1. What do HIV and AIDS stand for?
Human Immunodeficiency Virus
AIDS
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
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2. What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?
HIV - The virus that causes AIDS
AIDS
When an HIV infected person has less than 200 T4 cells (Healthy adults have 1,000 or more)
When an HIV infected person has 1 or more of 26 clinical conditions
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3. How does the HIV virus affect your body?
Kills T4 cells
Because the T4 cell count is low, the body is unable to fight off “opportunistic diseases”
People usually die from an opportunistic disease, not AIDS
Common Opportunistic diseases:
Kaposi’s Sarcoma - Cancer
Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP)
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4. What are the Initial signs and symptoms of a HIV infection?
Flu like illness within a month or two of infection
Fever
Headache
Malaise
Swollen Lymph Nodes
Fatigue
Commonly mistaken for some other type of infection or virus
Can remain asymptomatic for ten years
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5. What are some signs & symptoms and complications when someone develops AIDS?
lack of energy, swollen lymph nodes, weight loss, frequent fevers, sweats , skin rashes, STD’s
Complications
Opportunistic diseases
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6. What are the methods of transmission for the HIV virus?
Most common - sexual contact
Infected blood
Sharing needles or syringes
During pregnancy or birth
Breast milk
Having a STD will increase the chance of acquiring HIV during sex with an infected partner
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7. What is a method of prevention for each mode of transmission?
Sexual Contact - Abstinence or Condom
Infected blood - Universal precautions
Needles - Abstinence, no sharing or cleaning
Pregnancy and birth - C Section or use of AZT
Breast milk - Bottle feed or AZT
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8. How do you treat HIV/AIDS?
Early detection
Drug treatment
1st - Reverse transcriptase inhibitors - interrupt virus replication (AZT)
2nd - Protease inhibitors - interrupt virus replication at a later step in life cycle
Also - Specialized drugs to fight common opportunistic diseases especially PCP
Psychological treatment
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9. What are some tests for the HIV virus?
Antibody tests
ELISA
Western Blot
Blood test
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10. AIDS Memorial Quilt Started in 1987 # of Panels 44,000
Last displayed in entirety in 1996
Raised over $3,000,000 for AIDS
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