Understanding HIV Transmission

January 25th, 2010
HIV


Detection during medical 1980, HIV has emerged as one of the deadliest challenges of human survival. But what is that mean HIV? HIV stands for the virus called the human immunodeficiency virus. This is a kind of retroviruses known as AIDS acquired immunodeficiency syndrome caused disease. Concern failure syndrome AIDS begins the immune system and the patient is exposed to the risk of many fatal infections.

In the primary stage of HIV infected components of the human immune system and directly or indirectly destroys cells. After enough destruction is made, begins the immune system, AIDS evil leader function condition. HIV affects kidney, heart and the brain of the institutions. It leads to opportunistischer infections and cancers.

HIV is transmitted when body linings One takes a bodily fluid such as blood, vaginal fluid semen, pre-seminal fluid or breast milk with HIV to communicate directly with us. Since their discovery, the main three routs were identifies HIV may enter the human body.

Sexual route:

Majority of HIV infections causing unprotected intercourse explain that cancelled, vaginal or oral form.

Blood or blood product route:

This particular transfer route is risky for those who use drugs injectables, hemophilia and transfusion recipients. Today, blood is thoroughly tested for HIV prior to transfusion. Blood products are checked for the same purpose. But it is always important if you are forced to opt for a blood transfusion in a region where injection used equipment hygiene conditions. This type of unhygienic practices are still widespread in most of the poorest countries. HIV cannot be delivered also body piercing through this router, scarification of meeting a tattoo, procedures or in substandard and non-certified environments.

Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT)

This means of transmission from mother to child is in the uterus during the last weeks of pregnancy or in childbirth. If the mother does not receive any treatment, the transmission rate between the mother and the child is 25 %. It was in the presence of treatment, in particular in combination with the birth of Cesária seen 1 % transfer risk has been reduced. However, HIV can be passed to the child of a mother infected with calm.

In some cases small amounts of saliva, HIV virus wear or urine is infected patients but have this type of occurrence of secretions shortly be able to transmit the disease to another person.


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