Know the symptoms of AIDS HIV and Prevention

HIV and AIDS, that people often hear of people suffering from HIV or AIDS sufferers will exclude from our social environment because they thought that the patient can transmit the disease if we are always close to them. It is really very wrong and certainly cause for concern, considering people with HIV AIDS (PLWHA) is someone who desperately need other people in the running of his life and AIDS are not easily transmitted through the air like the flu, but there are ways of transmission. Therefore, in order to welcome the day of HIV and AIDS which falls on December 1, at this time health tips will review the symptoms of HIV AIDS and prevention. It helps us to know first what is HIV AIDS, so that we can easily know the things we do when dealing directly with patients.

HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus is Viruses that cause a decline in the human body dayatahan. This virus infects human lymphocytes over time resulting in a decline in human jumlahlimfosit. Lymphocytes are white blood cells including the very important role in the human body. AIDS kepenjangan of Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. At the beginning of the HIV virus will get into the human body and survive in the human body about 3 to 10 years, and after a period of time it can develop into AIDS.

HIV infected people show no symptoms at first clear, people infected with the HIV virus may not be visible even feel sick. But in an adult suffering from symptoms such as dry cough or a flu that do not heal, and infected with pulmonary TB who did not recover well after treatment (susceptible to HIV infection), diarrhea, mouth sores or a sore throat that does not heal heal up monthly, weak , rash on the skin that does not heal, swelling of the gland does not heal, weight is kept down to watch and screening examination should be performed for HIV, with CD4 examination. CD 4 is a marker or markers that are on the cell surface of human white blood cells, particularly lymphocytes cells. CD 4 in people with lowered immune system becomes very important, due to the reduced value of CD4 in the human body show reduced white blood cells or lymphocytes that should play a role in fighting infections that enter the human body. In people with good immune system, CD4 values ​​ranged between 1400-1500. Whereas in people with impaired immune systems (eg in people infected with HIV) the longer the CD 4 will decrease (even in some cases to zero). HIV to AIDS requires long periods of time. HIV will develop AIDS if the patient shows a positive HIV test by checking the appropriate strategy with at least 2 symptoms of a major and minor symptoms, and symptoms are not caused by other conditions unrelated to HIV infection. Mayornya symptoms are weight loss of more than 10% within 1 month, chronic diarrhea that lasts more than a month, prolonged fever of more than 1 month, decreased consciousness and neurological disorders, dementia / HIV encephalopathy. While the minor symptoms are persistent cough for more than 1 month, skin disorders (generalized dermatitis), herpes and herpes zoster zostermultisegmental recurrent oropharyngeal kandidias, herpes simplex chronic progressive, generalized lymphadenopathy, recurrent yeast infections in female genital

HIV transmission is quite difficult, unlike influenza is transmitted through the air, but is transmitted through sexual contact. Blood, blood products, tissues and organs (transfusion, transplantation, reuse of needles, syringes, medical tools and instruments of other plugs), transmission from mother to child during pregnancy or breast-feeding on. Transmission through saliva, sweat, tears are not proven, because the virus is weak if it is outside the body and will die at a temperature of 60 degrees.

How to prevent HIV is to avoid all actions that potentially terinfeksi.Orang fluid exchange with HIV can perform normal routines as usual, only he will feel the body is weakened as a result of his or her immune system is. HIV transmission risk factors were sex workers (Women, Men including Men Like Men and Transgender), multiple sexual partners, history of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), high-risk occupations, such as: people who, due to move where (driver , sailor), migrant, homeless, working bar / salon, a history of blood transfusion and blood products. Avoid free sex is also one of the steps we have to do. Stay away from drugs, because when taking the drug abusers often use non-sterile needles interchangeably to facilitate transmission of HIV virus. Health workers should wash your hands with running water before and after the taking of blood, using disposable gloves, be careful in using the needle. Needles and sharp instruments which have been used directly discharged into the puncture resistant container with no closed it / if it should be closed (one-handed method). If there is a splash of blood on the table / floor clean up immediately. Hopefully this information useful.