HIV/AIDS Basics: Transmission and Symptoms

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HIV/AIDS Basics: Transmission and Symptoms

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HIV can be hard to diagnose, if you think you might have contracted hiv you should ge test as soon as possible. Symptoms often can take a long time to develop after the intial exposure to HIV, but common HIV/AIDS symptoms include thrush or chronic yeast infections, skin discoloration, easy bruising, nausea, vommiting, and exhaustion. As the bodies immune system starts to be damage more advanced symptoms can present as more severe OI’s. This can include certain cancers that only occur in people with a weakened immune system, or infections in places where they don’t normally occur. HIV tests are used to confirm the presence of anti HIV cells in your blood or saliva and not the actual virus. Advanced OI’s become more of a problem as the CD4 + count drops below 200 and the immune system becomes greatly weakend. HIV/AIDS transmission happens when infected bodily fluids enter your body. Transmission occurs primarily during sex and intervenous drug use when needles are shared. Using condoms is critical as well as other safe sex practices. Condoms are an effective method for preventing the transmission of HIV and prevents other STDs as well. The only way to practice safe sex is use a condom every time. If you use intervenous drugs, always be sure to use clean needles and never reuse them. It is important to help raise awareness about HIV transmission, it plays a critical role in preventing HIV spread. You should be tested for HIV even if you think you’re not infected, and if you are sexually active you should get a routine HIV screening. Free HIV testing is often available, and some clinics perodically offer free HIV testing. HIV tests are simple to get, especially with the advent of rapid result test you can be tested and recieve your results within thirty minutes. The rapid test is easy and non invasive to perform; it simply requires a swab of saliva.

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