HIVAIDS Facts and explanations of HIV and Aids

HIV/AIDS Facts and explanations of HIV and Aids. BY: Ben Hitchcock

Jens Martensson HIV/AIDS definition Hiv stands for Human immunodeficiency virus Aids stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome a disease where your body loses severe amounts of cellular immunity 2

What Is A Virus? Jens Martensson • an infective agent that typically consists of a nucleic acid molecule in a protein coat, is too small to be seen by light microscopy, and is able to multiply only within the living cells of a host 3

How Does A Virus Reproduce Jens Martensson • the virus attaches itself to a specific host cell the cell in which it will reproduce the virus injects its genetic material into the host cell uses the genetic material to make new viruses. the host cell splits open, releasing the viruses 4

Jens Martensson Where did HIV/AIDS Come From • The first recorded sample of HIV was in a blood sample in 1959, From a man in Kinshasa, democratic republic of Congo. 5

How has HIV contracted so fast 6 Jens Martensson HIV is spread only in certain body fluids from a person who has HIV. These fluids are blood, semen, pre-seminal fluids, rectal fluids HIV is spread mainly by having sex or sharing injection drug equipment, such as needles. It is not very common to all people but it has spread a lot more due to sexual intercourse between opposite and same genders

What Are The Symptoms Of HIV Jens Martensson Within a few weeks of HIV infection, flu-like symptoms such as fever, sore throat, and fatigue can occur. Then the disease is usually asymptomatic until it progresses to AIDS symptoms include weight loss, fever or night sweats, fatigue, and recurrent infections. 7

First Case Of HIV In US Jens Martensson 1980 s. April 24, San Francisco resident Ken Horne is reported to the Center for Disease Control with Kaposi's sarcoma (KS). Later in 1981, the CDC would retroactively identify him as the first patient of the AIDS epidemic in the US 8

It takes up to 10 years to fully have AIDS and actually be visible to the naked eye it might take up to 6 years for a HIV to turn into AIDS Jens Martensson How long can it take to develop AIDS 9

How many people have died from HIV over a period of Intime 2017 alone estimated 940, 000 people have died from the case of AIDS or HIV just in the year of 2017

One in seven humans are living How many people with HIV and are also unaware of are effected world there infection or virus but more than 36. 9 world wide

How many people have died in the US from HIV An estimated 15, 458 people with an AIDS diagnosis died in 2015, and approximately 658, 507 people in the United States with an AIDS diagnosis have died overall.

Celebrity that has diagnosed of HIV Charlie Sheen Jens Martensson In 2015 Charlie publically exposed that he has HIV but still had sexual actions with women after he was diagnosed but his illness also help raise awareness to help scientists stop aids he showed him self and said that (he may not shun away as if it was my duty to raise awareness and help the disease for future virus holders may have strength and one day lose the virus with a cure to the disease 13

Other celebrities who have aids • Kevin Peter Hall Jens Martensson • Gene Anthony Rae • Howard Rollins • Glenn Barke • Arthur Ash • Magic Johnson • Pedro Zermona • Easy-Z 14

• Do not share or do needles with other people • Do not have sexual intercourse at all with some one with HIV • Do not have sexual intercourse of the same gender as you • Be aware of who has the disease just incase Jens Martensson Several things you can do to avoid HIV 15

Treatment for HIV/AIDS Jens Martensson • You will have to take the medicine in a slow progress and the pill you will take will be a ARV they will have to be mixed with other ARV which will be a slow progress but it may be solved over time there is no full treatment to fix the virus just yet but there is a way to slow it down 16

HIV is a very common and dangerous disease Make sure to stay clear and safe about the disease it is coming more an more common in todays world