This presentation provides information about HIV/AIDS for 10th grade students. It defines HIV and AIDS, explaining that HIV weakens the immune system while AIDS develops as the immune system becomes deficient. HIV is spread through unprotected sex, sharing needles, or from mother to child during birth. Testing checks for HIV antibodies and viral load monitoring is used for treatment. Symptoms range from early flu-like symptoms to later conditions resulting from immune deficiency. Prevention methods include abstinence, condoms, not sharing needles, and universal precautions. The effects of AIDS include stress, poverty if the infected cannot work, and increased orphan rates.

1. Presented to : grade 10 learners.
Topic: HIV and AiDS

3. presentation of HIV and AIDs
• What is HIV and AIDs?
• How is it spread ?
• How can we prevent it ?
• What are its effects on our society?

4. By the end of this presentation the student should be able to:
Define the concept of HIV and AIDs
Identifying the difference between HIV and AIDS
Defining Asymptomatic HIV and HIV-2
demonstrate an understanding misconceptions of AIDs

5. What is HIV? Let’s break it down
To understand what HIV is, let us break it down
H- human-This particular virus can only infect human beings
I- immunodeficiency- HIV weakens your immune system by destroying important cells that fight
diseases and infections. A “deficient” system can not protect you
V- virus – A virus can only reproduce itself by taking over a cell in the body of its host.

6. Electron microscope image of HIV, seen as
small spheres on the surface of white blood
cells

8. What is AIDS?
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To understand what AIDS is, let us break it down:
A –Acquired- AIDS is not something you inherit from your parents. You acquire AIDS after
birth.
I- immuno- your body’s immune system includes all the organs and cells that work to fight
off infection or disease.
D-Deficiency –You AIDS when your immune system is “deficient” or is not working the it
should.
S- Syndrome- A syndrome is a collection of symptoms and signs of disease. AIDS is a
complex illness with a range of complications and syndromes

9. How is it spread?
• Having unprotected sex with an infected person is the most common way
of spreading the disease, because the virus survive in sperm and virginal
blood.
• Sharing needles, razors or toothbrush with an infected person
• By touching an infected blood with unprotected hands.
• A women with AIDS can also pass it on to her baby before or during birth

10. HIV is not spread by:
Shaking hands
Hugging
Bugs
Public restrooms
HIV/STDs are not spread through casual contact!!

11. TESTING

12. The HIV test is an antibody test.
When a person is infected with
HIV their immune system
produces HIV antibodies. The
antibodies are what the HIV
test looks for.
The production of antibodies is
an autoimmune response, it
does not mean that the body
will fight off HIV infection.

13. HIV - Testing
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Antibody Tests
• Elisa/EIA
• Western Blot
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Tests for the Virus
• Qualitative PCR
• Quantitative PCR
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Tests to Monitor Therapy
• CD4—absolute and percent
• Quantitative PCR
• Genotype
Kalynn B. Pressly, ARNP, DSN
Bay County Health Department

14. Early symptoms of AIDS
• Prolonged fever
• Loos of more than 10% body weight
• Night sweats
• Oral thrush

15. Later symptoms
• Persistently swollen glands
• Coughing
• Itching skin rash
• Persistent diarrhea
• Tuberculosis

16. AIDS-related Herpes
Kaposi’s Sarcoma
Oral thrush
Wasting syndrome

18. Effects of AIDS
 Severe stress
 Present poverty if a bread winner can longer be able to work.
 A child lost by his/ her parents at an early may become an orphan
 It present poverty in society if a number of infected individuals increase.

19. What can boost immune system?

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21. Prevention
• Abstinence and Monogamy
• Latex Condoms
• Polyurethane Condoms
• Abstain from injection drug use, do not
• share needles or works.
• Universal Precautions for Health Care
• Workers

22. Reference list
http://www.slideshare.net/serp1059/hiv-101-2011-latest-edition
http://www.slideshare.net/GabbyB/hiv-and-aids-3937819
http://www.slideshare.net/joeyprince/aids-powerpoint