HIV AIDS GENERAL AWARENESS What is HIVAIDS HIV

HIV & AIDS GENERAL AWARENESS

What is HIV/AIDS? • HIV : Human Immuno-deficiency Virus • (Gradually affects our immune system, i. e. the ability • to fight infections/diseases) • AIDS • A - Acquired )મળવલ ( • I - Immune ) ર ગ પરત ક ર શકત • D - Deficiency ) ઉણપ( • S - Syndrome ) લકષણ ( ( – A condition caused by deficiency in body’s immune system due to HIV. – It is a syndrome: a group of symptoms of various illnesses.

"AIDS, Difficult to get, Impossible to cure but, Easy to prevent"

HIV-Infected T-Cell HIV Virus T-Cell HIV Infected T-Cell New HIV Virus

Window Period • This is the period of time after becoming infected when an HIV test is negative • 90 percent of cases test positive within three months of exposure • 10 percent of cases test positive within three to six months of exposure

HIV Infection and Antibody Response ---Initial Stage--------Intermediate or Latent Stage-------Flu-like Symptoms Or No Symptoms Symptom-free ---Illness Stage--- AIDS Symptoms ---- Infection Occurs ---<

PROGRESSION OF HIV I N F E C T I O N WINDOW ARS PERIOD 2 -4 wks Fever or Diarrhoea 0 -12 HIV POSITIVE ASYMPTOMATIC PERIOD 12 wks – 2 -5 yrs HIV POSITIVE SYMPTOMATIC PERIOD 2 -3 years AIDS 1 -12 mth D E A T H untreated Lasts 2 – 3 days Lasts 2 -3 weeks Lasts 2 – 3 mnths

Once in body, HIV attacks CD 4 type of White Blood Cells ( WBCs) in blood and gradually kills them. These CD 4 type of WBC helps us to fight against various infections.

These CD 4 type of WBC helps us to fight against various infections.

Once they are destroyed our body’s resistance to fight infections goes down and person suffers from lots of infections. This end stage of HIV infection is called AIDS. It takes many years for AIDS to develop and till that time infected person usually remains healthy.

રકષણ કરત સ સટમ નબળ બન એટલWindow Period ન ચન હ ય શક. . … (1) ����� �� ��� (No • Window period: interval between where HIV Energy( actually appears, and is ultimately detectable by an antibody test. (2) વજન ઓછ થ ય (Weight Loss) • Majority of cases test positive within three (3) ઘણ વ ર ત વ અન પરસવ months of exposure & some of them test positive થવ within three to six months of exposure (4) ય દશકત ગમ વવ (5) ફનગલ ઈનફકશન

Swimming pools Sharing clothes

AIDS ન લકષણ An HIV infected person initially looks normal and perfectly healthy. The symptoms of AIDS develop after few years

HOW CAN HIV BE PREVENTED PRVENTION IS THE ONLY CURE FOR HIV / AIDS

SAFE SEX: The only safe sex is ‘no sex’; Condoms are used for both birth control and reducing the risk of disease.

Condoms Note well: Condoms are not 100% safe, but if used properly, will reduce the risk of sexually transmitted diseases, including AIDS. Condoms = Safer sex Condoms ≠ Safe sex

SAFE BLOOD: use only pretested HIV free blood SAFE NEEDLES: Insist your doctors and nurses to use sterile or disposable needles and instruments.

SAFE MOTHERHOOD: HIV free મ ત દવ ર બ ળકન SAFE RAZOR AND BLADE: Never share your shaving blades with anyone and also ask your barber to use properly cleansed razor and new blade during shaving or hair cut. જનમ

SPECIFIC ANTI-HIV TREATMENT: Many new anti-HIV drugs which prevent the spread of the virus and can postphone various complications are now available at selected places in market and few of them are also manufactured in India e. g. AZT, 3 TC, D 4 T. But these medicines are very costly and in India 90% of HIV patients cannot even think of them. One year expenses of good comminations of these drugs and blood testing comes to around 1. 5 to 2. 5 lacs. These medicines can prolong the life of the patient but not cure him.

સ ર શ AIDS એ જ ત – ધરમ – ભ ષ શ કષ ત ક – અશ કષ ત ન ભદભ વથ ફલ ત નથ . . Prevention of AIDS is our joint responsibility. શ કષણ અન જ ગત is the only weapon in our hand. Let us accept the challenge to fight against AIDS.

Source: WHO