HIV : Causes and symptoms ……
AIDS is a disease caused by HIV virus. When this virus infect it is damage our immune system. Immune system is like a defense system which help us to fight with the virus, bacteria ,and other diseases. This virus targets the our immune system and weaken our immune system .immune system consist of CD4 cells ,CD8 cells , phagocytic cells ,neutrophils and monocytes cells. This virus is mainly kills our CD4 cells. Due to this body is more likely have a chance to get other disease ,in other words person body is more susceptible to other disease as there immune system is weakened due to presence of HIV virus.
What are the Causes of HIV .
It is observed that almost 37 million people are worldwide .however this number is decreased in the Africa and other continent.HIV is caused by a virus, it can also spread through sharing needle ,or from mother to child during pregnancy and blood transfusion can be major cause of HIV ,it can also transmitted from semen,vaginal fluid , breast milk and rectal fluid etc.
Symptoms of HIV
Primary symptoms (Acute HIV)
Mild Fever
Fatigue
Pneumonia
Swollen lymph nodes
Weight loss
Muscles aches and joint pain
The symptoms can be so mild that you will be unable to notice that you are suffering from acute HIV. When the viral load is high that time symptoms helps us to diagnosis of the disease. Therefore the chances of spreadness is high as the person is itself does not know that he is suffering from HIV.
Chronic latent infection
This is the second phase of the HIV infection .In this period the symptoms is more visible . This stage can last for many years if person is not taking any therapy.
Symptoms of chronic HIV
Diarrhea
Weight loss
Oral yeast infection (thrush)
Shingles (herpes zoster)
Pneumonia
Weakness
If you are observing these symptoms you should immediately visit to the docter .early symptoms will help to diagnose the case ,during this pandemic you can buy medicnes online in delhi and other states .for more you can visit to 3meds.com best medicine store online in india further information
What are the ways by HIV can spread?
By having sex
HIV can be spread when you are doing oral or vaginal sex with the infected person ,you are at high risk of having HIV. When you are doing sex with your partner and he is asymptomatic for HIV then via tears ,vaginal fluid or doing intercourse with the partner the virus can transmits to your body.
From blood transfusions
Some survey shows that HIV can also transferred though blood transfusion. Patient needs blood when they are suffering from thalassemia and sickle cell anemia diseases. So for transferring the blood there should be precautions there so that HIV infection can be controlled. Blood bank contains all the types of blood ,Blood bank should screen this infection while some one is donating the blood .in this way we stop the spreadness of the disease.
HIV can't transmitt if you are shaking hand with the HIV positive person and the other cases such as hugging ,dancing ,kissing etc
What conditions are considered to be opportunistic?
Cancer.
The type of cancer such as kaposi sarcoma,lymphoma skin cancer and other types of cancer you may get if you are suffering from HIV.
Candidiasis
Candidiasis is also known as trush. The causitive agent of this disease is candidia albicans . It is a basically fungi affects the skin ,oral ,and vaginal part of the body .This disease can be present if the person is suffering from HIV
Toxoplasmosis:
This disease is caused by a parasites that live in cats and rodents and other warm-blooded animals. The infection is spread through the feces.
Are women more likely to get HIV?
Yes women are more likely to get HIV infection .because there genitilia part is easily exposed to seminal fluid. In the lower minority women are ready to do sexual intercourse with any person because they need money due to that they are high risk of HIV .It is found that in the USA minority 78% person women is suffering from the HIV.
Prevention and treatment for the HIV
We all have hear that precautions is always better then the treatment. As this disease is asymptomatic and we can catch easily with the virus so we should take precautions . Prevention is needed when you are knowing that you are having HIV virus in your body,There is as such no vaccines available which cure the HIV . Only prevention and precautions helps us to reduce the load of the virus . Anti viral therapy is used currently to cure the disease and the Strong lamivudine tenofovir disoproxil fumarate zidovudine (azidothymidine, AZT, ZDV).These medicines you can buy online in india .
Conclusion
HIV is highly contagious disease .The causative agent for this disease is HIV virus. When this virus enters in our body it damage the our immune system,And later on HIV can cause to AIDS .it is not necessary that the person who is infecting from HIV may also have AIDS. Recently for the treatment if this disease antiretoroviral therapy is giving. An healthy person have 500 to 1,500 per cubic millimeter and the person who is infecting with this virus is 200 per cubic millimeter. There is no proper cure for the disease but it can ease with the medicines. And without medicine the person with this disease can be remain alive maximally one year .
Waheedunnisa chaudri
Msc microbiology
