Saturday, January 17, 2009

AIDS/HIV THE SILENT KILLER


Who among of us don't know the AIDS? Is there any solution on the problem about HIV/AIDS? Who will be affected with the AIDS and why they are infected by that very dangerous disease?
AIDS was first identified in 1981 among homosexual men and intravenous drug users of both sexes.AIDS is characterized by severe weight loss, night sweats, swollen lymph nodes, and increasing frequent infections, including a rear type of pneumonia called Pneumocystis pneumonia and the bizarre malignancy Kaposi's sarcoma, a cancerlike condition of blood vessels evidenced by purple lesions of the skin. Some AIDS victims develop slurred speech and severe dementia.
AIDS is caused by a virus transmitted in blood, semen , vaginal secretions, and saliva. Most commonly, AIDS enters the body via blood transfusions, or blood-contaminated needles and during intimate sexual contact in which the mucosa is torn or where open lesions caused by sexually transmitted diseases allow the virus access to the blood.
Many of the victims of disease are adolescents or the young individuals. There are many young people who were exposed to HIV/AIDS. We all know that Adolscence is a chapter of life which when a young individual explore and discovers new things, feelings and behavior. Physical, Psychological, and Social factors are some of the
Importans factors in shaping the mind of young individual. There are some who can cope but there are also some who cannot. There are some individuals who didnot succed with the challenges it is because they often lack of guidance and have been exposed to bad or negative influence and also want some adventure and expirement. BEcause of limited acces to education, health information, and health services, some young people may cannot resistfrom HIV/AIDS. The reason also why there are some young individuals who are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS exposure because they are rebel and they wanted to feel the love and care from others.Eventhough they are conscios or aware of the things or the activities, they did'nt know the result of what they did whether it is good or bad. If one or more of these factors are missing, lacking, or have bveen influence by negative, the life of a young individual will be ruin and full of problem.
If all of us are concerned with this issue, we can prevent the HIV/SIDS infections from spreading. If we have enough information,education and health services regarding this kind of disease, we can avoid the risk of having HIV/AIDS. Parents, guardians, and elders should be responsible to everything. Individuals, groups and government and all of us should unite and fight against HIV/AIDS.

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