AIDS – Keeping Safe

So what’s going to be covered?

AIDS - Agenda Is AIDS still a killer? What is AIDS? How you can’t get it How do you get it? How can you prevent getting it? If you get it – what happens? Treating AIDS – Not curing it

Is AIDS Still a Killer?

YES

AIDS Facts Worldwide –36,000,000 people have the AIDS virus –1,400,000 are children under age 15 –47% are women

AIDS Facts Worldwide –In 2000, 6,500 kids between 15 & 24 became infected everyday  That’s 1 every 5 minutes –By 2000, 21,000,000 people had died of AIDS  500,000 were younger than 15

AIDS in the USA

Who has AIDS and how did they get it in the USA? Check out this site – m.htmhttp:// m.htm Not all are gay Many are straight Kids are getting infected everyday

AIDS In the USA In America –800,000 to 900,000 people are living AIDS –Only around 400,000 know – lots of people don’t know they have it –In one year – 43,000 new cases of AIDS occurred in kids – just like you

AIDS in the USA AIDS ranks 7 th in killing kids between age 4-15 AIDS ranks 6 th in killing kids between age –54% were females/ 46% males –66% were Blacks –28% were White

What is AIDS?

What is AIDS The AIDS virus is a body terrorist –It gets into the body –It sets up attack cells –It destroys the immune system –Eventually it kills the host YOU

AIDS – What is it? So how did the virus do it? –It moves into the t- cells –It uses the t-cell structure to build copies of itself See: gbh/nova/aids/action.h tml gbh/nova/aids/action.h tml

AIDS – What is it? After it invades - it begin to divide Some cells hide out – waiting to mutate This is how it attacks os.htm#virus os.htm#virus

What is AIDS It is a sneaky virus To get a sense how hard is it to defend against the attacks of the virus - go to this site – /nova/aids/ /nova/aids/ –Click on “Fighting Back”

Getting Infected

These are ways you cannot get infected from someone with HIV –Coughing or sneezing Sweating or crying –Hugging –Shaking or holding hands –Closed mouth kissing

So how can you get it?

Getting Infected You can get the virus by direct contact with: –Blood –Semen –Vaginal secretions You can get it if your mother has it when you were born

Getting Infected Using latex condoms protects more than just you It protects your baby, too

Getting Infected There are other ways to get exposed: –Having unprotected sex –Open mouth kissing –Sharing toothbrushes –Sharing needles injecting drugs

Getting Infected There are other ways to get exposed: –Oral sex –Tattoos or Piercings using a “dirty” needles (someone else’s blood on it)

Getting Infected And then there is reusing a condom

Getting Infected Everyone can get infected Everyone can give it to someone else

Protecting Yourself & Others

Not Getting Infected Not exchanging blood, semen and vaginal fluids can keep you safe /br4protect.html

Not Getting Infected Remember Don’t stick yourself with dirty needles

Not Getting Infected Go to a professional for piercings & tattoos

Not Getting Infected Never touch anyone else's blood Do not pick up needles you see on the street or anywhere else If you use needles –Never reuse a needle –Never use someone else’s needle –Clean needles with bleach

Not Getting Infected Practice safe sex

Not Getting Infected So you think you know everything about sex Maybe you don’t know as much as you think you do

Not Getting Infected Find out what you know and don;’t know – ungflash.htmhttp:// ungflash.htm

Getting AIDS Most people get it from unprotected sex

Not Getting Infected How can you practice safe sex? –Use a condom for all types of sex female no kidding! –There are male and female condoms – no kidding!  second.htm second.htm

Not Getting Infected Use condoms –Every time you have sex –Even if you think the person is safe –Even if someone insists he or she isn’t infected – no one can sure –What if they’re wrong?

Not Getting Infected Remember

Not Getting AIDS Sex & AIDS So you think you know everything about sex – try these quizzes – quiz.htmhttp:// quiz.htm So how’d you do?

Not Getting AIDS Sex & AIDS –How can you get condoms  com/ com/  Will link you to free condoms

Think you are infected?

Getting Infected If you think you are infected –Worrying –Crying –Being silent –Acting like nothing’s wrong Won’t help

Getting Infected Hiding out won’t help either It might kill you And someone else

Getting Infected Getting tested –Click here to find a testing site –  Enter New York  Find your city  Click on testing sites for all kinds of information

Getting Infected In New York: New York State HIV counseling hotline: (800) (M-F 2-8, S & S 10- 6) New York State information hotline: (800) (information tapes 24 hrs; counselors Mon.-Fri. 8-8, Sat. & Sun. 10-6) New York State Spanish hotline: (800) 233-SIDA

Getting Infected Getting tested –For example in Buffalo there is this link  com/ com/ That will tell you all about free testing

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