HIV/AIDS

Question 1

Acquired immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)

Answer 1

Disease that interferes w/ body’s ability to fight infection
Final stage of HIV
Approx. 10 years between infection and AIDS
Virus damages person’s immune system by killing T cells
can be fatal

Question 2

Carrier

Answer 2

Someone who carries the HIV virus and can transmit it onto others

Question 3

Cure for HIV/AIDS

Answer 3

No cure is available
Vaccine in production for HIV
One type of vaccine won’t work on another type of AIDS
HIV/AIDS lasts for rest of life

Question 4

Symptoms of HIV

Answer 4

Swollen Lymph Nodes
Tiredness
Diarrhea
Weight Loss
Fever
Become worse over time

Question 5

Infection of HIV

Answer 5

1) virus enters through broken skin or mucous
 membranes
2) HIV invades host cell (T-Cells)
3)Virus uses cell to reproduce
4) Cell is destoryed
5) Virus spreads to other cells
6) Process repeats

Question 6

What happens after HIV progresses?

Answer 6

T-Cell count drops - body becomes weaker

Body loses ability to fight infections and diseases that a normal immune system could fight

Question 7

Ways HIV can spread

Answer 7

Sexual relations w/ an infected person (Unprotected Sex)
Blood transfusions
IV drugs
Using a contaminated needle
Sharing needles w/ drug needles
Only way to avoid HIV is to abstain against all the behaviors above
Mother to baby via breastfeeding or through birth

Question 8

Ways HIV can’t spread

Answer 8

Air via coughing or sneezing
Casual contact (hand shake,)
Using same clothing, towels, sports equipment, etc as an HIV+ person
Using same shower, bathtub as HIV+ person
Using same eating utensils as HIV+ person
Tick/Mosquito bites
Blood donations
swimming in same pool as HIV+ person

Question 9

Preventive behaviors to HIV

Answer 9

Avoiding contact w/ bodily fluids and blood
Knowing personal histories
Abstinence
Avoid drugs
Get checkups
Be responsible

Question 10

Onset of AIDS

Answer 10

T-Cell count under 200

Question 11

Opportunistic Diseases

Answer 11

Diseases that affect people w/ weakened immune systems
Ex. Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
Cancer of the cervix
Kaposi’s sarcoma a type of skin
cancer.
Fungal infections in the mouth and lungs (thrush).
blindness

Question 12

How to get tested for HIV

Answer 12

Doctor
Western blot test
Elisa test
If person has HIV antibodies they are HIV positive