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Early Stages of AIDS

Friday, August 27th, 2010

Early stages of AIDS
HIV infection is slowly growing so until the symptoms of the disease begin to appear. The early symptoms that can indicate that a person begins to experience AIDS is as follows:

Weight loss (greater than 10 percent of body weight)
Weak

  • Chronic diarrhea is more than one month
  • Chronic cough is more than one month
  • Wound or rash that feels pain
  • The cut on her lip that does not heal
  • Fever and night sweats
  • Swollen glands in the neck, armpits and groin (immediately after infection)
  • Thrush (a white rash) in the mouth or genitals
  • Recurrent infections in the throat and ear
  • Recurrent shingles

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Process of HIV Infection

Monday, August 23rd, 2010

Someone who is already infected with HIV may experience fever or influenza-like symptoms – including fever and swelling of glands in the neck, armpits and groin – in a month or two months after exposure to the virus. This phase is called “acute phase”. Once the symptoms disappear, a person who is infected with HIV can live for several years without experiencing any symptoms or show signs of illness that can be associated with AIDS. During this time the person is not aware of the possibility that he had been infected or looks sick. But the person can transmit the virus to other people affected by body fluids. One’s appearance should not be used as an indicator for the presence of HIV infection. Conversely those who are not HIV positive can be exposed to opportunistic infections if their immune system is weakened for reasons unrelated to HIV

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Human Development Index and Aids Risk

Saturday, August 14th, 2010

Interactive Soils Website Aids Development

HIV and AIDS can cause the Human Development Index (HDI) fell and an impact on the economy and poverty. For that, he argues the need for coordination in this issue handled jointly. “Coordinating a keyword that is very important for the prevention of HIV / AIDS, not only at the planning level, but also budgeting, implementation and administration of cases, both at central and local levels,” In addition to coordination problems, other problems in the HIV / AIDS is a matter of funding. Until now, funding is still depending on foreign aid, about 70% of prevention funds from overseas, and it has bad effects. “We put ourselves in a position of high dependence on donors. We know that this aid can be stopped at any time due to various reasons, Therefore, it is time for Indonesia to begin reducing dependence by increasing funds from domestic sources, including increasing the role of community and business world.

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Aids and General Population

Wednesday, August 11th, 2010

The development of HIV and AIDS epidemic in Indonesia is very worrying. If the year 2004, AIDS cases are found in 16 provinces, then in year 2007 has been discovered in 32 provinces. Thus, AIDS has occurred in almost all of Indonesia. This was conveyed by State Minister for National Development Planning Suzetta in a speech opening the National Workshop on Planning and Budgeting for HIV / AIDS at the office of Bappenas, Jakarta, Wednesday, (12 / 3). “Even in Papua, the prevalence of AIDS is very high and have occurred in the general population. The prevalence of this concern will continue to increase because of HIV cases continues to increase. Even when around 6000 cases of HIV, but it is expected that vulnerable populations as many as 193 000 people infected with HIV.

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AIDS cases, Pasuruan Third Largest

Sunday, August 8th, 2010

This concern for residents of Pasuruan regency. Based on data released by the East Java Provincial Health Office, District of Pasuruan ranked third in the number of AIDS cases findings. AIDS cases in Pasuruan regency is mentioned as much as 204 cases. Lower than the city of Surabaya and Sidoarjo as many as 465 cases 242 cases. However, higher than the City and County of Malang which ranks fourth and fifth. This data was obtained Musa Nova Kurniawan, chairman of the Muhammadiyah Youth Pasuruan when he joined the workshop on the Islamic approach to HIV / AIDS. Workshop held at the Hotel Ketapang Beautiful, Banyuwangi, for three days, starting Friday 14 until Sunday, November 16 yesterday. Participants consist of 80 persons from Muhammadiyah, NU, MUI, KPA (National AIDS Commission). Meanwhile, the region that were invited came from Banyuwangi Regency, Pasuruan, Malang and Kediri. I myself got surprised, after release from a doctor Surabaya, Pasuruan stating it ranked third in the number of AIDS cases in East Java. I think this, not just the responsibility of the medical side, but also non-medical, from community leaders, clergy and youth element, Nova Musa said when met in East Java, after attending a workshop yesterday.

