3. • HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS
• HIV ENTERS THE BODY AND
MANAGES TO STAY
• IT DESTROYS THE IMMUNE SYSTEM
SLOWLY 5-10 YEARS
• LEADS TO OPPORTUNISTIC INFNS
WHICH KILLS THE PERSON
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4. • HIV positive virus present in the
body but NO SYMTOMS
• Only a blood test will reveal this,he
/she can transmit the disease
• After 5-10 years virus destroys the
immune system and then the person
has AIDS,ill and dies in a short time
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5. • Many tests
• ELISA
• WESTERN BLOT TEST
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6. • After HIV enters the body it
takes 6 -12 weeeks for an ELISA
test to pick it
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7. • Not Rare ,present in every
village of Kerala
1/1000 persons
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8. CATEGORY ESTIMATE RANGE
PEOPLE
LIVING WITH
HIV
40.3
MILLION
36.7-45.3
MILLION
NEW
INFECTIONS
2005
4.9 MILLION 4.3-6.6
MILLION
DEATHS
2005
3.1 MILLION 2.8-3.6
MILLIONabdul shumz kv kanjikode 8
9. • 14000 NEW HIV CASES
REPORTED PER DAY WORLD
WIDE IN 2005
• MORE THAN 95% IN LOW AND
MIDDLE INCOME COUNTRIES
• ALMOST 2000 WERE CHILDREN
BELOW 15 YRS
• ABOUT 12000 WERE 15-49 YRS
• ALMOST 50% WOMEN
• ABOUT 50 % 15-24 YR OLD
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10. • FIRSTCASE 1986 (Chennai)
• 5.2 MILLION INFECTIONS ESTIMATED
END 2005
• MAXIMUM TRANSMISSION THHROUGH
HETEROSEXUAL CONTACT
• MALE:FEMALE- 3:1
• NATIONAL PREVENTION AND
CONTROLE PROGRAMME SINCE 1992
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11. FACTORS FUELLING
SPREAD OF HIV
• LOW LITERACY LEVELS
• GENDER DISPARITY
• UNPROTECTED COMMERCIAL SEX
AND CASUAL SEX WITH MULTIPLE OR
NON REGULAR PARTNERS
• TRADITIONAL BELIEFS AND
PRACTISES
• POVERTY AND MIGRATION
• STIGMA LEADING TO POOR
COMMUNICATION AND
MARGINALISATION OF INFECTED
PATIENTS
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12. HOW DOES HIV
SPREAD?
• The commonest way is by sex,esp
with a commercial sex worker
• The Adolescent may visit her
because
He wants to be a rebel
He wants to prove that he is
an adult
He wants to impress his friends
Due to curiosity
To satisfy sexual urgeabdul shumz kv kanjikode 12
13. BLOOD STREAM
SPREAD
• Blood donation-mandatory
testing
• Syringes and needles
• Main liners
• Perinatal
• Breast feeding
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14. Not Transmitted by
• Shaking hands
• Sitting at the same table
• Staying in neighbourhood
• If he sneezes or coughs
• Standing next to him in a bus
• Staying in the same house
• By mosquitoes
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