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AIDS
-refers to the STATE or CONDITION when the body manifest signs & symptoms of any
diseases because its immune system has been destroyed by HIV.
SYMPTOMS
-RAPID WEIGHT LOSS
-DRY COUGH
-RECURRING FEVER OR PROFUSE NIGHT SWEATS
-PROFOUND AND UNEXPALINED FATIGUE
-SWOLLEN LYMPH GLANDS IN THE ARMPITS, GROIN, OR NECK
-DIARRHEA THAT LASTS FOR MORETHAN A WEEK
-WHITE SPOTS OR UN USUAL BLEMISHES ON THE TONGUE, MOUTH, AND THROAT
-PNEUMONIA
-RED,BROWN,PINK,OR PURPLISH BLOTCHES UNDER THE SKIN MOUTH NOSE OR EYELIDS
-MEMORY LOSS
THREE MODES OF
TRANSMISSION
BLOOD TRANSMISSION 90-98%
-BLOOD TRANSFUSSION
-ORGAN TRANSPLANT
-SHARING USED NEEDLES
SEXUAL TRANSMISSION 1-98%
-UNPROTECTED SEX
-MULTIPLE PARTNERS
MOTHER TO CHILD TRANSMISSION 15-30%
-DURING PREGNANCY
-PROCESS OF DELIVERY
-BREASTFEEDING
Body fluids capable of transmitting HIV
-BLOOD –SEMINAL FLUID –VIGINAL FLUID –BREAST MILK
FOUR PRINCIPLES OF
HIV TRANSMISSION
EXIT- THE VIRUS MUST EXIT BY THE BODY OF
INFECTED PERSON
NIGERIA
INDIA
HIV IN THE
PHILIPPINES
- Is low but fast growing
- First HIV infection in the country was reported on January 1984
- There are 10,500 Filipinos infected.
CAUSES
MEN TO MEN SEX
AND HAVING SEX WITH PROSTITUTES
WAYS TO PREVENT AND CONTROL HIV
INFECTION
A-BSTINENCE
B-E MUTUALLY FAITHFUL
C-ORRECT AND CONSISTENCE USE OF CONDOM
D –NO TO DRUGS AND ALCOHOL
E-PROPER EDUCATION
THE END