Do you know what HIV is and how many people it affects? Do you know where HIV comes from and how it is transmitted? Read on and we´ll tell you a little bit about this terrible disease.
hiv is the Human Immunodeficiency virus and causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, better known as aids. The hiv virus causes the immune system to fail and causes life threatening infections. Infections occur by the transfer of blood, semen, vaginal fluid, or brest milk. That is why it is important to do testing for hiv before starting a long term relationship such as marriage. This can be done with an hiv blood test through any clinic, and they can give you the hiv test results there as well. hiv aids prevention messages include informing people that Aids is a sexually transmitted desease and recommending that people use condoms as a way of preventing themselves from being infected.
HIV is thought to have originated in Africa after having jumped from chimpanzees to humans. It was first discovered in the early 1980's. Today there are many drugs that help fight the disease and it is possible to live for many years with the hiv virus. There are many people living with hiv that have fairly normal lifestyles.