Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS
WHAT IS AIDS?
It is an infectious, chronic and deadly disease that destroys the body's defenses exposing it to multiple infections.
It is a disease that has nothing to do with what one is.
"Is related to
what one does "
FORMS OF TRANSMISSION
SEXUAL
BLOOD
PERINATAL
LITTLE COMMON FORMS OF INFECTION
PUNCTIONS IN THE BODY
EXCHANGE OF CUTTING OBJECTS
USE THE SAME INJECTORS
HOW NOT YOU
CONTAGIAS?
MOSQUITO STINGS
BATHING WITH INFECTED PEOPLE
SHARE BATHS
KISS PEOPLE WITH HIV
EXCHANGING CLOTHES
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SHARE FOOD
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SYMPTOMS OF HIV
IT IS ASYMPOMATIC. THEY DO NOT KNOW, IT DOES NOT SEEM TO BE SICK, THEY COME AND FEEL GOOD.
IT IS DETECTED WITH A BLOOD EXAMINATION CALLED "ELISA". SI (+) SEROPOSITIVA. WESTER-BLOT
BE CARRIERS: WE SHOULD CARE, COMMUNICATE IT TO OUR PARTNER, DOCTORS AND DENTISTRY
AVOID TRYING IT TO OTHER PEOPLE: NOT GIVING BLOOD, NOT SHARING INJECTOR AND HAVING SEXUAL
RELATIONSHIPS ONLY WITH CONDOMS.
CLINICAL MANIFESTATIONS OF AIDS
1st Stage:
- Acute infection that is characterized because the patient has symptoms of respiratory diseases, influenza, mononucleosis, etc. That can last several weeks.
2nd Stage:
- Asymptomatic but the virus is latent.
3rd Stage:
- Persistent generalized disease.
4th stage:
Final stage where other diseases such as Kaposi's sarcoma, gastrointestinal disorders, pneumonia caused by
Pneumocystis carinii.AIDS COMPLEX BETWEEN THE 3rd and 4th STAGEThere is weight loss, night sweats, lymphadenopathies (lymph nodes) and diarrhea.
WHAT TO DO
PREVENT AIDS?
There is no anti-HIV vaccine, so our only prevention is the
EDUCATION
The prevention measures are based on
the transmission mechanisms of HIV