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 "
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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.
1st Stage:
2nd Stage:
3rd Stage:
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 STAGE
There is weight loss, night sweats, lymphadenopathies (lymph nodes) and diarrhea.
There is no anti-HIV vaccine, so our only prevention is the
The prevention measures are based on
the transmission mechanisms of HIV