HIV

How to diagnose HIV?

HIV is not transmitted by:

• Most doctors use two blood tests:
• ELISA
• Western blot.
• If the ELISA is positive (meaning that HIV antibodies are found), a Western blot or other test will be done to be sure.

Epdimiology

• Coughing
• Sneezing
• Insect bite
• Casual touch
• Hugging
• Public baths
• Public telephones

Symptoms

• HIV prevalence and incidence estimates in many developing countries, including those in sub-Saharan Africa

• More than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV. 

• Fever.
• Sore throat
• Headache
• Muscle aches and joint pain
• Swollen glands (swollen lymph nodes)
• Skin rash

What are the modes

of transmission?

• HIV infection is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus.
• You can get HIV from contact with infected blood, semen, or cervical secretions, unprotected case, sharing drug needles with someone who is infected with HIV.
• The virus can also be passed from a mother to her baby
• Coming in contact with blood and blood products

Treatment

• The standard treatment for HIV is a combination of medicines called highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART.
• Antiretroviral medicines:

-reduce the amount of HIV in the body

-protects the immune system

-prevents HIV from advancing to AIDS

-reduce the risk of HIV transmission

What is HIV?

How to prevent it?

• Having protective sex
• Do not share needles.
• Do not share toothbrushes or razors.

• HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. If left untreated, HIV can lead to the disease AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).

• It is considered to be an RNA containing virus.

Types of HIV

HIV