Wednesday, March 24, 2010

What are the causes of HIV/AIDS


What are the causes of HIV/AIDS?
I know that its having unprotected sex with someone who has it, but what are the other causes? Thanks x yeh shortstackbabey you probs should :) ill talk to you bout it tomorroww x
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Drinking three gallons of spit from another person (Yeah, that wouldn't happen) Inheriting it from your parent/parents
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Having Sex with Animals.
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transfer through blood from unsterilized needles (blood transfusions, injecting drugs, etc.)
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blood to blood born with it (mother has it and passes to child) blood to blood is basically with needles or other things that touch your blood.
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HIV/AIDS is a virus that is found in the blood, particularly the red blood cells, for it reproduces in them. Any blood transfusion, used needle, sex.... HIV/AIDS is in the blood, and you can only get it from being in contact with the blood of someone infected.
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blood transfusion getting it from parents If you give a man oral sex there is a small risk of getting HIV particularly if he comes in your mouth, and some people use condoms (you can get flavoured condoms!) for oral sex for this reason.
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well any crossing of the blood with anyone who has it is a way of getting it.. for ex: you have aids and you get cut, blood is everywhere.. i try to help you but i get cut too and ur blood gets into my system. then... BOOM i got aids
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blood and semen. also mothers can pass it to their babies if they didn't know they had it
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The virus is from animal.
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HIV is spread most commonly during sexual intercourse with an infected partner. During sex, the virus can enter the body through the mucosal linings of the vagina, vulva, penis, or rectum after intercourse or, rarely, via the mouth and possibly the upper gastrointestinal tract after oral sex. The likelihood of transmission is increased by factors that may damage these linings, especially other sexually transmitted diseases that cause ulcers or inflammation. Other causes can also be transmitted by contact with infected blood, most often by the sharing of needles or syringes contaminated with minute quantities of blood containing the virus. Transmission from mother to child is also possible. Each year, nearly 600,000 infants are infected with HIV, either during pregnancy or delivery or through breast-feeding. But if women receive treatment for HIV infection during pregnancy, the risk to their babies is significantly reduced. Hope i helped !:D
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HIV is the virus that cause AIDS. HIV is transmitted through blood and any body liquid like semen, but NOT SALIVA, through unprotected sex, injecting drug practice by sharing needle with infected person, blood transfusion. Person who had HIV is not necessary has AIDS, they will be called as AIDS patient when they develop several opportunistic infection (infection that take advantage of the bad immune system caused by HIV virus, like pneumonia, tuberculosis, candidiasis, etc etc. to correct some other comment above. HIV transmission from Mother to child only happen when the baby exposed to the mother' blood, otherwise they stay negative. There is a program called PMTCT (preventing mother to child transmission). People living with HIV can now prolong their live by taking an ART (anti Retroviral treatment). This treatment will boost CD4/T-Cell count ("immune guard") and reduce Viral Load ("number of viruses") to the undetectable. It does not kill the virus 100% but it reduce the number to where any modern virus scanner unable to detect it. If you engage a sexual activity with a person who you don't know his/her HIV status, treat them as if they positive and practice safe sex by using condom. There is a female condom if your male partner prefer not to wear one.
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should i know this?



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