Learn More about HIV

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 For? 

HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is at times also referred to as the AIDS virus. 

How The Virus Transmits? 

HIV is present in blood and also in other body fluids that have blood or other white blood cells. One can get HIV through— 

1. Unsafe sexual intercourse with person infected with HIV. It can be due to vaginal, oral sex or anal intercourse between man and woman without the presence of condom and any other barrier. Intercourse at the time of her periods or caused by herpes virus and other sexually transmitted diseases increase the risk of HIV virus.
2. The share of infected drug injection and needles or being stuck by needles or other sharp objects infected with contaminated blood accidentally.
3. The use of infected blood in transfusions and contaminated blood products used to cure certain diseases and disorders
4. At the time of pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding when virus can be passed from the mother to her child.
5. From the transplanted organs to the infected donors. 

How Does HIV Harm You? 

Like all the other viruses, HIV reproduces itself. Once it attacks the person and moves in the T cell, it changes the cell as the mini virus factory. Once the T cell gets explode, the HIV scatters in the blood stream. The virus starts to infect the other fresh T cells. In time, HIV destroys literally all the T cells in the body of the infected person similarly. 

The Soldier cells of the body become powerless slowly. They no longer be able to fight for the body and thus cannot work to operate healthy resistant system. These organisms may be lying inactive in the body by now. They may enter from external side. The immune systems becomes damaged are highly vulnerable. 

Why To Have a HIV Positive Test? 

An HIV positive test means that your body is infected by human immunodeficiency virus. It also means that you are able to transmit it to other people. This test may not look for actual virus, but can surely find its evidence in your blood. 

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