Post Date May, 17 2023
"AIDS" (AIDS) stands for "acquired immunodeficiency syndrome" (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), which is a disease that makes it difficult for the human body to resist infectious viruses. Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS by infecting and destroying part of the body's immune system, that is, white blood cells called CD4 helper lymphocytes.
How do people get infected?
If one of them has HIV, HIV can be transmitted through any unprotected sexual behavior (oral sex, vaginal sex, anal sex). This situation occurs when the body fluids of an infected person, such as semen (ejaculation), vaginal secretions, or blood, enter another uninfected person. Even if a very small amount of the aforementioned bodily fluids enter a person's body fluids, they may still be infected. Any person infected with HIV who has unprotected sex is at risk of HIV infection, but those who have sexually transmitted diseases are more likely.
HIV can be transmitted through sexual activity from boys to girls, from girls to boys, from boys to boys, or from girls to girls.
Shared syringe injection of drugs or steroids is another way of HIV transmission. Sharing tattoos, perforations, or human art needles can also lead to infection. An HIV carrier shares his needle while also sharing his virus, which remains in the trace amount of blood attached to the needle. Sharing needles can also spread hepatitis or other serious diseases.
In addition, if the mother is infected with AIDS, the newborn baby is also at risk of HIV infection. The spread of the virus may occur before the birth of a baby, during childbirth, or during breastfeeding. Pregnant adolescents or women should be tested for HIV because infected women are less likely to pass the virus to their babies if they receive HIV treatment. Babies whose mothers are infected with HIV will also receive special drugs to prevent HIV infection.
(Did you know that you will not be infected with HIV because of hugging or shaking hands or some other daily contact. HIV will not be transmitted through sneezing or coughing, and you will not be infected because you are sitting near people with AIDS. Mosquitoes and other insects do not carry HIV. It is also rare to be infected with HIV because of blood transfusion. All blood in the United States is carefully tested for HIV Blood from other infectious diseases before it can be used for transfusion
