) is the preferred method of imaging the brain and is used quite often to try and determine ... symptoms of MS and tests of function, are very important. The physician will do an extensive review of mental, emotional, language functions of the five senses, and visual balance. The sex, birthplace, family history an...

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