AIDS and HIV :: Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual Issues

acquired immune deficiency syndrome and human immunodeficiency virusThe HIV virus poses one of the biggest viral threats to humans society today. Itis contracted through tangible fluids such as billet and semen, and sometimes evensaliva and tears. support kills 100% of its victims and puts them through sufferingbefore they die. It has been a threat for about 15 years, and it is not overtakingto stop now. In fact, AIDS is just getting stupefyed It consumes more tribeeach year. There is no known treatment for it either, only antibiotics to die awaythe reproduction of the virus. HIV is passed from one person to another by somatic fluids only. It is usually gotten through sexual intercourse or other knowledgeable contact, through the exchanging of unsterilized intravenous needles, orby the contact of HIV-infected bodily fluids and an open wound. It cannotpermeate though intact skin, hence it cannot be extend through informal contact.AIDS has not been found to travel in insects or tame animals. In pregnant women,the virus only infects the babe near or at the time of birth. The virus diesquickly without a host.AIDS (Acquired ImmunoDifficiency Syndrome) weakens the bodys immune system soit is natural to infection. The AIDS virus primarily attacks the Tlymphocytes, which are a briny part of the immune system. The virus is alsoincubated in cells called macrophages, where it is accidentally direct to other,healthy cells in the body like neurons and lymphatic cells. After HIV iscontracted, the person looks and feels healthy for up to 20 years beforesymptoms start occurring. During this time, the person can give the virus toanother even though it cannot be detected by sight or smell. Usually, symptomsstart underdeveloped within 1 to 2 years. Typical indications of the virus arefever, weariness, slant loss, skin rashes, a fungal mouth infection calledthrush, lack of ohmic resistance to infection, and enlarged lymph nodes. When AIDSovertakes the body, the bo dy becomes especially susceptible to tuberculosis,pneumonia, and a noble-minded form of cancer called Kaposis Sarcoma. Once AIDS hasfully interpreted hold, the body may suffer damage to the nerves and brain. The life foreboding of an AIDS victim after the birth of symptoms is 1 to 5 years. AIDSwas believed to have begun in Central Africa around 1979. Nearly all of the setoff AIDS patients were male homosexuals. However, after 1989 90% of all newcases of AIDS were from heterosexual intercourse. Public awareness rose asfamous good deal began to die, like Rock Hudson, Perry Ellis, Michael Bennett,Robert Mapplethorpe, and Tony Richardson.