HIV DISEASE

HIV AND AIDS
HIV is the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS.AIDS is the inability of the body to resist the of the virus.HIV infects human cells and uses the energy and nutrients provided by these cells to grow and multiplies very fast in the body.This causes the immune system in the body to weaken,this making the body weaker to any attack of other diseases.
A person can be infected with the virus through conduct of the body fluids of an infected person i.e blood,semen,varginal secretions and breast milk.It can only be transmitted if an HIV infected fluids enters the bloodstream of aninfected person i.e through sex where the semen comes in conduct with the virginal fluids that means any of the participant infected can transmit to the other person.Through coming into conduct with conderminated object with the virus ,when it comes in conduct with blood of uninfected person it exposes latter to the risk of infection.Transfusion of infected blood to an infected person. Mother to child during birth and breastfeeding.if the mother is infected she is at a high risk of infecting the child through breastfeeding.
The first case of HIV was found in five healthy young gay in Los Angeles USA and also there were reports of a group of men in New York and California In 1981  December.since then there was more cases of HIV infection around the world.More research has been made on how the disease and the virus can be killed among the infected individual.whisch later the scientist found a drug that could fight the virus in the human body but it wasn't that strong to kill the virus(ARV'S.By World Health Organisation report it is about 35million people have died of HIv and more than 70 million people been infected with the HIV virus at the of  2017.most affected area by the virus is Africa.
But many Organisation as starting education on the people about HIV and AIDS and also as promoted using of condoms during sex since is the major way that as transmitted HIV and AIDS around the world.
Daniel kibor

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