This post is to create awareness among the people about the killer disease – AIDS. The disease is one, but hundreds of governments and thousands of dedicated professionals put up a united fight to conquer it. AIDS – this four letter word has send shivers down the spine. This is an infectious disease caused by a virus named HIV. This virus infects the immune system of a person and so, AIDS patients are more vulnerable to serious illnesses and opportunistic diseases than a normal healthy person.
The symptoms of AIDS patients are tiredness, fever, loss of appetite and weight, diarrhea, night sweat and swollen gland usually in the neck, armpit or groin. The time between infection and the out coming of symptoms range from six months to five years or more.
HIV virus spreads from person to person mainly through sexual contact. However a casual contact with AIDS patients does not lead to the disease. Sharing of needles among those, using narcotics and illicit drugs also enhances AIDS infection. Also, a HIV positive mother has the chance of spreading the disease to her child. AIDS is a deadly disease and it can be controlled only if all the people follow the guidelines and the precautions recommended by the Government.
The symptoms of AIDS patients are tiredness, fever, loss of appetite and weight, diarrhea, night sweat and swollen gland usually in the neck, armpit or groin. The time between infection and the out coming of symptoms range from six months to five years or more.
HIV virus spreads from person to person mainly through sexual contact. However a casual contact with AIDS patients does not lead to the disease. Sharing of needles among those, using narcotics and illicit drugs also enhances AIDS infection. Also, a HIV positive mother has the chance of spreading the disease to her child. AIDS is a deadly disease and it can be controlled only if all the people follow the guidelines and the precautions recommended by the Government.
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