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HIV- no symptoms
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
AIDS- symptoms appear
Acquired
Immune
Deficiency
Syndrome
What is an Incubation period?
• Once a person has been infected with Hiv,
the virus stays in a person’s body for a long
period of time---sometimes years---before
any symptoms appear.
• The majority of people infected with Hiv
develop Aids and die.
HIV / AIDS
• Definition- An immune system condition
brought on by the invasion of HIV in the
bloodstream that renders a person
susceptible to opportunistic infection that
can eventually cause death.
FLUIDS THAT TRANSMIT
THE VIRUS
1.
2.
3.
4.
BLOOD
SEMEN
CERVICAL/VAGINAL SECRETIONS
BREASTMILK
HIGH RISK BEHAVIORS
1. Sexual Contact
2. Sharing needles (drug use, piercing,
tattoos)
3. Breastfeeding/ mother to baby-birth
4. Blood contact
How to be 100% protected from
HIV/AIDS:
• Sexual Abstinence (no sexual contact)
• Avoid Blood Contact
• Do not share needles (avoid drug use
and sharing needles to pierce or tattoo
the body)
The Effects of AIDS on the Body
• Hiv attacks the immune system which
destroys your body’s ability to fight
infection
• Causes serious lung infections / Pneumonia
• Rare skin cancer called Sarcoma(brown and
blue sores on skin)
• Digestives problems: diarrhea and intestinal
infections
Hiv/Aids Treatments:
• Drug combination Therapy
• Drugs are used to slow the reproduction of
the Hiv virus in the body and bloodstream
• Drugs used to treat opportunistic infection
to delay the progress of disease(AIDS)
AIDS
IS
A
DEADLY
DISEASE
SO
Make GOOD
DECISIONS!!!!