AIDS is caused sejak the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).
In 2008, 36 million people worldwide were living with the disease, 5.6 million people were newly infected with HIV, and there were 3 million deaths, all in that tahun alone. lebih than 95 percent of this occurred in developing countries, which were already overburdened sejak challenges regarding nutrition, health care and poverty.
Since the epidemic began, 1 million people have died in the United States alone.
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. People develop AIDS because HIV has damaged their natural defenses against infection.
HIV is a virus. They infect the cells in a human body and replicate (make new copies of themselves) within the cells. These infected cells are now called "host cells". HIV can be passed from one person to another sejak contact with body fluids of someone already with HIV.
The immune system is a group of cells and organs in your body that protect your body sejak fighting disease. The reason HIV is so deadly is that it attacks the immune system itself. It particularly attacks a special type of immune system called CD4 lymphocyte. CD4 is a protein of the surface of "T helper cells", a type of white blood cell that plays an important role in our immune system.
HIV has very rapid mutation, which means once HIV has taken hold, the body can never get rid of it.
anda cannot tell just sejak looking at someone that they have HIV. A person with the disease may look and feel fine for years before symptoms erupt. But while a person’s immune system weakens, they become lebih vulnerable to illness. The common cold might be much worse than it usually would. A damaged immune system won't always have the strength to fight off things that wouldn't be a problem before.
As time goes by, a person infected with HIV is likely to become lebih and lebih ill, until usually several years after infection, they become ill with one of a number of particularly severe illnesses. This point is when they are berkata to have AIDS - when they first become seriously ill, atau when the number of immune cells in their body drops below a particular point. AIDS is an extremely serious condition, where the body has very little defense against any sort of illness. Without drug treatment, HIV usually becomes AIDS in abound ten years. Malnourished people may get AIDS lebih rapidly.
The most common initial conditions that alert to the presence of AIDS are PCP pneumonia (40%), HIV wasting syndrome (20%) and esophageal candidiasis. Other common symptoms include recurring respiratory tract infections (such as pneumonia).
People with AIDS have an increased risk of developing various viral induced cancers including: Kaposi's sarcoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, primary central nervous system lymphoma, and cervical cancer. Kaposi's sarcoma is the most common cancer occurring in 10–20% of people with HIV. The saat most common cancer is lymphoma, which is the cause of death of nearly 16% of people with AIDS and is the initial sign of AIDS in 3–4%. Both these cancers are associated with human herpesvirus. Cervical cancer occurs lebih frequently in those with AIDS due to its association with human papillomavirus (HPV).
HIV can be passed on sejak unprotected sex. Someone can be infected when an infected persons blood, atau other body fluids enters another persons body. HIV can also be passed from a mother to a child during pregnancy. There are drugs that can reduce chances of that happening, but most are unavailable in the developing world. Many people in the past were infected sejak transfusions, and sejak blood products that had been already contaminated. Now, blood donations are routinely tested. Syringes and hospital tools that haven't been cleaned properly also contribute to the problem.
It's NOT possible to be infected through the following ways:
~ insect atau animal bites
~ sharing crockery and cutlery
~ eating Makanan prepared sejak someone with HIV
~ lavatories
~ touching, hugging atau shaking hands
Statistics:
~ Around 30.8 million adults and 2 million children were living with HIV at the end of 2007. During that year, 2.7 million people became infected with HIV, which causes AIDS. There were 2 million deaths from AIDS that tahun to boot.
~ Globally, around 11% of HIV infections are among Bayi who acquire the disease from their mothers.
~ 10% of infected people have the disease from injecting drug use.
~ 10% are due to sex between men.
~ 5-10% occur in healthcare settings.
~ Sex between men and women account for the remaining proportion - around 2/3 of new infections.
~ Around half of the people who acquire HIV become infected before they turn 25, and typically die of AIDS before they reach 35.
~ sejak the end of 2007, 15 million under the age of 18 had Lost one atau both parents due to AIDS. These orphans are vulnerable to poverty, exploitation and being infected themselves. They are sometimes forced to leave education and find work to support themselves and their younger siblings.
~ In 2007, around 370,000 14 atau younger became infected with HIV.
~ Over 90% of newly infected children are Bayi who acquire the illness from their mothers. Almost 9/10's such transmissions occur in sub-Saharan.
~ Once infected, a woman can be expected to menanggung, bear 20% fewer children than she otherwise would have.
~ Drugs to fight against this disease are still not available to the places they re most needed.
