1. HIV and Aids

2. Definitions AIDS – Acquired immune deficiency syndrome
Final stage of infection with HIV
HIV – Human immunodeficiency virus
Virus that attacks the body’s immune system

3. History
Origin Africa
1981: First identified rare cancers becoming more popular – Kaposi Sarcoma
First cases of PCP (pneumonia) reported in injecting drug users
1982 – Name AIDS is adopted
1985 – Blood Test was available

4. HIV and The Body Lymphocytes
B cells
T cells
Present in bloodstream, lymph nodes, and brain cells

5. Transmission
Must enter a person’s bloodstream in order to infect the person.
Transmitted through:
Semen
Blood
Vaginal Secretions
Breast Milk

6. Risk Behaviors Sexual Intercourse Sharing Needles
Enter through tiny cuts in the body
Having an STD with sores increases risk
Sharing Needles
Injection of drugs, steroids, pierce ears, or used make tattoos

7. Other Transmissions Blood Transfusions (not so much an issue anymore)
Mother-to-child transfer during birth
Exchanged through umbilical cord

8. Myth or Fact
You can get HIV from a mosquito bite if that mosquito has bitten an HIV-infected person
Myth – even though they spread malaria and yellow fever, HIV is not spread through the mosquito’s salivary glands

9. Myth or Fact
You can get HIV by touching a glass from which a person infected with HIV has drunk.
Myth - HIV is spread through blood, semen, and vaginal secretions.

10. Myth or Fact
You can get HIV from swimming in a pool with someone who is infected.
Myth – Even if an HIV infected person bled into the pool, the blood would be so diluted it would be harmless.

11. Myth or Fact
You can get HIV from being sneezed on by someone who is infected.
Myth – HIV is not spread through air-borne droplets

12. Symptoms May or may not experience illness
Can be infected for years before showing signs of the infection
4 Stages

13. Stage One HIV infection
Takes 2 weeks – 6 months for body to produce antibodies
Tests: ELISA, Western blot test, IFA or RIA

14. Stage Two Asymptomatic Stage
Months – years in which virus is present in blood
No signs or symptoms of disease

15. Stage Three Symptomatic Stage Lymph node enlargement Weight loss
Symptoms:
Fever, rash, headache, body aches, tired, easy bruising, dry cough, swollen glands, night sweats, severe diarrhea, yeast infection

16. Stage Four
AIDS
Symptoms: Kaposi Sarcoma, WBC below 200 cells, Wasting Syndrome, Rare Pneumonia
Once immune system fails: the person’s body is open to a host of infections that can attack other systems and create serious illness
Once called fatal wasting disease

17. Abstinence and HIV/AIDS
Avoid situations and events where drugs or sexual activity is likely to occur
Choose relationships carefully
Practice refusal skills

18. Activity List 10 goals you hope to accomplish in the next 8-10 years.
Imagine you have sex and get HIV.
How will this affect each goal?
What systems of support would you seek out to respond positively to the circumstance?