HIV is a disease that mystifies many. Individuals have heard many myths about HIV, as such there are many questions that seem to go unanswered for many Americans today. This section of the course will provide facts about HIV risks and will identify the various modes of transmission for HIV.
HIV is passed from one person to another through sexual behaviors and needle and syringe use. It is important to note that there are specific body fluids that are involved in the transmission of HIV from an infected person to another. Those body fluids are semen (cum), Pre-seminal fluid (pre-cum), rectal fluids, vaginal fluids, and breast milk. These fluids must come into contact with a mucous membrane or damaged tissue, or must be injected into the bloodstream (from a needle or syringe) for transmission to occur. Mucous membranes are found in the rectum, vagina, penis, and mouth.
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Anal sex is the highest risk behavior especially receptive anal sex. Vaginal sex is the second highest risk behavior.
There are less common modes of HIV transmission. For instance, HIV can be transmitted from mother to child during childbirth or through breastfeeding. The number of occurrences for this mode have been significantly decreased because most healthcare providers now test for HIV and begin treatment if necessary. Another less common mode of HIV transmission is being stuck with an HIV contaminated needle. This is mainly a risk for health care
His records indicated, by the Prince George's County Detention Center, he was informed of being infected with the virus on September 25, 1991. He was given instruction by a social worker on February of 1992 to practice “safe sex.” so that the virus would not spread to any sexual partner. Smallwood informed healthcare providers of the Children's hospital, on July of 1993, that he had always used a condom and that he had only one sexual partner. He was tested again for the HIV virus on both February and March in 1994.
As well as Preston’s point of view that AIDS also must be taken under considerations because the AIDS symptoms progress slowly, onset of the disease usually occurs in adulthood, and it might be asymptomatic that can be as lethal as the Ebola
• In the state of Massachusetts a prescription is required from a doctor in order to distribute hypodermic needles. In the year 1990, two citizens of the city of Lynn started a needle exchange program in an goal to fight against the spread of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome also known as (AIDS). The two men legally purchased new sterile needles over-the-counter in Vermont. The defendants were at a specific location on Union Street in Lynn from 5 P.M. to 7 P.M. every Wednesday evening in 1991 until their arrest made in June 19. They accepted dirty needles from society in exchange for clean needles; they exchanged between 150 and 200 needles each night ranging from 50-60 people.
A solution to address the stigma of the AIDS epidemic on an individual level is for friends and family members to encourage people to seek help by speaking to HIV or AIDS counselors. Also, encourage people to get tested for AIDS as well. When one is in a relationship, they should simply be honest about their condition so that other people do not contract the
The Hot Zone, by Richard Preston is a nonfiction thriller focusing on Level Four hot virus, Ebola. The story is broken up into multiple “mini-passages” that depict the discovery of the extremely dangerous virus. The scientists mainly affiliated with Ebola were introduced and so were their efforts to educate themselves on its characteristics, prevention methods to avoid panic on national levels, and human catastrophe. Charles Monet, a man with a French nationality residing in Africa, starts the book off as the first known case of Ebola. Monet decided to take a female guest on a trip with him to stave off his loneliness.
There are four ways that you can catch HIV. The four ways are; Sexual intercourse (vaginal and anal),Oral sex (mouth-penis, mouth-vagina),Sharing injection needles, and Mother to Child. To continue,Mary fisher contracted HIV from her husband during marriage. Throughout Mary Fisher's speech she says that “It does not care whether you are Democrat or Republican. It does not ask whether you are black or white, male or female, gay or straight, young or old.”
Hello Professor and Classmates, As a human service professional I would have to intercede differently with a client who has a diagnosis of AIDS from a client who has been diagnosed as HIV positive for many reasons. HIV is a virus that gradually attacks the immune system, which is our body’s natural defense against illness. AIDS is a syndrome caused by the HIV virus. It is when a person’s immune system is too weak to fight off many infections.
Infections: Needles are a big hazard if not thrown away after use. If they are left lying around someone else it can pass on symptoms if they someone who used it before had diabetes or maybe even HIV, it can even cause an infection. This is a health hazard. Another hazard is if there is no hygiene in the hospital, someone could become seriously ill. For example if nurses or doctors don’t wash their hands after helping another patient and then move on to the next, the patient could catch something.
This may be true but, new discoveries show that the overall statistics of AIDS has fallen. “The 2013 United Nations report on AIDS indicated that between 2001 and 2012, however, the annual number of new infections in some 26 countries dropped by at least half and since about 2005 the annual number of deaths by AIDS globally has also declined” (“AIDS” 2). AIDS has declining rates, and is no longer posing a huge threat to humans as it once did, on the other hand, Ebola is more dangerous because it is constantly changing, and evolving, making it more complex and nearly impossible to
In African American communities, there is a lack of HIV prevention methods due in large part to unfair socioeconomic factors, conspiracy theories, lack of healthcare priority, and lack of government intervention. The
The AIDS epidemic began in the 1980’s and the effects of it were seen all around the globe. Each country led their own unique approach to preventing and curing AIDS, and some strategies worked better than others. The Australian response to AIDS can be considered world leading due to their multifaceted approach against the disease. Australia was successful in educating all people while simultaneously researching ways to cure the disease. Australia made a concerted effort to fight the both the physical disease itself, as well as the social stigma associated with it.
•The influenza infection is extremely infectious: When a contaminated individual coughs, wheezes or talks, respiratory droplets are produced and transmitted into the air, and can then can be breathed in by someone close-by. •A person who touches something with the infection on it and afterward touches his or her mouth, eyes or nose can get to be contaminated. •An influenza pandemic, for example, the one in 1918, happens when a particularly harmful new flu strain for which there 's practically no immunity shows up and spreads rapidly from individual to-individual around the world.
HIV is transmitted through exchanges of bodily fluids via blood, semen, vaginal secretions and breast milk. Behaviors that promote risk to transmit HIV are unprotected anal and vaginal sex, sharing needles- injection drug use, piercing/ tattooing, insulin, hormone and vitamin shot, acupuncture and breastfeeding. Airborne, dermal, saliva exchange and other casual contacts with an HIV-positive person have been proven as
HIV is human immunodeficiency virus where it makes “the body lose cellular immunity.” ("AIDS." Dictionary.com. Dictionary.com, n.d. Web. 17 Jan. 2018. ) Every time that HIV reproduces, some HIV viruses “ produce mutations that result in a slightly different variety of the virus.”
Sub-questions involve the following: 1: Do people infected by HIV experience