HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus . It is a virus that causes AIDS . . This virus affects the immune system of the body and weakens it to such an extent that the body is unable to fight against simple infections and the patient gets vulnerable to various infections . So different infections take advantage of the weakened immune system . And the body gets diseased with any infection which comes in its way .
CAUSES
Multiple sexual partners
Unsafe sex
Using shared blades and syringes
Affected blood transfusion
From affected mother to child
Accidental inoculation from patient to health care worker
SIGNS
Persistence of fever , weakness , anorexia and weight loss
Diarrhea lasting for more than a week
Pneumonia
Easy fatigability
Depression and memory loss
Weight loss
Red brown spots on the skin , mouth or eyelids
Swollen eyelids
PREVENTION
Safe sex and use of condoms
Discarding needles after use
Screening blood carefully before transfusion and avoiding unnecessary blood transfusion
Preventing mother to child transmission by use of drugs and delivery by means of elective cesarean section
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