What should you know about drugs and aids?
Since
the beginning of the pandemic of HIV, one of the central factors in its
spread has been the behavior associated with drug abuse, including the
sharing of needles for injecting drugs and unsafe sexual behavior that
can occur after poisoning with alcohol or drugs. HIV, or human
immunodeficiency virus, which causes acquired immune deficiency syndrome
or AIDS is a virus that lives and multiplies primarily in white blood
cells (CD4 +), which are part of the immune system. Some important
things you should know about AIDS is to know which way it spreads, HIV
is transmitted through contact with blood or other body fluids of an
infected person. In addition, pregnant women with HIV can transmit it to
their babies during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding to them.
You can get infected in your first time, if your partner has HIV and you have unsafe sex, then you can become infected.
The
difference between HIV and AIDS is that HIV is the virus that causes
AIDS. HIV stands for the 'Human Immunodeficiency Virus' and AIDS stands
for the 'Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome'. AIDS is a serious
condition in which the body's defences against some illnesses are broken
down. This means that people with AIDS can get many different kinds of
diseases which a healthy person's body would normally fight off quite
easily.
The drugs have a lot to do with the spread of AIDS and that
drugs and AIDS are interrelated in the spread and harm to humans. In
people who abuse drugs, HIV transmission can occur when they share
needles and other injection paraphernalia as flakes of cotton, and rinse
water heaters not sterilized. However, these individuals are also at
greater risk of HIV infection simply by using drugs, regardless of
whether they are administered with a needle and syringe or not. Research
supported by NIDA and the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and
Alcoholism have shown that consumption of drugs and alcohol can
interfere with the process and lead to risky sexual behaviors that put
users at risk of contracting or transmitting HIV. Among the consequences
of drug abuse include: Physiological and psychological disorders such
as seizures, changes in heart rate, the deterioration of the central
nervous system, hallucinations, paranoid tendencies, depression,
etc.Deterioration and weakening of the will, deterioration of personal
relationships, Baja performance at work or in the studio, Social and
economic effects because the drug can be very expensive, leading the
addict to devote all its resources to maintain consumption.
AIDS can
be transmitted in many ways, but equally can be avoided by that here are
some ways to prevent the spread of the virus already mentioned HIV /
AIDS.
Early detection of HIV can help prevent its transmission. The
research indicates that routine tests to detect HIV in health care
between populations with prevalence rate as low as 1 percent, are a very
viable from an economic point of view, testing other diseases such as
breast cancer and high blood pressure. These findings suggest that
testing for HIV can reduce medical costs by preventing high-risk
practices and decreasing virus transmission.
The sex safer is a good
option; safer sex also means using a condom during sexual intercourse.
Using a condom is not absolutely safe as condoms can break, but condoms
can be effective if they are used correctly. To find out more about
this, see our condoms page.
Oral sex (one person kissing, licking or
sucking the sexual areas of another person) does carry some risk of
infection. If a person sucks the penis of an infected man, for example,
infected fluid could get into the mouth. The virus could then get into
the blood if you have bleeding gums or tiny sores somewhere in the
mouth. The same is true if infected sexual fluids from a woman get into
the mouth of her partner. But infection from oral sex alone seems to be
very rare. Research has shown that a cumulative total of HIV prevention,
which includes treatments for drug abuse, community outreach, testing
and counseling for HIV and other infections in addition to treatment for
HIV, is the most effective in reducing the risk of infections
transmitted by blood.
The combination of behavioral and
pharmacological treatments for drug abuse has a proven impact on risk
behaviors for HIV and the incidence of HIV infection. For example,
recent research has shown that when combined with behavioral therapies
methadone treatment, about half of the participants who reported
injecting drugs at the start of the study, reported that they no longer
did so at the end of the study. Also, the exit survey, more than 90
percent of all participants reported that they did not share needles,
while these findings show great promise for achieving reductions in risk
behaviors for HIV, now studies are needed to improve the long-term
effectiveness of these interventions.
Within the means of
transmission of the disease, the biggest today is related to the conduct
of drug abuse. Use or share non-sterile needles, cotton balls, water
rinsing and spoons or containers for cooking drugs, such as those used
to inject heroin, cocaine and other drugs, leaves the addict with a
higher risk of contracting or transmitting HIV. On the other hand,
simply taking drugs, there is more risk of contracting the disease, as
there are studies showing that the use of drugs and alcohol interferes
in the trial of the person about their sexual behavior or other risky
activity, making them candidates to have sex without taking appropriate
preventive measures, raising the risk of contracting HIV from infected
sex partners. In its relationship with the world of AIDS drugs, you can
highlight certain data: Spain is the European country with largest
number of AIDS cases per year. More than ¾ of AIDS cases in the year 99
have direct or indirect relationship with the consumption of intravenous
drugs, being higher in men than in women. Over 60% of cases of women
infected by heterosexual transmission, were unprotected by maintaining
relationships with people who injected or had injected some kind of
drug. Since the beginning of the HIV / AIDS epidemic until December 31,
1999, have been registered in the National Registry of AIDS cases,
31,027 deaths from AIDS patients, of whom approximately 64% in people
addicted to drugs injectors.
There is no cure for HIV. HIV is a
virus, and no cure has been found for any type of virus. Recently,
doctors have been able to control the virus once a person is infected,
which means that a person with HIV can stay healthy for longer, but they
have not managed to get rid of the virus in the body completely.
America’s HIV prevention strategic plan.
At
the end of 2007, an estimated 33 million people were living with HIV,
the virus that causes AIDS. This number includes men, women and children
of all ethnic and social backgrounds. Virtually every country in the
world has been affected.
At
the end of 2007, an estimated 33 million people were living with HIV,
the virus that causes AIDS. This number includes men, women and children
of all ethnic and social backgrounds. Virtually every country in the
world has been affected.
Pictures of people infected with HIV:
HIV positive couple in South Africa.
HIV positive man with his mother.
AIDS orphans in zambia.
Finally,
the drugs have a relationship with AIDS, to spread and infect the virus
to drug addicts and others, causing many problems, in addition to
increasing the number of infected from this pandemic in the world.
Reporter number #2: What should you know about drugs and aids?
My Opinion..
AIDS
is a virus that lives and multiplies primarily in white blood cells,
affecting the immune system and eventually cause a depletion in these
cells, the owner of this virus may appear and feel good for years
without knowing who is infected, however this individual becomes more
prone to infections and diseases more common, which can lead to death. I
think that drugs have a lot to do with the spread of HIV, since the use
of needles or syringes or flakes of cotton and boiled water not
sterilized, can cause a person to be infected, although the person who
consumes drugs is prone to infection, although this person will injected
with a syringe or not.
The relationship between the world of drugs
to HIV / AIDS has a great connection in the spread of the virus,
increasing deaths and people infected with the disease, but AIDS does
not destroy your dreams and visions for the future, there is much for
which to live and if you have AIDS, must learn and find out everything
you can, in addition to say before it’s too late.
-MEHUL PATEL
reness of the AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. AIDS has killed more than 25 million people, with an estimated 33.2 million people living with HIV, making it one of the most destructive epidemics in recorded history. Despite recent, improved access to antiretroviral treatment and care in many regions of the world, the AIDS epidemic claimed an estimated 3.1 million (between 2.8 and 3.6 million) lives in 2005, of which more than half a million (570,000) were children.