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Risk of Contracting the HIV Virus

Thursday, August 5th, 2010

A survey conducted in Tanjung Balai Karimun, showed the increasing number of commercial sex workers (CSW) who are infected with HIV, namely from 1% in 1995/1996 to more than 8.38% in 2000. Meanwhile a survey conducted in 2000 showed that HIV infection rates are high enough in the environment in Merauke PSK is 26.5%. UNAIDS data show, in Indonesia for more than 90% of male clients of sex workers do not use condoms when having sex. This is one reason why women who are faithful to one partner punt remain at risk of contracting the HIV virus (UNAIDS, 2004).

Sentinel survey conducted in the Hospital Drug Dependence in Jakarta showed increased cases of HIV infection in drug users who are undergoing rehabilitation that is 15% in 1999, rose rapidly to 40.8% in 2000, and 47.9% in 2001. Drug users who take a free HIV test AIDS was 33% infected with HIV. Even a survey in a village in Central Jakarta conducted by the Pelita Ilmu Foundation showed 93% of drug users infected with HIV.

Surveillance of blood donors and pregnant women are usually used as indicators to describe the HIV / AIDS infection in the general population. If the year 1990 has not been found in blood donors in the Indonesian Red Cross (PMI) is contaminated with HIV, then the next period of HIV infection found that the number is gradually increasing. Percentage of blood bags which are contaminated with HIV is 0.002% during the period 1992/1993, 0.003% in the period 1994/1995, 0.004% in the period 1998/1999 and 0.016% in 2000. This prevalence would need to be interpreted with caution, because most blood donors are prisoners in correctional institutions, and from AIDS patients who are suspects in the hospital who do not have laboratory facilities for HIV testing. Since a few months ago, tidaki no more blood donors who came out of prison.

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Development of AIDS Epidemic in Indonesia

Monday, August 2nd, 2010

Since 1985 until the year 1996, AIDS cases in Indonesia are still very rare mainly derived from homosexual groups. Since mid-1999 began to look sharp increase mainly due to transmission through injecting narcotics. Up to March 2005 recorded 6789 cases of HIV / AIDS. The number is expected to not show the actual figure. Department of Health in 2002 estimated the number of Indonesian people who are infected with HIV are between 90 000 to 130 000 people. Recent estimates the number of HIV infected more than 500,000 people.

Existing data indicate the conclusion that the epidemic of HIV / AIDS in Indonesia are already in advanced stages. Transmission occurs through a variety of ways, either through homosexual relations, heterosexual, injecting drug users, transfusion of blood components, up to and from an infected mother to infant birth. HIV / AIDS infections have also been informed of all classes of society, both high-risk groups and general public. If at first, most people with HIV come from the homosexual group has now been a shift where the rate of transmission is heterosexual and drug users is increasing. Some infants who contracted HIV from her mother proved to show a more advanced stage of stage of heterosexual transmission.

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Preventive treatment, an alternative to prevent HIV

Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010

preventive treatment, an alternative to prevent HIV

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) continues to spread around the world, mainly through sex. Despite advances in treatment, preventing infection is still the great challenge ahead. In the absence of an effective vaccine and after the repeated failures of vaginal microbicide gels, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), the taking of drugs before being exposed to the virus, is considered one of the most promising strategies for achieving this goal . A new study in monkeys showed that intermittent therapy before contacting HIV is effective.

The researchers, from the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, USA), exposed the macaques to simian immunodeficiency virus (SHIV) modified to be as identical as possible to HIV. In different groups were given different doses of antiretroviral drugs and at different times to see what combination offered the best protection. (more…)

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