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Bloodborne
Diseases
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HIV Information
WHAT
IS AIDS?
AIDS
stands
for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
AIDS
is a
serious disease caused by infection with the
human
immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV attacks the
body's immune
system. The healthy immune system
produces
white blood cells and antibodies which attack
infectious
agents such as viruses and bacteria that enter
the body and
cause disease. In a person with AIDS, HIV
has entered
the blood's infection fighting white blood cells and over several years
has destroyed the cells. HIV can live in an infected person's body for
years before any signs of illness appears. Yet, as the number of white
blood cells declines, the immune system becomes less and less able to
protect
itself against a variety of illnesses. The infected person becomes more
susceptible to opportunistic infections or cancers that attack the body
and can cause death.
HOW COMMON IS HIV
INFECTION?
The
epidemic's
impact on our nation's health was
highlighted
during 1995, when the cumulative number of
reported AIDS
cases surpassed one-half million. By 2000
the World
Health Organization (WHO) projects a cumulative
total
of 30-40 million HIV infected men, women, and children.Worldwide, the
vast majority of people infected with HIV/AIDS are heterosexual. The
demographics of the epidemic in the U.S. seem to be
slowly shifting to women,blacks, and young people. A woman with an HIV
infected male partner is 10 times more likely to get the virus than is
a man with an infected female partner. AIDS is the leading cause of
death for men 25-44 and the third
leading cause of death among women.
WHAT IS THE HIV
ANTIBODY TEST?
What
many
people call the "AIDS" test is not a test for AIDSat all, but for the
antibodies of the HIV which causes AIDS.Once infected with HIV, the
immune system produces antibodies in an attempt to defend itself
against HIV. The test identifies these antibodies. Therefore the test
is accurately called the "HIV antibody test."
WHAT IS THE
INCUBATION PERIOD FOR AIDS
SYMPTOMS?
The incubation
period is the time between infection and the onset of
symptoms of disease. The incubation period
between HIV
infection and the onset of AIDS can vary
anywhere from
six months to an unknown period of time.
Some people
who are HIV antibody positive may never
develop AIDS.
CDC has stated that the average length of incubation at this time is
seven years or more, however, this number continues to change due to
various factors.
PHASES OF HIV
INFECTION
Acute
HIV
Disease Asymptomatic
HIV
Disease
("HIV Positive") Chronic
Symptomatic
HIV Disease (AIDS Related Complex)
Advanced
HIV
Disease (AIDS)
days
-weeks
years months - years months -years
WHAT ARE THE
SYMPTOMS OF HIV INFECTION?
The
symptoms
of HIV infection are the symptoms of the diseases that
attack the body because of a weakened
immune
system. Most of the following symptoms are not
specific to
HIV infection: fever that lasts from a few days to longer than a month,
periods of excessive sweating,
especially at
night, loss of appetite, chronic or long lasting fatigue , weight loss
of more than 10% of body weight, muscle and joint pain, unexplained
long lasting sore throat, unexplained swollen lymph glands, diarrhea
lasting longer than a month with no other disease, lingering
infections. As the immune system becomes more compromised the HIV
infected person may acquire opportunistic diseases such as Kaposi's
sarcoma, Pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia, tuberculosis, neurological disorders such as meningitis, and
herpes
simplex infections. At this point, the HIV infected
person is
usually diagnosed with AIDS.
HOW IS HIV
INFECTION (AIDS) TREATED?
The
full
disease state of AIDS is associated with life
threatening
infectious diseases and cancers. Treatment
usually
depends on the particular disease. The full effects of HIV infection
(AIDS) may appear 5-10 years after the original infection with the
virus. As advances are made in the treatments of HIV associated illness
and immune disorders it becomes increasingly beneficial for people
infected with HIV to know early whether or not they have the disease.
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