It is a great concern to fear pregnancy as it is associated with complications and problems when proper care is not taken. Women who belong to the poor countries are often denied the very basics human rights such as equality, education, health care and economic security. They do cannot protect them from unwanted continuous pregnancies. […]
As reported by BOSTON, Massachusetts (CNN) “After years of steady rates, some health experts said they are concerned the numbers of HIV infections are on the rise in the United States. ”
With HIV individual infections at 2.4 million, America represents the third largest region with HIV infections. Initially it was among homosexual men and injecting […]
Founded in 1983, National HIV Testing Day (NHTD) is an annual campaign by the National Association of People with AIDS (NAPWA-US). It is the oldest coalition of people living with HIV/AIDS in the world and the oldest U.S. national AIDS organization. It encourages individuals to receive voluntary HIV counseling and testing.
The National HIV […]
The HIV virus is of two types, HIV1 and HIV2. When worldwide, people generally talk of HIV they refer to HIV1. The relatively uncommon HIV2 is concentrated in West Africa and is rarely found anywhere else. Although there is slight difference there is no cure for the HIV1 and HIV 2 and AIDS.
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A serodiscordant relationship is that relationship in which one partner is HIV positive and the other is HIV negative. It is a relationship that involves a lot of emotions and anxieties. When in a relationship a partner is aware of being infected with a disease that could cause death, brings in a lot of anxieties. […]
What do you understand by Seroconversion?
Seroconversion resembles any acute viral infection and is described as “flu like illness”. There are people who get infected without knowing about it. While there are others who experience short ‘seroconversion’ illness after becoming infected.
When a person is infected with HIV, he has an illness during the first […]
Today all of us are aware of the terms HIV and AIDS. The disease has killed millions of people worldwide and it is estimated that 40 million people are HIV infected. But we were unaware of the HIV and AIDS till early 1980. Nobody knows from where the virus came. It is all assumptions that […]
STD-Sexually Transmitted Disease – are transmitted through sexual contact. STD -are generally divided into two categories, bacterial and viral. Bacterial infections are relatively easy to cure if detected early. Viral infections are technically incurable but the symptoms are controllable if detected early. Having a sexually transmitted disease (STD) can increase a person’s risk of […]
HIV and AIDS are some of those diseases, where precaution is the best treatment. Let’s go exploring.
HIV
Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a retrovirus. It was first discovered in early 1980s. It affects a type of white blood cell (T Cell). Once this virus enters inside the body it completely covers the T Cell and start […]
It has become the most terrible word these days. It seems to scare people. This is because they are not educated and informative enough about it. We here provides you enough info about HIV so that you know what it is and how to prevent yourself from it.
What Is HIV and What Does It Stand […]