~ Around 95% of people with HIV live in the developing world.
~ An estimated 22 million adults and children were living with HIV in sub-Saharan at the end of 2007.
~ During the same year, an estimated 1.5 million Africans died from AIDS. This has left behind some 11.6 million orphaned African children.
~ At the end of 2007, the CDC estimates that 468,578 people were living with HIV, around 20,000 lebih than 2006.
~ 3,792 children under 14 were living with AIDS at the end of 2007. Most acquired this from their mothers.
~ The number of people living with AIDS globally has gone from 8 million in 1990, to around 27 million in 2000, to
~ 21% of people who have HIV/AIDS are unaware.
Prevention
Condom use reduces the risk of HIV transmission sejak 80%.
Programs encouraging sexual abstinence do not appear to effect subsequent HIV risk. Evidence for a benefit from peer education is equally poor. Comprehensive sexual education provided at school may decrease high risk behavior. A substantial minority of young people continue to engage in high-risk practices despite HIV/AIDS knowledge, underestimating their own risk of becoming infected with HIV. It is not known if treating other sexually transmitted infections is effective in preventing HIV.
Programs to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to children can reduce rates of transmission sejak 92–99%. This primarily involves the use of a combination of antivirals during pregnancy and after birth in the infant but also potentially include bottle feeding rather than breastfeeding. If replacement feeding is acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and selamat, peti deposit keselamatan mothers should avoid breast-feeding their infants however exclusive breast-feeding is recommended during the first months of life if this is not the case. If exclusive breast feeding is carried out the provision of extended antiretroviral prophylaxis to the infant decreases the risk of transmission. Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy is another way to reduce deaths.
This is a great charity.
The Mercury Phoenix Trust is a charity organization that fights AIDS worldwide.
After the death of Freddie Mercury from AIDS-related causes in London in 1991, the remaining members of Queen and Jim Beach, their manager, organized The Freddie Mercury Tribute konsert for AIDS Awareness, the proceeds of which were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust. The organization has been active ever since.
The current Trustees are: Brian May, Jim Beach, Mary Austin (Freddie Mercury's longtime friend) and Roger Taylor.
In 2008, 36 million people worldwide were living with the disease, 5.6 million people were newly infected with HIV, and there were 3 million deaths, all in that tahun alone. lebih than 95 percent of this occurred in developing countries, which were already overburdened sejak challenges regarding nutrition, health care and poverty.
Since the epidemic began, 1 million people have died in the United States alone.
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. People develop AIDS because HIV has damaged their natural defenses against infection.
HIV is a virus. They infect the cells in a human body and replicate (make new copies of themselves) within the cells. These infected cells are now called "host cells". HIV can be passed from one person to another sejak contact with body fluids of someone already with HIV.
The immune system is a group of cells and organs in your body that protect your body sejak fighting disease. The reason HIV is so deadly is that it attacks the immune system itself. It particularly attacks a special type of immune system called CD4 lymphocyte. CD4 is a protein of the surface of "T helper cells", a type of white blood cell that plays an important role in our immune system.
HIV has very rapid mutation, which means once HIV has taken hold, the body can never get rid of it.
anda cannot tell just sejak looking at someone that they have HIV. A person with the disease may look and feel fine for years before symptoms erupt. But while a person’s immune system weakens, they become lebih vulnerable to illness. The common cold might be much worse than it usually would. A damaged immune system won't always have the strength to fight off things that wouldn't be a problem before.
As time goes by, a person infected with HIV is likely to become lebih and lebih ill, until usually several years after infection, they become ill with one of a number of particularly severe illnesses. This point is when they are berkata to have AIDS - when they first become seriously ill, atau when the number of immune cells in their body drops below a particular point. AIDS is an extremely serious condition, where the body has very little defense against any sort of illness. Without drug treatment, HIV usually becomes AIDS in abound ten years. Malnourished people may get AIDS lebih rapidly.
The most common initial conditions that alert to the presence of AIDS are PCP pneumonia (40%), HIV wasting syndrome (20%) and esophageal candidiasis. Other common symptoms include recurring respiratory tract infections (such as pneumonia).
People with AIDS have an increased risk of developing various viral induced cancers including: Kaposi's sarcoma, Burkitt's lymphoma, primary central nervous system lymphoma, and cervical cancer. Kaposi's sarcoma is the most common cancer occurring in 10–20% of people with HIV. The saat most common cancer is lymphoma, which is the cause of death of nearly 16% of people with AIDS and is the initial sign of AIDS in 3–4%. Both these cancers are associated with human herpesvirus. Cervical cancer occurs lebih frequently in those with AIDS due to its association with human papillomavirus (HPV).
