AIDS+1

Frank Marrone, Lauren Dinnebeil, Sasha Budakian, Rebekah Orso =AIDS/HIV=

How do you contract this disease? What are the symptoms? How do you diagnose this STD? What parts of the body does it affect? How can you cure this disease? How can you prevent from contracting this disease? Three Questions True/False
 * Spread through any form of unprotected intercourse if one of the partners already has the virus
 * When infected bodily fluids such as semen(cum), vaginal fluids, or blood enters the body of an individual that is not infected, they now are at risk of getting the disease
 * It can spread from any gender to any gender. i.e. guy to guy, girl to girl, guy to girl, or girl to guy.
 * Sharing needles with someone who has HIV will infect you as well
 * If a mother has this disease, their child is at an increased risk of developing it
 * Sometimes blood transfusions have been linked with contracting HIV/AIDS
 * Fever
 * Headache
 * Tiredness
 * Enlarged lymph glands
 * Weight loss
 * Sweating
 * Yeast infections
 * Skin rashes
 * Memory loss
 * Seizures
 * Difficulty swallowing
 * Lack of coordination
 * Vomiting
 * Loss of vision
 * Coma
 * Cancer
 * A doctor must give you a blood test to test of antibodies of HIV
 * Blood cells
 * Attacks and mutates T cells (white blood cells)
 * There is no known cure for HIV/AIDS
 * There are drugs that interfere with the growth and development of this disease
 * Because of the drugs people with HIV/AIDS live much longer now than they did ten years ago
 * Use a latex condom
 * Never have unprotected sex
 * If you use drugs, do not share needles of other equipment used to inject drugs with anyone
 * Make sure you or your sexual partner does not have this disease before preforming intercourse
 * 1) There is an estimated five million people infected with AIDS/HIV.
 * 2) False - There are over 33.3 million people worldwide that are infected with the AIDS virus


 * 1) Which way can you not contract AIDS?
 * 2) Blood Transfusions
 * 3) Sharing Needles
 * 4) Sharing Food or Drinks
 * 5) Unprotected Sex
 * 6) Answer - 3. Sharing Food or Drinks


 * 1) You can get aids from _ sex.
 * 2) Unprotected

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Other Information:
 * The HIV virus originally came from chimpanzees
 * Last year HIV/AIDS killed more than 3,000,000 people
 * A drop of infected blood exposed to the natural air we breath will kill the virus in 45 seconds
 * This virus infects the immune disease, making it easier to contract common illnesses i.e. flu, cold, pneumonia
 * Every minute, 11 people are infected with HIV
 * AIDS is the fourth leading cause of death in the world