AIDS & HEALTH INFO

Archive for January, 2009

When HIV was identified in the 1980s, there were few drugs to treat HIV and associated opportunistic infections. Since then, a number of drugs have been developed to address both HIV / AIDS and opportunistic infections. For many people, including children, these treatments have extended and improved their quality of life. HIV Scientists at the National Institute of Health estimate since 1989, antiretroviral drugs Americans have tested positive during the years of life extended. But none of these drugs can cure HIV / AIDS, many have side effects that may be severe, and most are expensive. In addition, after 20 years on drugs against AIDS, some people develop resistance to drugs and no longer respond to treatment. New drugs are studied and developed to assist this group of people .

Although one in six people worldwide is affected by so-called neglected diseases, like Chagas disease, African trypanosomiasis (sleeping sickness) and leishmaniasis-these have little space in the mass media coverage according to article published in PLoS Neglected Tropical Diseases.

In the study, researchers at the University of Bordeaux (France) and the Agency for Health Protection of the Great Britain, analyzed eleven international impact mass, circulating in English, in the period 1 January 2003 to June 1, 2007. Researchers also interviewed nine journalists. Read the rest of this entry »

Since the medical discovery in 1980, HIV has presented one of the worst problems of human survival. But what does HIV mean? HIV stands for virus called human immunodeficiency virus. This is a type of retrovirus that causes a disease called AIDS, acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS includes syndromes where the immune system begins to fail and the patient is at risk the lives of many life threatening infections.

In the first stage of the HIV infects key components of the human immune system and, directly or indirectly, destroys the cells of the same. After the destruction has done enough, the immune system starts to malfunction leading to the state of AIDS. HIV also affects the organs like kidneys, heart and brain. It also leads to opportunistic infections and cancers.

HIV is transmitted through mucous one? S, the body is a direct contact between a body fluid such as blood, semen, vaginal secretions, pre-ejaculate or breast milk contains HIV. Since its discovery, three main routes have been identified through which HIV can enter the human body.

Sexually:
Most HIV infections are due to unprotected sex, cancel, vaginal or oral.

Blood or blood product route:
This path is particularly risky for those who inject drugs, hemophiliacs and transfusion of blood. These days in the blood is carefully tested for HIV before transfusion. Blood products are also checked for the same purpose. But there is cause for concern if they are forced to go for a blood transfusion in a region where injection equipment is not used in a hygienic manner. In most countries the poorest of the unhygienic practices still prevail. HIV can also spread by this defeat, if one submits to tattoos, piercings and scarification procedures in environments poor and uncertified.

Mother-child transmission (MTCT)
This type of transmission from mother to child in utero occurs during the last weeks of pregnancy or childbirth. If the mother does not receive treatment, the rate of transmission between mother and child is 25%. Displayed in the presence of treatment, especially when combined with birth by caesarean, the risk of transmission has been reduced to 1%. However, HIV can be transmitted from mother to child through infected breast milk.

In some cases, the HIV virus in small quantities have been found in saliva, tears or urine of infected patients, but this type of discharge have little power to transmit the disease to another person.

You want to be the best. And you know you deserve the best. You work hard and play hard. And natural health healing is your ticket to get the best from nature with the same drive and force.

If you want to keep your body in its optimum shape, then you need to take practical steps to do that. This means finding a natural health lifestyle that will work for you. Read the rest of this entry »