DRUG ABUSE CONTRIBUTION TO HIV/AIDS SPREAD
DRUG ABUSE CONTRIBUTION TO HIV /AIDS SPREAD
Drug abuse is the over or under use of any substance that alternates the normal functioning of the body.
Drug abuse has been a great contributor to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Do drugs contribute to the Spread of HIV and how? It increases the likely hood of users to engage in high-risk sexual practice with infected individuals.
Drug abuse also interferes with effectiveness of HIV treatment. Addicts may engage in sexually risky behaviors to obtain drugs or money for drugs. Sharing of needles while doing drugs also exposes users to infection since no one really bothers about the status of the other drug user. Abuse of substance increases cancer risk ( ie) most HIV patients are smokers hence increased incidence of lung cancer shortening the lifespan of the patient .
Research shows that drug abuse causes greater injury to the brain as opposed to those patients who don't abuse drugs.
MARY.
Drug abuse is the over or under use of any substance that alternates the normal functioning of the body.
Drug abuse has been a great contributor to the spread of HIV/AIDS. Do drugs contribute to the Spread of HIV and how? It increases the likely hood of users to engage in high-risk sexual practice with infected individuals.
Drug abuse also interferes with effectiveness of HIV treatment. Addicts may engage in sexually risky behaviors to obtain drugs or money for drugs. Sharing of needles while doing drugs also exposes users to infection since no one really bothers about the status of the other drug user. Abuse of substance increases cancer risk ( ie) most HIV patients are smokers hence increased incidence of lung cancer shortening the lifespan of the patient .
Research shows that drug abuse causes greater injury to the brain as opposed to those patients who don't abuse drugs.
MARY.
Drug abuse has rapidly contributed to the spread of HIV due to the imoral behaviors from the users....drugs ulter an individuals mind leading him/her engage in sexual behaviors which ia risk in the affection of HIV
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ReplyDeleteIf a person take excess drugs such as alcohol , he/she will end up misbehaving like engaging in unprotected sex without knowing the kind of a person that he/she is having sex with, If one of them has the HIV infection probably he will infect the other one, this will bring about depressions to the infected one because he/she will start regretting which will not help at all.
ReplyDeleteThe HIV infected people should not abuse drugs especially the harmful ones which may cause diseases like lung cancer to their bodies, this is because their bodies are already weak and adding the diseases will unable the antibodies to fight the disease anymore which will lead to death.
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DeleteDrug abuse obviously will increase the rate of spreading HIV.This is because drug abuse encourages one to be involved in sexual practices and maybe in sharing of needles if there was one infected by Aids definitely the disease will be transmitted by christine
ReplyDeleteAlthough HIV/AIDS can affect anyone, the risk of infection is significantly higher in patients suffering from substance abuse, whether the risk is of direct exposure through needles or increased likelihood of high risk behavior due to loss of judgment. Substance abuse is of primary concern to HIV/AIDS by promoting actions which increase the initial risk of infection. Furthermore, some abused substances can also influence disease progression and interfere with the effectiveness of treatment.
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ReplyDeleteTransmission of HIV disease is fueled in part by the use of illicit drugs. In addition to direct transmission through sharing injection drug equipment, indirect transmission occurs through sexual contact with HIV positive injection drug users. Moreover, the use of both injected and non-injected illicit drugs increases risk for HIV because of their effects on decision making and sexual risk taking.
Drug abuse and addiction have always been inextricably linked to HIV/Aids. For many years, people often believed that this connection was due only directly to the substance abuse, i.e. injection drug use and needle sharing.
However, this way of thinking greatly underestimates the impact that drug use and abuse can have on the spread of HIV/Aids through the risky behaviors it engenders. Drug and alcohol intoxication affects judgment and can lead to effects on decision making and risky sexual behavior that puts participants at risk of contracting or transmitting HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.
In addition, drug use and substance abuse can facilitate the progress of HIV infection by further compromising the immune system.
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When people are drunk it is difficult to think normally and one can engage in unprotected sex with a partner who is Hiv positive then he or she comes to realize that the next morning he did something abnormal....BENSON WANJOHI.
ReplyDeleteDrug users have a great risk of contacting HIV in that once these drugs inhibits the body, they take total control which impairs thoughts and judgement. Those on HIV treatment are at worse risk as it may lead to AID due to mixture in drug intake which destroys the immune completely.
