The worst disease of the twentieth century - AIDS - is one of the stages of HIV development in the body. Since the whole world learned about AIDS and HIV, the transmission of the disease has become one of the most pressing issues. Since it is not currently possible to cure the disease, protection is the only way not to become a victim of HIV.
In order to protect yourself, you must first know how HIV is transmitted.
Sexual tract - the virus is transmitted through sexual contact with a sick person. When the first patients examined the environment where the virus can live, it turned out that it was in semen and vaginal fluid that it had the highest concentration in the body. In addition, the virus can be found in other liquid media - in saliva, sweat, urine. However, here the level of the virus content is not so high, therefore, when transferred to a partner, nothing is threatened. The virus can be perceived by all organs and parts of the human body, so you can get infected with oral sex, anal sex and traditional vaginal.
The virus is transmitted through the blood, which enters the body. That is, the blood of an infected person, which contains a significant number of viruses, must get into the bloodstream of a potential patient. Most often, this happens during a blood transfusion, in drug addicts using common needles, when using someone else's razor accessories, and in case of accidental wounding with an object on which the blood of an infected person may remain when a tattoo is applied. Basically, these infections are most often found among drug addicts who do not disdain common personal hygiene items and have no idea how HIV is transmitted. Such illiteracy is unforgivable, but simple neglect often occurs. At the time when HIV transmission routes were only being studied, several moments of unsafe blood transfusion were recorded, but now such cases are excluded.
The virus is transmitted from an infected mother to a child. This can happen at any stage, both during pregnancy, childbirth, and already during breastfeeding. In this way, you can become infected in about thirty percent of cases. The danger here is that the virus can penetrate the placenta, that is, a woman can become pregnant, have a healthy baby for some time and be healthy herself, and then if she gets into the body of HIV, it can infect the baby at any stage of intrauterine development. The virus enters the milk, so when feeding, the possibility of getting the disease increases even more.
HIV-infected people have become like lepers in society, especially given the antisocial lifestyle they lead. Indeed, most people know how HIV is transmitted. The contingent of HIV-infected is primarily homosexuals, prostitutes, drug addicts. A person who does not belong to these groups can also become a carrier of HIV for some reason, since there were cases when the carriers themselves specifically infected innocent people (now this is punishable by law). In order to keep the right distance with an HIV-infected person, you need to know how HIV is not transmitted: you cannot get infected in any situations when there is no contact with the internal environment - when communicating, sneezing, laughing, kissing, shaking hands, through household items (cups , towels, clothes). Here is the main condition - a person who is not infected with the virus must have whole skin and mucous membranes. Only in this case can we talk about the safety of communication with an infected person.
In addition to how HIV is transmitted, the following serious facts must be remembered:
- Even with one sexual encounter, you can get HIV. Therefore, if once carried, then the second time it is better not to experience fate.
- HIV is not transmitted by insects, so insect bites and HIV symptoms should not be linked .
- In beauty salons, in case of accidental cuts, the worker must additionally treat the wound with alcohol, not to mention pre-treatment of tools. After all, in this way you can become infected not only with HIV, but also with more common hepatitis C.
- It is practically impossible to get infected through donated blood - now all donors undergo a preliminary blood test, so only healthy blood is transfused.