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BASIC FACTS ON HIV What is HIV ? The Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV virus as it is commonly known is a unique type of virus (a retrovirus) The human immunodeficiency virus is a lentivirus that causes the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme Other name for HIV H -uman Found only in humans Transmitted among humans Preventable by humans I -mmunodefiency Body lacks ability to fight off infections V -irus Type of germ Lives and reproduces in body cells 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme What is AIDS ?  AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the final stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system  HIV is the virus that causes AIDS  Disease limits the body’s ability to fight infection due to markedly reduced helper T cells Patients have a very weak immune system (defense mechanism)  Patients predisposed to multiple opportunistic 12/20/21 infections leading Copyrightto - National HIV/STI Programme death  AIDS A -cquired; received, not inherited (does not run in families) I -mmuno; protected from (in this case the system protects the body from disease) D -eficiency, - a lack of S-yndrome; – a group of symptoms or diseases 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme Early Signs & Symptoms of HIV       Fever Fatigue Night Sweats Loss of Appetite Diarrhea Swollen Lymph Glands 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme Modes of HIV transmission 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme Throught body fluids  Blood products  Semen  Vaginal fluids 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme Intravenous drug abuse  Sharing Needles Without sterilization Increases the chances of contracting HIV  Unsterilized blades 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme Throught sex  Oral  Anal 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme 10 Mother to baby  Before Birth  During Birth 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme 11 Window Period  When a person gets infected it may take weeks or up to months before antibodies to HIV are detected in the blood  The HIV test looks for antibodies When these antibodies are detected the person is diagnosed HIV positive  A person can be positive and the test shows negative because the test was done during the window period 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme 12 Stage 1: Primary Short, flu-like illness occurs one to six weeks after infection  Mild symptoms  Infected person can infect other people  12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme 13 Stage 2: Asymptomatic  Lasts for an average of ten years  This stage is free from symptoms  There may be swollen glands  The level of HIV in the blood drops to low levels  HIV antibodies are detectable in the blood 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme 14 Stage 3: Symptomatic  The immune system deteriorates  Opportunistic infections and cancers start to appear 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme 15 Stage 4: HIV  AIDS The immune system weakens too much as CD4 cells decrease in number 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme 16 Prevention  Talk with partner about HIV  Use a condom with your regular and nonregular clients, and partners every time you have sex  Reduce the number of main partners  Get tested Know your status 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme 17 How You DON’T Get HIV  You CANNOT get HIV by hugging, touching, living with or caring for someone with HIV, shaking hands or kissing  You CANNOT get HIV from eating out of the same plate or cup or utensils that an HIV positive person uses 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme 18 What we can to help     We can remove punitive laws, policies, practices,stigma and discrimination that We can stop violence against women and girls We can enhance social protection for people affected by HIV We can reduce sexual transmission of HIV 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/STI Programme 19 ... Copyright - National HIV/ STI Programme 17 How You DON’T Get HIV  You CANNOT get HIV by hugging, touching, living with or caring for someone with HIV, shaking hands or kissing  You CANNOT get HIV from... sterilization Increases the chances of contracting HIV  Unsterilized blades 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/ STI Programme Throught sex  Oral  Anal 12/20/21 Copyright - National HIV/ STI Programme... Copyright - National HIV/ STI Programme 11 Window Period  When a person gets infected it may take weeks or up to months before antibodies to HIV are detected in the blood  The HIV test looks