ReplyDeleteAbstinence is the only safe escape
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Injection drug use:sharing needles or other equipment
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Treatment of drug addiction may actually improve
adherence to hiv treatment
Most of the young people engage themselves in the use of drugs where they end up sharing needles and maybe some have hiv, so most of them get infected. Others when they use this drugs, they involve themselves in unprocted sex where most of them are infected with hiv
ReplyDeleteDrugs that mainly cause sex are those that people tend to use syringe to inject themselves and pass it on to one another hence if one is infected he/she is likely to transmit it to the other people and some people have unprotected sex when they are high and tipsy and they don't care who they have sex with and end up having sex with infected people. By; Samia
ReplyDeleteThe intoxicating effects of many drug abuse can alter judgement and lead people to engage in impulse and unsafe behaviors therefore contributing to spread of HIV .
ReplyDeleteBy Pauline mbithe
Use of drugs have been one of the most ways that have contributed in the spread of HIV for sometimes the users tend to share the needles or other sharp objects unknowingly or knowingly without concidering the fact that either one of them might be infected.
ReplyDeleteUse of drugs have been one of the ways that have contributed in the spread of HIV for sometimes the users tend to share the needles without considering the fact that either one of them might be infected.
ReplyDeleteDrug users are highly infected because they are not able to buy the needles for themselves so the little money they get they buy one needle which will be used by many people
ReplyDeleteDrug users are highly infected because they are not able to buy the needles for themselves so the little money they get they buy one needle which will be used by many people
ReplyDeleteI think that people should not used drugs as a shield of their immoral actions. Though drugs affects our thinking, people should not do things only to end up saying I was under the effect of drugs. So drugs should not be associated with the high rate of spread of HIV.
ReplyDeleteBy Naomi
Drugs is one of the contributor to the spread of HIV. When people are drunk, they are out of their mind and they can easily engage in sexual activities leading to the spread of the virus if one of the partner involved is infected. Lastly, if taking drugs is compulsory for the addicted,then may them drink responsibly. By Naomi
ReplyDeleteThe abuse of alcohol and other non injection drugs is associated with an increased risk of HIV infection.Many drugs including alcohol reduce inhibitions and impair judgement.As a result,alcohol may make risky behavior more likely such as unprotected sex and sex with multiple partners.
ReplyDeleteAnything that impairs judgement also increase risks. Diana
People who use drug at time share the substance or needle or engage in unprotect sex because they can't make a somber decision.hence contracting the virus is easy.muthoni Irene
ReplyDeleteIt's true abuse of drugs like alcohol can lead to the spread of HIV from the infected people through having unprotected sex because alcohol affects the normal thinking of a person
ReplyDeleteThe poverty levels escalate the spread of HIV since dependency on the drug makes the user go to untold lengths to obtain them... Some drug dealers may actually ask for sex as payment or other addicts may actually practice prostitution in order to obtain money for their next 'quick fix'
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Drugs are major contribution of HIV/AIDS becouse when you high people dont have control on their brains and can have sex by anything /anyone and get infected .so we should educate people on the effect of the drugs .it is among the youth who think by smoking or drinking makes you MACHO newsflash it does infACT it makes you do stupid things so BEWARE
ReplyDeleteDrug users should reduce the amount of drugs the using or they should put themselves first by caring what they put into their bodies( those who inject themselves) they should visit rehabilitation, guiding and counseling to know how they can stop engaging in drugs which is highly cause of Hiv transmission due to sharing of needles.
ReplyDeleteDrug abuse by any route can put a person at risk for getting HIV. drug and alcohol intoxicating affects judgement and can lead to unsafe sexual practice, which put pple at risk for getting HIV or transmitting to smeone
ReplyDeleteBy katra Mohamed
Drug abuse and addition can affect aperson's ovarally health .therefore drug abuse and HIV both affect the brain and course greater injury to cell in the brain and congnitive impairment among abuse than among HIV patients who do not abuse drug's
ReplyDeleteBy katra Mohamed
Engaging people who inject drugs in HIV response, and setting up service programs where drug addicts can get free sterile needles can reduce chances of getting HIV trough drugs injection.
