From: Amit M

Dear Buddy, when you’re looking for HIV &amp Aids related data on the Internet, you will discover a TON of good info from all corners of the world.

The phrase ‘Aids Awareness in India”, yields nearly 800,000 websites on this subject.

National authority web sites on Aids appear at the issue from the global perspective, whilst the independent bloggers out there write great articles but focus only on some topics.

My questions to you are:
- Where do you commence?
- How much time are you willing to put in to get the appropriate data?, and
- Would you like to have all this information in 1 book?

What does HIV means? HIV means Human Immunodeficiency Virus. These are kind of viruses that strike cells of living organisms to be able to reproduce and create new copies of them. Basically, our immune system is made to act quickly and negate the dangerous effects of certain virus. The HIV virus though is different, it immediately attacks the immune system. Due to such, your body is left with hardly any other system to withstand the virus. This can result in the decline of the immune system that would leave your body at risk of other diseases. If left undetermined for around ten years or more, the HIV virus may intensify into a deadlier type identified by many as AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. People regarded as very at risk of HIV and AIDs infection are prostitutes, drug users and gay men.

HIV is usually found in the blood of infected people and on sexual bodily fluids. HIV may also be observed in the breast milk of an infected mom. By being exposed to sufficient quantities of the stated body liquids, anybody can be transmitted with HIV. Another way of having the disease is by means of having unprotected sex with an infected individual. Drug addicts are highly vulnerable for transfer too, many of them are infected over the sharing of contaminated needles with their acquaintances. Given simple fact that HIV is found in body fluids, children are vulnerable to transmission during pregnancy, birth as well as at breastfeeding.

HIV Aids prevalence stands at 5.1% as of 2008 in a population of about 18 million inhabitants. Over half a million people walk the streets carrying the HIV virus and with the coming of anti-retro viral drugs for HIV treatment, most people have successfully slowed down viral replication and disease progression. They have gained normal weight and have regained their strength to go back to work.

HIV education has penetrated communities thanks to vigorous and aggressive programs put in place the Government and some Non-Governmental Organization. The awareness that HIV AIDS patients suffer from repeated illnesses and gradual weight loss has been abused and now used as a diagnostic tool within individuals. Faced with a desperate situation or temptations, groups of individuals make decisions as to whether each other maybe positive or not by physically examining for slimness or how constantly seek they become. This is a wrong method of HIV testing and only a medical test from a recognized institution can tell for sure who is HIV positive or not.

With the continuous usage of eye judgment to decipher who is positive or not common risky cultural practices in the villages are still in use after physically diagnosing themselves.