The 8 Main Symptoms of AIDS
On the other hand, in recent years, patients with the disease have benefited and led a better quality of life, due to the famous cocktails that do not cure, but treat the disease, in order to minimize its losses.
What is Aids: When we talk about the first symptoms of Aids , in turn, we need to understand that the very first symptoms appear approximately 21 days after contamination with the virus .
What makes the situation really alarming is that most infected people end up confusing these signs with a simple flu or viral infection, that is, it is common for a carrier of the virus to simply ignore it or not even want to remember that they ever felt like this. , and consequently not seeking help, delaying the start of treatment, and also unintentionally contaminating other people, precisely because they do not know they have the disease. For you to have a general idea of this situation, it is known for example that here in Brazil, 1 in 5 infected people still do not know they have the virus .
These initial symptoms that appear in the so-called “Acute HIV infection”, that is, those that appear days after contamination are:
- persistent fever
- Sore throat (pharyngitis)
- Red spots or small rashes on the skin
- Pain all over the body
- night sweats
- Recurrent genital or oral thrush
- Weight loss
- Breathing problems
Disease Contagion: The issue of disease contagion still generates a lot of prejudice among people, it is necessary to combat the lack of information with correct facts, because otherwise, prejudice and chaos in society are established in a case that can be solved in a very simple way with proper treatment.
The ways of contagion of the disease are through:
- blood ;
- Sperm;
- Vaginal secretion ;
- By Breast Milk;
- Blood transfusion and sharing of contaminated syringes.
- Even if the carrier of the virus does not show symptoms, there is already a possibility of passing the virus to someone else.
In this way, if you live with a person who has AIDS, it is important to know that some forms of common contact are NOT ways of contagion, such as:
- Kiss on the face or mouth;
- Hug;
- Stay in the same physical space;
- Masturbation;
- Sweat or tear;
- Bug bite;
- Soap, towels or sheets;
- cutlery and glasses;
- Bus seat;
- Handshake;
- Bathroom;
- Through the air;
- Pool.
Prevention:
In view of the ways of contagion of this disease, the most indicated and common ways to avoid contracting the disease are:
- Use condoms in all sexual relations : anal, oral and in the vagina ;
- Do not share syringes, needles or sharp objects;
- Contaminated Blood Transfusion .
Treatment: Unfortunately, AIDS is still an incurable disease, but there are specific treatments for HIV-positive individuals to lead a normal life. Treatment is provided free of charge by the Government through the SUS.
There are more than 15 anti-retroviral drugs, they delay the onset of the disease and also provide a quality of life for the virus carrier , they act directly in reducing the viral load and also in the reconstitution of the patient’s immune system.