“acquired immunodeficiency syndrome” it is commonly known as AIDS.This disease is widely known for it spreads all over the world in just a minute it can be transmitted not just through sexual contact of two person but also through blood transfusion or through instruments like injection these are common to drug users . The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS by infecting and damaging part of the body’s defenses against infection, namely the white blood cells known as CD4 helper lymphocytes.
HIV can be spread through sexual intercourse if one of the partners has the virus. It can be spread through an infected person’s blood, semen, and secretions from the cervix (part of a female’s uterus) or vagina.
HIV can travel to another person through cuts and sores on the penis, rectum, vagina, or skin around the genitals and probably the mouth and other mucous membranes. These cuts or sores are often so small that a person isn’t even aware of them.
Girls and guys who have a discharge or genital sores because they have a sexually transmitted disease (STD) are at increased risk for infection. HIV can be spread sexually from a man to a woman, a woman.
Unfortunately, many young people are infected with these virus through drug use or pre-marital sex.Even babies can acquire this disease.Newborn babies are at risk of getting the HIV virus from their mothers if they’re infected. This can happen before the baby is born, during birth, or through breastfeeding. Pregnant teens and women should be tested for HIV because infected women who receive treatment for HIV are much less likely to spread the virus to their babies. Babies born to mothers infected with HIV are also given special medicines to try to prevent HIV infection.
Today, in the Philippines alone.AIDS victims are increasing.We can avoid this risk if we will just discipline ourselves not to engage in many activities like drug abuse, pre-marital sex and take care of ourselves to avoid blood transfusion.Of course we should also be educated on this so that we can be empowered with such knowledge to take care of ourselves.
