HIV by Elie Merhi https://padlet.com/emerhi/9k43uqgzn3425te1 Elie Merhi en-us 2020-06-09 03:49:32 UTC 2025-12-25 13:42:16 UTC hello@padlet.com HIV emerhi https://padlet.com/emerhi/9k43uqgzn3425te1/wish/618038287 The virus can be transmitted through contact with infected blood, semen or vaginal fluids. Within a few weeks of HIV infection, flu-like symptoms such as fever, sore throat and fatigue can occur. Then the disease is usually asymptomatic until it progresses to AIDS. ]]> 2020-06-09 03:51:45 UTC https://padlet.com/emerhi/9k43uqgzn3425te1/wish/618038287 History of HIV emerhi https://padlet.com/emerhi/9k43uqgzn3425te1/wish/618039279 It is widely believed that HIV originated in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo around 1920 when HIV crossed species from chimpanzees to humans. Up until the 1980s, we do not know how many people were infected with HIV or developed AIDS.]]> 2020-06-09 03:52:54 UTC https://padlet.com/emerhi/9k43uqgzn3425te1/wish/618039279 Symptoms and effects on the human body emerhi https://padlet.com/emerhi/9k43uqgzn3425te1/wish/618039817
  • Rapid weight loss.
  • Recurring fever or profuse night sweats.
  • Extreme and unexplained tiredness.
  • Prolonged swelling of the lymph glands in the armpits, groin, or neck.
  • Diarrhea that lasts for more than a week.
  • Sores of the mouth, anus, or genitals.
  • Pneumonia.

    • ]]>     2020-06-09 03:53:34 UTC https://padlet.com/emerhi/9k43uqgzn3425te1/wish/618039817     Treatment and cures emerhi https://padlet.com/emerhi/9k43uqgzn3425te1/wish/618040842 The treatment for HIV is called antiretroviral therapy (ART). ART involves taking a combination of HIV medicines (called an HIV treatment regimen) every day. ART is recommended for everyone who has HIV. ART can't cure HIV, but HIV medicines help people with HIV live longer, healthier lives.

    ]]>     2020-06-09 03:54:50 UTC https://padlet.com/emerhi/9k43uqgzn3425te1/wish/618040842     Other Interesting Information emerhi https://padlet.com/emerhi/9k43uqgzn3425te1/wish/618041798
  • “HIV” (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that infects the immune system, decreasing its ability to fight off other infections and diseases.
  • HIV can be transmitted through unprotected sex, transmission of infected blood, sharing infected needles or other sharp instruments, and from a mother to her baby during pregnancy, childbirth, and breastfeeding.
  • More than 35 million people live with HIV worldwide.
  • Over 1.1 million people in the US are living with HIV, but almost 1 in 6 don’t know it. Do yourself and loved ones a favor: get tested and encourage others to do the same using Instagram. Sign up for.
  • About 30 million people have died from HIV/AIDS-related causes since its discovery in 1981. Roughly 1.7 million died of HIV/AIDS in 2011 alone.
  • At the end of 2011, there were 3.3 million children living with HIV around the world.
  • 70% of all people living with HIV (24.7 million) live in sub-Saharan Africa, including 91% of the world’s HIV-positive children.
  • Gay and bisexual men of all races are the most radically affected by HIV in the US.
  • Most people living with or at risk of contracting HIV do not have access to prevention, care, or treatment. As of 2014, there is no cure for the virus.
  • In 2007, approximately 74% of HIV/AIDS diagnoses were in males and 26% in females.
  • Every 9.5 minutes someone is diagnosed with HIV the the US.

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