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HIV/AIDS - Infection

How can we be infected by the HIV?

The HIV virus enters your body and blood because it has been transmitted to you by an HIV infected person. It can penetrate your body after having an unsafe sexual relation (without condom) through:

  • Sperm
  • The infected person`s food
  • Urine
  • Stools
  • Saliva
  • Tears
  • Mother`s breast milk

The virus can enter in your blood by:

  • Vaginal or anal sexual relation without condom with an HIV positive infected person.
  • Oral sexual relation without condom or preservative with an HIV positive infected person.
  • Non-sterilized syringes to inject drugs with a person that is HIV infected.
  • Sexual accessories with a person HIV infected.
  • Razors or toothbrushes with a person that is HIV infected.
  • Blood transfusion with blood infected by the HIV (Since 1985, Canada summit all blood products to a HIV test.)

What are the HIV infection symptoms?

If you think that you have been infected by HIV+, the symptoms are the same as the ones for a person not infected by HIV+; however people infected by HIV+ have chronic syndromes that are:

  • Chronic or persisting fatigue
  • Chronic or persisting weight loss
  • Chronic or persisting diarrhea
  • Swollen throat
  • Inflated lymph nodes in the neck
  • Headaches
  • Skin itches

You have to be tested if you have all these signs or symptoms. It is possible to be HIV positive without having these symptoms.

A chronic infection is an infection that appears often even after several treatments. The persisting infections are infections that are not responding to treatments because they are too strong.
If you are tested positive, the HIV is the cause of your aches and chronic infections.

What are the infection symptoms for women?

Women, in addition to having HIV symptoms as described above, have also other symptoms:

  • Absence or changing of the menstrual cycle similar to the changes caused by certain contraception methods (depo provera)
  • Very dry skin
  • Vaginal monilia (infections)
  • Uterus or servix uteri cancers
  • Tuberculosis
  • Pneumonia
  • Vaginal warts
  • Servix uteri inflammations

Who can be infected by HIV?

You can be infected by HIV regardless of your gender, age, sexual orientation or origins. Every person having unsafe sexual relations or participating in exchange of needles can become infected. The transmission from a mother to a child at birth is also an important source of HIV infection. Every person who has been circumcised or excised in groups with shared and non-sterilized accessories are at risk.

  • Heterosexuals
  • Homosexuals
  • Women
  • Men
  • Youth

Is there any risk in being near an HIV infected person?

No, there are no risks working, studying or playing with an HIV infected person or a person who has AIDS, whether they are adults or kids.
You cannot get AIDS by:

  • A handshake, a hug or a kiss
  • Coughing and sneezing
  • Swimming in a pool
  • Tiolet Seats
  • Water founations
  • Sharing food, spoons, cups, forks
  • Bed Sheets
  • Bugs
  • Monkeys, cats, dogs