Hiv And Aids | Dealing With Hiv Transmission
People have been talking about HIV and HIV transmission for years and yet there is still a steady increase in the number of cases reported from all over the world. There is a lot of campaigning about HIV and AIDS everywhere. People are learning more and more about the deadly infection including how to prevent its spread.
Despite all these media and information being sent out there is still a need to reach more people as many of them still lack even the basic knowledge when it comes to HIV. They still have those erroneous beliefs about the illness. They still view people who are infected as walking plagues who, at a mere touch, can infect anyone, including the people they care about. This is very much unfair to the people who have tested positive with the virus. HIV does not choose who to infect. It can be anyone, from the person sitting beside you, your colleague, friend and even a family member or even you. Everyone in the planet has the potential of being infected by the HIV virus.
Over and over again experts are saying how HIV transmission is made possible. Learning and understanding how it is transmitted greatly helps in the prevention of the disease from spreading. HIV is considered a sexually transmitted infection because of how it is generally transmitted. Most of the cases that are being reported show that people got infected most of the time through sexual intercourse. There are cases, though very minimal, where a person got infected through other means. But generally HIV is transmitted through semen, vaginal fluid, blood, and breast milk from mothers who are infected. HIV is a very frail virus and easily dies when exposed to the outside environment. That is why there is a need for extreme contact and exchange of these fluids before one gets infected. One does not get infected through casual contact or other bodily fluids such as sweat or saliva.
The myths or misconceptions about HIV transmission should be prevented. They do not help in the situation especially in dealing with the spread of the disease. In fact they can only add more problems. Instead of people learning how to protect them they are more focused on the people who are known to have the infection.
No one can really say who is infected with HIV unless one gets tested. The focus of people should not really be on the people who are tested positive but instead to everyone else who has not been tested. The people who know they are positive are the ones careful not to spread the infection. The people who are not aware they are infected are the ones that should be cautious since they are spreading the virus without their knowledge. Knowing how this virus gets transmitted gives everyone the opportunity to alter their lifestyle so that further spread of the virus is prevented. There is a lot of information out there and it is only right that everyone makes use of this information. HIV is very much real and one would be foolish to ignore all the facts about this dangerous virus. Get tested regularly at STD clinics to know if you have the dreaded disease or not.
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Lesley Curtis