ReplyDeleteWhen we talk of drug abuse can we be specific,taking an over the counter drug (OTC) is also abouse .example taking actal term which is an antiacid releaver for hurtburn etc the doctors would require you take. 1*3 but we take as much as we can to releave the hurtburn so does that lead to spread of HIV??.
ReplyDeleteAccording to me most spread of HIV by drug abuse is by use of drugs that make one get high or zoned of to an extent of not recognizing or knowing ur sober self example Heroine,cocaine,excessive alcohol ,bhang etc
With some of this drugs HIV won't be spread by sexual contact but also needles as we Inject the drug into the system .This mostly happens in mombasa bombolulu and bamburi where user's prefer sharing needles inorder to save the little money they have for their next dose or shot when the withdrawal symptoms kick in .
Ann Nduta.
Shared needles for use in drug application can carry HIV and hepatitis virus,infected blood drawn into needle is injected along with drug by next user .once a drug addict might forget to take his ARV therapy leading to delay in treatment and increment in viral load and an overdose can be fatal
ReplyDeleteDrug abuse has highly increased the spread of HIV since it alters the users mind making him/her to engage in unexpected sexuall behavious which may not be protective thus increasing the spread of AIDs
ReplyDeleteDrug abuse has led most of people being infected.this is due to,most of people finds themselves being engauged in unsaved sex with a HIV positive person leading to regrets because she/he was not aware of what he was doing and most of those get infected through this goes to an extend of doing suicide.BY FAITH
ReplyDeleteAlcohol abuse can increase hiv risk by lowering inhibitions and promoting situations where opportunity for risky sex is increased including gender based violence and coercive sex...........by Immaculate
ReplyDeleteDrug abuse has led to the spread of Hiv since this people are intoxicated hence they don't know what they are doing hence go around raping girls and women whom they find at the pathway
ReplyDeleteBy faiza
Drug addicts generally have weak bodies and they are bound to contract HIV easily. Since there is mind distraction,they end up engaging in immoralities knowingly or unknowingly which influences spread of HIV rapidly.
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People who are abusing drugs may engage in sexually risky behaviours to obtain drugs or money for drugs.Thus high chances of being infected by HIV and AIDS.
ReplyDeleteSince drugs alters the normal functioning of the body the individual may engage themselves unprotected sex activities...... By Rahma
ReplyDeleteDrug abuse increase the rate of the disease coz the addict will engage sexual behaviours
ReplyDeleteAlcohol and drugs can alter people's judgment. They may take risks that might expose them to HIV that they would not take when sober.
ReplyDeleteSharing needles to inject drugs (such as heroin) is VERY dangerous and can easily spread HIV (and other serious diseases) from one person to another.
Some people who are addicted to drugs may trade sex for drugs or money to get more drugs. This may put them at greater risk of HIV, especially if they do not always practice safe sex.
Highest risk of exposure to hiv but remain marginalized and people who inject drugs need urgent access to harm reduction.by Zahra
ReplyDeleteIn slums HIV is at high risk of infection where by drugs are abused like the use cocaine, syringes are being shared through injection as a result many who practice this end up infecting others with the virus ,due to lack of syringes to be used.
ReplyDeleteThem that use drugs may tend to underestimate or ignore the fact that they can contract HIV from their fellows and as a result, engage in sex without knowledge of the partners status. Therefore education should be given to the drug users.
ReplyDeleteThrough shering injection on some drugs it may lead to spread of hiv
ReplyDeleteUsers who injecet drugs on themselves are at a high risk of getting HIV because they tend to share the same needle . As they use the drugs they are not sober so they may engage in irresponsible behavior that may lead to having the virus.
ReplyDeletei agree that drug and substance abuse is another method of hiv transmission. it increases the likelihood of users to engage in sexual perversions with infected pertners thus it result to making the person to become hiv positive.the injections used by drug addict may be borrowed from infected people.therefore campaigns ,workshops and seminars should br established to curb the use of drugs and substance abuse.
ReplyDeletePeople who inject drug are among the most vulnerable to hiv infection because they engage sextual behaviours
ReplyDeleteBy zamzam Ahmed
Use of drugs is one of the common way that has lead to spread of hiv infections and drugs lowers the conscience and self esteem that's why many people engage to unprotect sex due to ignorance
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