Understanding HIV And AIDS. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus attacks the immune system.The virus weakens the body's ability in combating infection and disease.
Some of the ways of transmission of HIV/AIDS is as follows:
- Sex without a condom
- Sharing syringes with positive people contracted HIV, especially among injecting drug users
- HIV-positive pregnant woman to her baby during pregnancy, childbirth and/or nursing time
- Through blood transfusion/blood products tainted with HIV had
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| Understanding HIV And AIDS |
There is no cure for HIV, but there are medications that can be used to slow the progression of the disease. This treatment will make the infected people to live longer so that it can live life normally.
With early HIV diagnosis and effective treatment, HIV will not turn out to be AIDS.AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection. At this stage, the body's ability to fight infection is gone completely.
HIV/AIDS in Indonesia
Globally, HIV/AIDS infection has decreased. All of this is due to the intervention that led to a change in the pattern of communication, use of condoms, the prevention of Mother-Child transmission, the khitan and other prevention campaigns. New HIV infections have declined in the past decade. By 2013, the world's HIV infections reached 2.3 million. Decline by as much as 33% since 2001.
Since the first HIV infection was discovered in 1987 up to December 2013, HIV spread out over 368 of 497 regencies/cities throughout the province in Indonesia. Bali is the first province where he found the HIV/AIDS infection.
Every 25 hours in Indonesia, one person will be infected with HIV. One in five people infected are aged under 25 years. Indonesia Health Ministry projections showed, in the absence of acceleration of HIV prevention programs, more than 500,000 people infected with HIV will be positive Indonesia in 2014. Papua, Jakarta and Bali, located in the front-most level of the spread of new HIV cases per 100,000 people. Jakarta has the biggest lift to new cases in 2011 is $ 4.012 cases.
The Spread Of HIV
HIV is a fragile virus types. Could not survive long outside the human body. HIV can be found in body fluids of an infected person. A liquid is a fluid is sperm, vaginal fluid, the liquid is the anus, blood and breast milk. HIV cannot be spread through sweat or urine.
In Indonesia cause factor and the spread of the HIV/AIDS virus is divided into two main groups, namely through unsafe sex and turns the syringe while using narcotics.
Here are some other ways the spread of HIV:
- Transmission from mother to infant during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding.
- Through oral sex.
- Through a blood transfusion from an infected person.
- Using needles, injections and other injecting equipment that had been contaminated,for example, we have cleaning cloths and sponges.
Tests Of HIV Infection
If you feel you have the risk of HIV infection, the only way to find out is to do HIV testing accompanied by counseling. Make haste to visit the nearest health facilities(clinics VCT) for HIV testing. With this test will be known to the diagnosis of HIV on your body.
HIV testing and counselling service is referred to as VCT (Voluntary Counseling and Testing) or KTS (counseling and Voluntary HIV testing). This test is voluntary and confidential. Before doing the test, counselling is given in advance. Counselling aims to find out the level of risk of infection and also the everyday life patterns. After this point, discussed how to deal with HIV test results.
HIV testing is usually a blood test to ensure the presence of antibodies against HIV in a blood sample. Antibodies are proteins produced by the immune system to attack specific bacteria or germs.
There are several places to do HIV testing. You could ask at the hospital or health clinic closest to you. In Indonesia, there are some foundations and organizations that focus on HIV/AIDS issues, among them:
- Community AIDS Indonesia
- PEOPLE LIVING With HIV Indonesia
- Set Abiasa
- Spiritia Foundation
- The Foundation's Orbit
While government agencies set up specifically to deal with HIV/AIDS is the national AIDS Mitigation Commission (ONE).
If the result is positive, you will be referred to a specialist or hospital clinic for HIV.Some other blood tests may be needed. The test is to show the impact of HIV on your immune system. You can also talk about treatment options that can be done.
The Treatment For Patients With HIV
Although there is no cure for HIV, but wipe out entirely the HIV treatment is quite effective at this time. The treatment can be carried out to extend life for people withHIV and they can live a healthy life patterns.
There are medicines that are known by the name of antiretroviral (ARV) which serves to inhibit the virus destroys the immune system. Drugs administered in the form of tablets consumed each day. You will be advised to do the pattern of healthy living. For example, healthy food, does not smoke, the annual flu vaccine, pneumococcal vaccineand five yearly. It aims to reduce the risk of developing dangerous diseases.
Without treatment, people with HIV are stricken with immune systems will decreasedrastically. And they tend to suffer from diseases that endanger lives like cancer. This is known as the final stage of HIV or AIDS.
How HIV Prevention
The best way to prevent HIV is to have sex safely, and never share needles or otherinjecting equipment whatsoever. All who have ever had sex without a condom and the sharing of needles or injections, are at risk for being infected with HIV.
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