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HIV- no symptoms H uman I mmunodeficiency V irus

HIV- no symptoms H uman I mmunodeficiency V irus. 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.

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HIV- no symptoms H uman I mmunodeficiency V irus

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  1. HIV- no symptomsHuman Immunodeficiency Virus

  2. AIDS- symptoms appearAcquiredImmuneDeficiencySyndrome

  3. 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.

  4. 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.

  5. FLUIDS THAT TRANSMITTHE VIRUS 1. BLOOD 2. SEMEN 3. CERVICAL/VAGINAL SECRETIONS 4. BREASTMILK

  6. HIGH RISK BEHAVIORS • Sexual Contact • Sharing needles (drug use, piercing, tattoos) • Breastfeeding/ mother to baby-birth • Blood contact

  7. 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)

  8. 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

  9. 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)

  10. AIDSISADEADLYDISEASESOMake GOOD DECISIONS!!!!

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