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AIDS/HIV Quick Guide
- 1. Quick Guide AIDS HIV Awareness
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- 3. Quick overview ofthe basic facts of HIV Target Audience - group leaders, community members, health practitioners, and aid workers without specialized health training Find out who is at risk the ways to prevent it Topics - description, transmission, stages, symptoms, diagnosis, treatment prevention, resources and test locations
- 4. Table ofContents Awareness Credits & Links Description Transmission Stages Quiz Resources Test locations Information resources Disclaimer Symptoms Diagnosis Treatment Prevention
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- 6. What is HIV/AIDS? The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a virus that attacks the immune system. Your immune system protects you from germs that cause infections and make you sick. Are the white blood cells that the immune system must have to fight infections T cells or CD4 cells
- 7. HIV attacks yourt-cells And uses them to Make copies of itself When HIV destroys so Many of your cells... = AIDS Virus infects a healthy person t-cells send signals to activate your body’s immune response when they detect “intruders” like viruses (HIV) or bacteria Final stage of HIV infection HIV/AIDS Infection
- 8. How HIV istransmitted? Having unprotected sex (oral, vaginal, or anal) People become infected with HIV through body fluids blood, semen, breast milk, and vaginal fluids. Sharing needles From a mother to child during childbirth or through breastfeeding Getting a transfusion of infected blood Occupational exposure
- 9. However...did you know? You can't get HIV by, touching hugging & kissing sharing plates, cups, utensils, telephone coughing & sneezing mosquito bites sharing clothes ∟ public bathrooms swimming pools
- 10. 1 Many, butnot all, people develop flu-like symptoms often described as the "worst flu ever." HIV reproduces at very low levels, 2 3 Did you know there are three stages of HIV infection? Acute infection Clinical Latency Large amounts of the virus are being produced in your body. AIDS although it is still active. You may not have symptoms. With proper HIV treatment, people may live with clinical latency for several decades. Without treatment, this period lasts an Average of 10 years, but some people may progress trough As your CD4 cells fall below 200 this stage faster. cells/mm³, you are considered to have progressed to AIDS. Without treatment, people typically survive 3 years.
- 11. Many people haveflu-like symptoms 2 to 3 weeks after becoming infected. These symptoms are similar to a cold or flu, they go unnoticed. Early HIV stage A battle between HIV and CD4 cells can go from 8 or 9 years without being clinically noticed. This stage ends with mild infections or chronic symptoms. Symptoms & signs? fever headache rash one of the first signs swollen lymph nodes diarrhea Shortness of breath cough fever
- 12. Late HIV stage Infections related cancers that occur more frequently or are more severe in people with weakened immune systems than in people with healthy immune systems. persistent unexplained fatigue soaking night sweats shaking chills or fever higher than 100 F Swelling of lymph nodes for more than 3 months persistent headaches Early AIDS stage Signs of opportunistic infections
- 13. Should I gettested? Getting an HIV test is the only way to know if you have HIV. test positive Stage 3 infection test negative you are not infected CD4 count <= 200 cells/mm3 no exposure for 3 months Did you know that? The CD4 count of a healthy adult/adolescent ranges from 500 cells/mm³ to 1,200 cells/mm³.
- 14. What is thetreatment? HIV infection treated Antiretroviral therapy ART HIV medicines Combination of HIV medicines Antiretroviral ARVs Having less HIV in the body protects the immune system and prevents HIV infection from advancing to AIDS. ART prevents HIV from multiplying and reduces the level of HIV in the body. ART can’t cure HIV However, the therapy... helps people infected with HIV live longer reduces the risk of HIV transmission
- 15. HIV Prevention Gettested & know your 1 partner’s HIV status Talk to your partner about HIV testing and get tested before you have sex. Have less risky sex 2 Oral sex is much less risky than anal or vaginal sex. Anal sex is the most risky type of sex for the spread of HIV. Use condoms 3 Use a condom every time you have vaginal, anal, or oral sex. Limit your number of 4 sexual partners Get tested and treated for sexually transmitted infections (STIs), and insist that your partners do, too. Talk to your health care provider about pre-exposure prophylaxis 5 (PrEP). PrEP is an HIV prevention method that involves taking an HIV medicine every day. PrEP is intended for people who don’t have HIV but who are at high risk of sexually transmitted HIV infection. Don’t inject drugs 6 But if you do, use only sterile drug injection equipment and water and never share your equipment with others.
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- 17. HIV is transmittedthrough fight infections mosquito bites body fluids 1 immune system Complete the sentence in column 1 with the right matching word from column 2 You can’t get HIV by T cells are used by the body to HIV attacks the liver 2
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- 19. For test locationsvisit Canada- Ontario Ontario Ministry of Health and Long-Term care CRICH (Center for Research on Inner City Health) US AIDS .gov CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) Watch this 3 minute video to learn more about HIV Rapid Testing in Hamilton, Ontario the following websites RAPID HIV TESTING
- 20. What are theways you are protecting yourself from the HIV virus? Li v e a l ong heal t hy l i f e A free HIV world Take action And what about others ... ”
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- 22. Information CDC AIDS.gov Webmd Kaletra AIDSInfo Resources Disclaimer This quick overview is not a substitute for professional medical advice. Should you have any questions about any topic in this course, please consult your health professional.
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