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HOPE YOU ARE HAVING A GREAT
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What is something new you have learned?
TKHS
H.I.V.
Human
Immunodeficiency
Virus
A.I.D.S.
Acquired
Immune
Deficiency
Syndrome
Spectrum of HIV
Infection
Initial
Infection/Acute Onset
Asymptomatic
Chronic Symptoms
AIDS
When does HIV develop
into AIDS?
Incubation Period
 Definition:
from the point of HIV
infection until the development of
AIDS
 Time
years
range: 6 months to 11 or more
HIV Information
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VIRUS = NO CURE
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HIV can only live in
living cells
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HIV can make 10
billion copies of itself
every day
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Tests will show a
person has HIV 6
months after it was
contracted
AIDS Information
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Symptoms: swollen
glands, cold sweat,
chronic diarrhea,
weight loss, fatigue,
flu-like symptoms
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Diagnosis of AIDS is
checked against 30
different criteria
before an HIV patient
is classified as
having AIDS
More Information
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Chances of contracting
HIV increase when one
has another STD
- immune system is
fighting more than one
thing
- some STD’s are open
soars that can make it
easier for HIV to enter
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Smoking can cause
someone with HIV to
progress to AIDS
sooner
HIV Transmission Occurs Through
Contact With Infected
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Blood
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Vaginal Secretions
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Semen
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Breast Milk
How HIV Is Passed From One
Person To Another
 Sex
 Blood-to-Blood
Contact
 Birth/Breastfeeding
Most People Are Infected With HIV:
 Because
they had unprotected sex
with an HIV infected person
 Because
they shared drug injection
equipment with an HIV infected
person
Sexual Transmission of HIV
 Unprotected
Oral Sex
 Unprotected
Vaginal Sex
 Unprotected
Anal Sex
Blood-to-Blood HIV
Transmission
 Sharing
injection drug equipment
 Mother to child during birth
 Accidental needle sticks
 Tattooing or body piercing
 Blood transfusions
Mother-to-Child HIV
Transmission
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Can happen during
pregnancy, labor, or
delivery- though most
perinatal infections
happen during the birth
process
HIV- infected women
can also infect their
infants through
breastfeeding
Michigan HIV Prevalence
as of January, 2011
Source: MI Dept. of Community Health
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MALE: 15,090
(75%)
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FEMALE: 4,410 (25%)
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Total: 19, 500
U.S. Overview as of July, 2010
Source: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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CDC estimates that more than one million
people are living with HIV in the United States.
One in five (21%) of those people living with
HIV is unaware of their infection.
56,300 new infections
occur yearly
More than 18,000 people with AIDS still die each
year in the US.
People At Greatest Risk
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Men who have sex
with men
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People who use
drugs and alcohol
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In a heterosexual
couple, women are
at more risk because
semen is more
abundant than
vaginal fluid and can
live for days inside
her
Reduce Your Risk!!!
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Don’t use injection drugs or share drug
injection equipment; Seek drug treatment
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Don’t have anal, vaginal, or oral sex
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Use condoms or other barrier methods
consistently and correctly
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Only have sex in the context of a mutually
faithful relationship
VIDEO
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Just Like Me: Talking about AIDS