Another situation that’s harming human beings is not only affecting the community but is actually a global problem and thats HIV/AIDS. HIV is a virus carried in blood, semen, vaginal fluids & breast milk. HIV cause acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS. AIDS is the last stage of HIV. AIDS is a disease where theres several loss of the body’s cellular immunity.
HIV impacts the body because it copy itself over and over . AIDS attached itself to the white blood cells and destroy them. The HIV virus began in a chimpanzee species from West Africa. The virus was passed to a hunter when he killed the animal for food.
There's no cure for HIV/AIDS, but there are medications that can dramatically slow the progression of the disease. These drugs have reduced AIDS deaths in many developed nations. But HIV continues to decimate populations in Africa, Haiti and parts of Asia.
The most reliable ways to avoid becoming infected with or transmitting HIV are:
- Abstain from sexual intercourse (i.e., oral, vaginal, or anal sex)
- Be in a long-term, mutually monogamous relationship with an uninfected partner
- Abstain from sharing needles and/or syringes for nonprescription drugs
- Using Condoms
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