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FL #13 Immune System
& HIV
Standard 10 EF
HIV-HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
VIRUS THAT CAUSES
AIDS
AIDS- ACQUIRED IMMUNE
DEFICIENCY SYNDROME
A PERSON SUFFERS FROM A
NUMBER OF OTHER
INFECTIONS BECAUSE THE
VIRUS –HIV-ATTACKS THE
IMMUNE SYSTEM
OPPORTUNISITIC
INFECTIONS
RARE INFECTIONS IN
WHICH THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM DOES NOT
FUNCTION PROPERLY
KAPOSI SARCOMA
PCP-PNEUMONIA
AIDS TREATMENT
 MEDICATION-AZT
(ZIDOVUDINE)
SLOWS VIRUS
REPLICATION
SHOULD INCREASE
NUMBER OF T CELLS
HIV—
WEAKENS THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM BY KILLING HELPER-T
CELLS
PERSONS WITH AIDS…
DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO
FIGHT OTHER HARMLESS
DISEASES BECAUSE…..
HIV ATTACKS T CELLS THAT
NORMALLY FIGHT OFF
INFECTIONS
HIV IS PRESENT IN
4 BODY FLUIDS
BLOOD
SEMEN
VAGINAL FLUIDS
BREASTMILK
HIV CAN BE SPREAD
BY ….…
HAVING SEX WITHOUT A
CONDOM—MIXING OF VAGINAL
SECRETIONS AND SEMEN
SHARING NEEDLES FOR
INTRAVENOUS DRUG USE—
MIXING BLOOD
THE MIXING OF BLOOD –A CUT
ON YOUR HAND AND SOMEONE
ELSE’S
HIV SPREADS
THROUGHOUT THE
BODY BY….
REPLICATING INSIDE THE
CELLS OF THE IMMUNE
SYSTEM
PREVENTION OF
HIV/AIDS
CONDOM –SEX
ABSTINENCE-NO SEX
MONOGOMY-1
PARTNER
DON’T SHARE ANY
TYPE OF NEEDLES