Presentation about AIDS, HIV, and to be used for a Health lesson plan

1. HIV, AIDS, & Your
Immune System
By Daniel Marx

2. The Immune System
 To be “immune” means
to be protected.
 Your immune system is
made up of cells, tissues,
and organs that work
together to protect your
body
 Your body consists of
white and red blood cells
 White blood cells form
the immune system

3. 2 Kinds of White Blood Cells
 1) Phagocytes – Chew up
invading germs
 2) Lymphocytes (B cell) –
Remember and recognize
previous invaders (i.e. chicken
pox)
 It is a type of lymphocyte, or
“helper T cell” that is involved
in fighting off HIV
 Antigen - Thing that, when
introduced into the body,
triggers the production of an
antibody by the immune
system, which will kill the
antigen that is recognized as a
foreign invader.

4. Process of Immune System

5. What Is HIV?
 “HIV” stands for human immunodeficiency
virus
 It is a virus that attacks your immune
system by latching onto Helper T cells
 Uses T cells to reproduce, or “replicate”
 Eventually overwhelms the body and
becomes AIDS
 Or “autoimmune deficiency syndrome”

6. HIV Skit!
 I will need 7 volunteers  Instructions:
 Each will take a role:  The Person will just
 • 1 Narrator stand there. The
Immune Defenses will
 • 1 Person
stand in front of the
 • 2 Immune Defenses person, blocking the
 • 1 Disease Disease until HIV
 • 1 HIV virus pushes them aside. The
 • 1 ARV pill ARV can come in and
help the immune system
push HIV back.

7. How Can You Get HIV??

8. HIV Incidence and Prevalence, US,
1977-2006
 (Hall, Song, Rhodes, et al. 2008)

9. Prevalence Rates
 (Hall, Song, Rhodes, et al. 2008)

10. Initial Signs of HIV

11. How Can We Prevent HIV?
 Get Tested!
 Safe Sex (OR) Abstinence
 Avoid sharing needles
 Don’t Share razors or toothbrushes
(Department of Health and Human Services)
http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/resources/brochures/living
withhiv.htm#q8

12. References
 Center for Disease Control and Prevention (2011). HIV/AIDS. Retrieved from http://
www.cdc.gov/hiv/.
 Hall HI, Song R, Rhodes P, et al. (2008). Estimation of HIV Incidence in the US. JAMA, 300
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 Kim, S., Lagos, C., Lukomnik, J., Molacek, E., Murguia K. (2007). HIV/AIDS Educational Activities
Lesson Plans. Beyond Traditional Borders Student Project. Retrieved from http://
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 The Nemours Foundation. (1995-2011). KidsHealth: HIV & AIDS. Retrieved from
http://kidshealth.org/kid/health_problems/infection/hiv.html.
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