HIV and AIDS
What is HIV?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
Causes AIDS
OvertimeDamages the immune system
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What is AIDS?
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
When immune system is weak:
_______________ and infections enter the body
This stage of HIV is called AIDS
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How is HIV/AIDS Transmitted?
Vaginal, anal, oral sex
___________ sharing
Mother to fetus or newborn
Blood-to-blood contact
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HIV/AIDS is NOT spread by:
Shaking hands, touching or hugging
Breathing, coughing or ______________
Using toilets, telephones, etc.
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Sharing food, drinks, etc
Insect bites including _______________
Tears or sweat
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Symptoms of HIV
Rapid _______________
Dry cough
Recurring fever or profuse night sweats
Profound, unexplained fatigue
Swollen lymph glands in armpits, groin,
neck
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Symptoms of HIV
Diarrhea lasting for more than _________
White spots or unusual blemishes on
tongue, in the mouth or throat
Pneumonia
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Red, brown, pink or purplish blotches on
or under the skin, in the mouth, nose or
eyelids
Memory loss, depression & other
neurological disorders
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Testing for HIV/AIDS
Testing positive for HIV does NOT mean
you have AIDS BUT if left _____________
can become AIDS
Blood tests:
Count CD4 cellswhite blood cells which attack
infections
If infected your CD4 cell count drops below 200
cells/mm^3
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Treatments and Medications
No vaccines or medicines will __________
the spread of HIV
Most medicines slow the progression of
HIV in an infected person
Medicine also used to prevent transmission
from mother to baby during and after
pregnancy
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