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HIV/AIDS Flashcards

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1
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What is the virus? (HIV/AIDS health)

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HIV is the virus that causes AIDS

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How does HIV disease affect someone? (HIV/AIDS health)

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Damages the immune system by hijacking white blood cells

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How is it spread? (HIV/AIDS health)

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Physical contact e.g Blood or semen

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How can pregnant women pass HIV to their unborn child? (HIV/AIDS health)

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Across the placenta

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What is the relationship between HIV and AIDS? (HIV/AIDS health)

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You can be HIV positive but not have AIDS

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When does AIDS develop? (HIV/AIDS health)

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After a person has been in contact with HIV

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What is AIDS? (HIV/AIDS health)

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An accumulation of cancerfsnand infections

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How does AIDS affect someone? (HIV/AIDS health)

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Weakens the immune system

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How many individuals die per day due to this disease? (HIV/AIDS health)

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8,000

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How many cases does Norway have? (HIV/AIDS health)

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less than 10,000

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What hoaxed to HIV+ people in 1980? (HIV/AIDS health)

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Death sentence

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Although no cures, what 2 drugs are reducing the transmutation? (HIV/AIDS health)

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Antiretroviral drugs and nevirapine

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What does antiretrovial drugs work? (HIV/AIDS health)

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Block replications of cells with the HIV virus

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How does nevirapine drugs help? (HIV/AIDS health)

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Stops mother child transmutation across the placenta

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How much of the worlds infected population does Africa hold? (HIV/AIDS health)

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60%

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What is the percentage population of women with AIDS living in Africa? (HIV/AIDS health)

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76%

17
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Between 1990-2009, what was the only country to improve prevalence rate in Africa? (HIV/AIDS health)

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African Republic

18
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In what ways does this disease affect those in sub-saharan Africa? (HIV/AIDS health)

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  • Reduced life expectancy
  • Household strain
  • Healthcare
  • Children
19
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How does his disease affect life expectancy? (HIV/AIDS health)

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LE now is 52, which is lower than it was in 1970’s

20
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How does his disease affect household strain? (HIV/AIDS health)

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All money is spent on the sick family member, if they are male then household income is reduced

21
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How does his disease affect healthcare? (HIV/AIDS health)

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Healthcare is pushed to breaking point - HIV patients account for 70% of health care spendature

22
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How does his disease affect children? (HIV/AIDS health)

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They have to take on more responsibility, drop out of school and go to work

23
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How much longer is a stay in hospital for an HIV patient than a regular patient? (HIV/AIDS health)

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