2. I. What is AIDS?
II. Transmission
III.Signs and symptoms
IV.Prevention
V.Households
VI.Insects
VII.Global statistics
VIII.References
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3. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus
(HIV).
AIDS was first found in 1981 in the United
States.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
(CDC) did not have an official name for the
disease, and they called Kaposi's Sarcoma and
Opportunistic Infections.
By September 1982 the CDC started referring to
the disease as AIDS.
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4. HIV originated from three kinds of monkeys in West-
central Africa. They are African green monkey, sooty
mangabey, and chimpanzee.
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5. Blood transfusion
Childbirth
HIV is spread by sexual contact with an infected
person, by sharing injection needless, syringes, or
drug-use equipment with someone who is HIV-
positive.
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6. Unprotected (without a condom) rectal entry
intercourse (anal sex) with someone who is HIV-
positive
HIV is spread only when blood, semen, or
vaginal fluids from an infected person enter
someone else’s body
Touching someone else’s blood, who is HIV-
positive.
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7. The early symptoms of HIV infection are like flu
symptoms that won’t go away.
Rapid, unexplained weight loss
Persistent unexplained fever and night sweat
Persistent server fatigue
Persistent diarrhea
Swelling of glands in neck, armpits, or groin.
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8. As the immune system deteriorates, a variety of
other symptoms may appear, including
Unusual sores on the skin or in the mouth
Increased outbreaks of cold sores
Unexplained shortness of breath and dry cough
Severe numbness or pain in the hands and feet
Personality change or mental deterioration
Unusual cancers and infections.
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9. Only monogamy (you and your partner have
sex with each other only)
If you are beginning sexual relationship, take
time before having sex to talk about HIV and
other STDs.
Use condom with any new partner until you
certain that person does not have any sexually
transmitted diseases and that neither of will have
unprotected sexual contact with anyone else
while your relationship lasts.
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10. Avoid unprotected sexual contact with anyone
who has symptoms of or who has been exposed to
a STD, whose behavior puts him or her at risk of
HIV infection.
Avoid activities that spread HIV. Safer activities
include close-mouth kissing, hugging, massage,
and other pleasurable touching.
Never share needless, syringes, or other personal
items that could be contaminated with blood. Even
needles that have been boiled can remain
contaminated.
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11. How to prevent the HIV transmission between family
members in a households setting:
-Gloves should be worn during contact with blood or
other body fluids;
-Hand and other parts of the body should be washed
immediately after contact with blood or other body
fluids;
-Avoid using the likelihood of blood contact such as
sharing of razors and toothbrushes;
-Needles and other shape instruments should used
only when the medically necessary.
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12. There is no reason to fear that a biting or
bloodsucking insect could transmit HIV from one
person to another because:
-It injects saliva into human’s body
-HIV lives for only short time inside an insect,
-HIV does not reproduce in insect
-Biting insects normally do not travel from one
person to the next immediately after ingesting
blood.
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13. HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, is one of the world’s
most serious health and development challenges:
-According to the World Health Organization
(WHO), there were approximately 35 million people
worldwide living with HIV/AIDS in 2013. Of these,
3.2 million were children (<15 years old).
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14. Statistic of AIDS in Cambodia in 2013
According to National AIDS Authority Chairman Ieng
Moly has said that
- Cambodia has an estimated 71,347 people living
with HIV/AIDS including 38,420 females and 6,850
children. HIV/AIDS killed estimated 2,365 people
in 2012;
- Some 85 percent of people living with HIV/ AIDS
have received treatments with antiretroviral drugs;
- 70 percent of the people living with HIV/AIDS,
orphans and children vulnerable to HIV/AIDS have
been provided with social supports, including
healthcare and education, especially through the
Cambodian Red Cross.
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