Approaching AIDS

     AIDS (AIDS), or acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Infected by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) after the cause of a deadly sexually transmitted diseases. HIV attacks the body's immune system primarily to make the gradual loss of the body's defense capability and can not resist the outside world a variety of pathogens, and therefore vulnerable to infection in healthy people do not generally susceptible to infectious diseases and cancer, ultimately leading to death.
Knowledge of AIDS symptoms

Will be divided into four clinical AIDS: acute infection period, incubation period, pre-AIDS, typical of AIDS. Not every infected person will complete the performance of the emergence of four, but each stage of the disease patients can be seen in clinical practice.

1, acute infection phase with fever, rash, swollen lymph nodes, but also a weakness, sweating, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, pharyngitis, and other symptoms. Some even acute aseptic meningitis, manifested as headache, neurological symptoms and meningeal irritation. Peripheral blood examination, the total number of normal white blood cells, or lymphocytes decrease in mononuclear cells increased. Period of acute infection, the symptoms often relatively minor and easily overlooked. This fever symptoms such as vague aches and discomfort after about 5 weeks, serum HIV antibody positive response.

2, the incubation period refers to onset of AIDS and HIV infection in clinical symptoms and signs of time. The average incubation period of 2-10 years is now considered to be infected can not have any clinical symptoms, but the virus is continuing to breed, with a strong damaging. AIDS.

3, AIDS began to appear after the initial incubation period of AIDS-related symptoms and signs, until AIDS developed into a typical period of time. At this time, the patient already has the basic characteristics of AIDS, namely, cellular immune deficiency, clinical manifestations as long as the following:

Phase A. The main clinical manifestations lymph nodes superficial lymph nodes. Site occurred more common in the head and neck, armpits, groin, neck, ears ago, the ears, stocks lymph nodes, submandibular lymph nodes and so on. Generally there are at least two or more parts, and some as many as a dozen. Swollen lymph nodes on the general treatment non-response, often continued to swell over half a year. About 30% of patients clinically only superficial lymphadenopathy, without other systemic symptoms.

B. patients with systemic symptoms of view often general malaise, muscle pain and other symptoms. About 50% of patients had weakness and fatigue cyclical low heat, and often last several months. Night sweats, 1 month, more than 5 times. About 1 / 3 of patients more than 10% weight loss, such weight loss can not be explained solely by the heat, add enough heat can not control the weight loss. Some may suffer from headaches, depression or anxiety, sensory nerve endings disease, reactive mental disorders and other symptoms. 3 / 4 splenomegaly may occur.

C, various infections, inter superficial lymph nodes and systemic symptoms, patients often give rise to various particularities or recurrent non-fatal infections. Clinical symptoms usually include: severe unilateral athlete's foot; armpits and groin area appeared reddish pustules, bullous staph infection sores; anal, genital, weight-bearing area and oral mucosa appeared condyloma acuminatum and verruca vulgaris virus infections; lips and chest with herpes simplex The incidence of herpes zoster has also significantly increased compared with normal population. Oral Candida albicans appear, mainly for the oral mucosa erosion, congestion, there are cheese-like cover.

Other common non-streptococcal pharyngitis infection, acute and chronic sinusitis and intestinal parasitic infections. Many patients, the increased frequency of defecation, thinning, with mucus. May be related to proctitis and a variety of pathogenic microorganisms to the invasion of the intestinal tract. In addition, oral hairy leukoplakia can occur, the presence of hairy leukoplakia is an important clue in early diagnosis of AIDS.

D, typical of AIDS, a view that the lethal AIDS period is the final stage of HIV infection. There are three basic characteristics: severe defects in cell-mediated immunity occurs all kinds of fatal opportunistic infections and a variety of malignant tumors occur. The end of AIDS, the immune function of total collapse, the patient developed a variety of severe syndrome, until death.

Diagnosed with AIDS can not rely on clinical manifestations, the most important basis for the blood test is to check whether the positive results, it is believed should promptly after their HIV infection to the local health and quarantine departments for check-ups, do not under her own diagnosis.

AIDS prevention knowledge

If you suspect they have been infected with the AIDS virus, must be approved by the health authorities have the HIV antibody test conditions to check the medical and health institutions. National and major hospitals, health and epidemic prevention stations, STD prevention and control agencies are approved inspection bodies. Do not look for "Youyi" examination and treatment. The experimental tests prove that if the antibodies are positive, indicating you are HIV-infected persons, but not AIDS patients.

HIV-infected persons and patients are the victims of infectious disease, surrounded by people who should be caring and loving treatment, and must not be discrimination in these people. AIDS prevention knowledge you know and tell others.

1. AIDS is a very high case-fatality rate of serious infectious diseases. There is no cure for drugs and methods, but can be prevented.

2. AIDS virus is mainly present in the infected person's blood, semen, vaginal secretions, breast milk and other body fluids, so through sexual contact, blood and mother to child transmission in three ways. The vast majority of infected persons has to go through 5-10 years before developing into a patient, usually 2-3 years after the onset of death.

3. With AIDS and AIDS-infected person daily life and work of contact (such as shaking hands, hugging, sharing a meal, share tools, office equipment, etc.) are not infected with HIV, AIDS will not ring through the toilet, telephone, tableware, bedding, swimming pools or public bathhouses and other public facilities to distribute, nor by coughing and sneezing, mosquito bites and other means of transmission to stay.

4. Tried to stay, to comply with sexual ethics is a means of prevention of sexual transmission of HIV fundamental measures.

5. The proper use of condoms not only contraception, but also to reduce HIV infection, sexually transmitted diseases risk.

6. Early treatment and cure sexually transmitted diseases can reduce the risk of HIV infection. Regular hospitals to provide regular, confidential testing, diagnosis, treatment and counseling services, if necessary, can draw support from the local STD and AIDS hotline for consultation.

7. Shared drug syringes is an important way to the spread of AIDS, so to say no to drugs, lovers of life.

8. To avoid unnecessary blood transfusions, injections, with no rigorous disinfection of unsafe tooth extraction apparatus and beauty and so on, through the use of HIV antibody testing of blood and blood products.

9. Care, assistance and non-discrimination, AIDS and HIV-infected persons, they are the victims of the disease, the pain should be the humanitarian situation and help. Family and the community for them to create a friendly, understanding, healthy living and working environment that encourages them to adopt a positive attitude toward life, to change the dangerous behavior, with treatment and help to improve their quality of life, prolong life, but also conducive to AIDS prevention and maintain social stability.

10. AIDS threatens every individual and every family, to prevent AIDS is the responsibility of society as a whole.