{"id":5914,"date":"2019-05-30T18:28:02","date_gmt":"2019-05-30T18:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/?p=5914"},"modified":"2019-12-17T13:05:06","modified_gmt":"2019-12-17T13:05:06","slug":"6-ways-to-prevent-aids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/6-ways-to-prevent-aids\/","title":{"rendered":"6 Ways to Prevent AIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

AIDS can spread through blood\ntransfusion, breast milk, vaginal fluids, and semen. Protect yourself from the\ndeadly disorder by using contraception like condoms every time you involve\nphysically and don\u2019t share needs and syringes with anyone. You can speak to\nyour health care specialist to know about medications that help prevent the\ntransfusion of the infection. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What is AIDS\nand how does it spread?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome\n(AIDS) is a life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency\nvirus (HIV). The deadly virus damages the immune system and interferes with\nyour body\u2019s ability to fight against the organisms that are responsible for\ncausing the disease. AIDS or HIV is a sexually transmitted disease (STD), which\nmeans it can spread through sexual contact. The infections can also be spread\nby contact with infected blood, or from mother to child during pregnancy and\nbreastfeeding. It may take years before HIV weakens the immune system to the\nextent that you develop AIDS. The infection cannot be cured, but some\nmedications can slow down the progression of the disease. These HIV medications\nhave already been used to reduce the risk of developing AIDS in many people\nworldwide.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

HIV transmission may take place\nthrough blood, semen, rectal fluids, pre-seminal fluids, breast milk, vaginal\nfluids. Person to person spreads of HIV is only possible when any of these\nfluids come in contact with a mucous membrane or a damaged tissue or are\ndirectly injected into the blood of a person through an injection. Mucus\nmembrane is present inside the vagina, rectum, the opening of the penis and the\nmouth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

InUnited states, the causes of AIDS\nare anal, or vaginal sex with someone who develops HIV without using a condom\nor taking drugs to prevent the deadly virus. Sharing needles with infected\nindividuals is also a cause of HIV transmission. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

An infected mother can also transmit\nthe infection to her child during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding. This\ntransmission is often referred to as mother-to-child transmission of HIV. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

HIV transfusion can also take place\nthrough blood transfusion, however, in recent years the cases of HIV\ntransmission through blood transfusion has been decreased because of enough\nawareness and the fact that the donated blood, organs and tissues are carefully\ntested in the USA. One can\u2019t get the infection through casual contacts with an\ninfected person for example by shaking hands, or a mouth kiss. Also, HIV\ntransmission can\u2019t take place through using toilet seats, dishes, or doorknobs\nused by an infected person. It is important to spread the message that an HIV\ninfected individual can safely share his\/her objects with a non-HIV infected\nperson. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also\nRead: List of Skin Conditions Related to HIV\/AIDS<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

How to\nreduce the risk of getting HIV\/AIDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is no cure or vaccines\ndeveloped for HIV\/AIDS. But you can protect yourself and others from getting an\ninfection by following these tips:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Use a new condom every\ntime you have intercourse-<\/strong> While having vaginal or anal sex, consider using a new\ncondom every time to protect yourself from HIV transmission. Female condoms are\nalso available for women. If you consider lubricants, be sure to choose one\nwhich is water based because oil-based lubricants can weaken your condom and\ncan even break it. During oral sex, use a latex, non-lubricated, cut open\ncondom. <\/li>
  2. HIV prevention medication-<\/strong> If you are HIV negative,\nyou can take peEP medication to reduce the risk of getting the infection. The\nmedication can be taken by those who are at increased risk of developing the\ndisease, for example, those whose partners are HIV positive. The medicines are\nsupplied in the form of a tablet, and it should be taken before intercourse or\nexposed to HIV. Visit a sexual health clinic to get the medicine.<\/li>
  3. Undergo screening for HIV\nduring pregnancy-<\/strong> All pregnant ladies are offered to undergo a blood test to\ncheck the presence of HIV as a part of routine check-ups during pregnancy. An\ninfected mother should undergo treatment for AIDS<\/a><\/strong>.\nIf left untreated, the virus can be transmitted from a pregnant woman to her\nbaby during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. <\/li>
  4. Use a clean needle every\ntime-<\/strong> If\nyou inject drugs, this could expose you to HIV and another life-threatening\nvirus including hepatitis C. Avoid sharing needles, syringes, and other\ninjecting equipment\u2019s like swabs, and spoons. There are needle exchange\nprograms, consider taking help of your health care specialist to know about the\nprograms. <\/li>
  5. Tell your partner about\nthe deadly infection-<\/strong>It is important to let your sexual partner know about your\nHIV status. Also, tell him\/her about your current and past sexual partners that\nwere HIV positive.<\/li>
  6. Limit your number of sexual partners-<\/strong> The more sexual partners you have, the more you are at high risk of exposure to HIV. Avoid making sexual contact with those whose HIV is not well controlled to a partner with an STD. <\/li><\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    AIDS can spread through blood transfusion, breast milk, vaginal fluids, and semen. Protect yourself from the deadly disorder by using contraception like condoms every time you involve physically and don\u2019t…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":5924,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[30],"tags":[1452,1453],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5914"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5914"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5914\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5915,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5914\/revisions\/5915"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5924"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5914"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5914"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.reliablerxpharmacy.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5914"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}