AIDS, or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a disease of our defense system and makes us targets for all possibile infections, it infects the blood and its derivatives: so with razor blades and nail files, brushes, scissors, etc. percing ... needles, needle exchange e.. from mother to her child in her womb.

In particular today, are more affected women and heterosexual homosexual genere.Gli in fact use the condom. At the risk endemic areas, eg. Africa and Third World countries.


. AIDS virus is called H.I.V. or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, and a disk of the computer needs a system to create copies of itself ... to multiply use its preferred cells, cells of the immune defense of the white series, called CD4 or helper, that is delegated to the amplification of immune cells the body ......

On the right is symbolized the virus enters the CD4 lymphocyte cell, binding to the CD4 receptor by gp120 protein, which acts as a key ... sion reduction then unfolds the material inside the cell, by way of a tape that contains the information to reduplicate the viral particles, which are seen as leaving the image on the left side, as assembled virions. The drugs in our possession today allow us to fight the virus when messenger RNA is copied into DNA, by blocking reverse transcriptase with the drug AZT or Retrovir ... then with protease inhibitors.
The clinical data are from Las initially, the disease manifests with swelling and tenderness of the lymph nodes ...

Then the ARC, AIDS half, with most striking symptoms, fever, diarrhea, infections.

Then AIDS itself with physical decay ...

AIDS dementia is a clinical picture characterized by dementia as a result of the interest of the brain by HIV.



After 6 months of infection, eg. a relationship at risk, there appears a flu syndrome, and the subject is called "HIV", but only after three months when it appears that the HIV antibody.
After a silent phase, when CD4 falls below 350/mm3 we share LAS .., that the human body becomes a sort of target against which they rant more trivial infections: fungal, viral, fungal. If the subject is followed, however, this can be avoided.

With seropositive subjects should be available because they should feel isolated, but attended with affection. The present writer has devoted 10 years of his life to treating AIDS, isolating the first cases of HIV-positive subjects from a cohort of children addicted to drugs, and that working as a misunderstood in the deep south of Italy, with little means and so want to do. From this work emerged at the time, that 4% of the boys who did use drugs as part of our addiction was HIV positive. From there they were selected and sent to the Centres and competent care. There were remarkable results. Eventually he was hepatitis C the main problem of the boys, responsible for chronic persistent hepatitis and not HIV. None of them or nearly resulted affected by HBV.

AIDS does not take a handshake! Solidarity is needed!
Today the cure is possible through a judicious combination of drugs that should be started soon. The HIV test is also free and should be done immediately if there are suspicions that our casual partner is HIV positive.

The approach to follow is not to this lady sticker! Should be confident in the success of therapy!

In Italy the reduction in infection is now .. but we must be ever vigilant.

Relationship between drug prevalence varies between 50% in Milan, Rome 30% and 4% Milazzo ....

see also HIV and pregnancy.

see also advice on responsible sexuality

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