‘HIV’

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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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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Skin Diseases

Friday, March 5th, 2010

skin diseases

The so-called skin diseases or skin diseases are diseases that must first be treated by a specialist dermatologist, then you can apply if you want an alternative treatment that can be found both on the Internet, like a book or maybe the council directly an acquaintance, but this alternative must be approved by your doctor you trust.

Dermatoses or skin diseases are varied, and can be caused by genetic factors, viral or environmental.
Within these diseases also have the skin attached, those affecting the hair, nails, sweat, etc..

These Annex-diseases are also seen as skin diseases since their epidermal origin makes the evil often is deep within the dermis.

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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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