HIV can be passed on sejak unprotected sex. Someone can be infected when an infected persons blood, atau other body fluids enters another persons body. HIV can also be passed from a mother to a child during pregnancy. There are drugs that can reduce chances of that happening, but most are unavailable in the developing world. Many people in the past were infected sejak transfusions, and sejak blood products that had been already contaminated. Now, blood donations are routinely tested. Syringes and hospital tools that haven't been cleaned properly also contribute to the problem.
It's NOT possible to be infected through the following ways:
~ insect atau animal bites
~ sharing crockery and cutlery
~ eating Makanan prepared sejak someone with HIV
~ lavatories
~ touching, hugging atau shaking hands
Statistics:
~ Around 30.8 million adults and 2 million children were living with HIV at the end of 2007. During that year, 2.7 million people became infected with HIV, which causes AIDS. There were 2 million deaths from AIDS that tahun to boot.
~ Globally, around 11% of HIV infections are among Bayi who acquire the disease from their mothers.
~ 10% of infected people have the disease from injecting drug use.
~ 10% are due to sex between men.
~ 5-10% occur in healthcare settings.
~ Sex between men and women account for the remaining proportion - around 2/3 of new infections.
~ Around half of the people who acquire HIV become infected before they turn 25, and typically die of AIDS before they reach 35.
~ sejak the end of 2007, 15 million under the age of 18 had Lost one atau both parents due to AIDS. These orphans are vulnerable to poverty, exploitation and being infected themselves. They are sometimes forced to leave education and find work to support themselves and their younger siblings.
~ In 2007, around 370,000 14 atau younger became infected with HIV.
~ Over 90% of newly infected children are Bayi who acquire the illness from their mothers. Almost 9/10's such transmissions occur in sub-Saharan.
~ Once infected, a woman can be expected to menanggung, bear 20% fewer children than she otherwise would have.
~ Drugs to fight against this disease are still not available to the places they re most needed.
~ Around 95% of people with HIV live in the developing world.
~ An estimated 22 million adults and children were living with HIV in sub-Saharan at the end of 2007.
~ During the same year, an estimated 1.5 million Africans died from AIDS. This has left behind some 11.6 million orphaned African children.
~ At the end of 2007, the CDC estimates that 468,578 people were living with HIV, around 20,000 lebih than 2006.
~ 3,792 children under 14 were living with AIDS at the end of 2007. Most acquired this from their mothers.
~ The number of people living with AIDS globally has gone from 8 million in 1990, to around 27 million in 2000, to
~ 21% of people who have HIV/AIDS are unaware.
Prevention
Condom use reduces the risk of HIV transmission sejak 80%.
Programs encouraging sexual abstinence do not appear to effect subsequent HIV risk. Evidence for a benefit from peer education is equally poor. Comprehensive sexual education provided at school may decrease high risk behavior. A substantial minority of young people continue to engage in high-risk practices despite HIV/AIDS knowledge, underestimating their own risk of becoming infected with HIV. It is not known if treating other sexually transmitted infections is effective in preventing HIV.
Programs to prevent the transmission of HIV from mothers to children can reduce rates of transmission sejak 92–99%. This primarily involves the use of a combination of antivirals during pregnancy and after birth in the infant but also potentially include bottle feeding rather than breastfeeding. If replacement feeding is acceptable, feasible, affordable, sustainable and selamat, peti deposit keselamatan mothers should avoid breast-feeding their infants however exclusive breast-feeding is recommended during the first months of life if this is not the case. If exclusive breast feeding is carried out the provision of extended antiretroviral prophylaxis to the infant decreases the risk of transmission. Antiretroviral (ARV) therapy is another way to reduce deaths.
This is a great charity.
The Mercury Phoenix Trust is a charity organization that fights AIDS worldwide.
After the death of Freddie Mercury from AIDS-related causes in London in 1991, the remaining members of Queen and Jim Beach, their manager, organized The Freddie Mercury Tribute konsert for AIDS Awareness, the proceeds of which were used to launch The Mercury Phoenix Trust. The organization has been active ever since.
The current Trustees are: Brian May, Jim Beach, Mary Austin (Freddie Mercury's longtime friend) and Roger Taylor.