Welcome to the AIDS awareness page run by Melissa, Joanna, and Steph. We started this tumblr page just in case anyone has any questions they would like to ask us but were to nervous to ask in class. Please feel free to post any questions, about AIDS, sex, or STDs, you may have and we will get to them as soon as possible!!
Last year, a study known as HPTN 052 proved that treating HIV-positive people with an effective antiretroviral drug regimen (one that lowers their viral load to an undetectable level for at least six months) reduces the risk of transmitting the virus to HIV-negative sexual partners by 96 percent. We’d like our HIV-positive readers to take our confidential survey and let us know if—and how—this new scientific insight has affected your mind-set and/or sexual relations. Click here for more.
As far as I know the programs are free to the people so long as you trade in your old needles. They talk about the pros and cons and the costs for the pharmacies and government. There is more information on it in these sites:
http://www.avert.org/needle-exchange.htm#contentTable3
http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,1898073,00.html
FALSE. Animals cannot catch this illness from people, and people cannot catch it from animals. It is true that cats and monkeys can get their own version of the disease, but this cannot be transmitted to humans.
http://www.teengrowth.com/index.cfm?action=info_article&ID_article=1253
FALSE. There has never been any reported cases of AIDS being transmitted from using silverware, glasses, or any other eating utensils used by an HIV-infected person. Furthermore, you cannot get AIDS from food that has been handled, prepared, or served by someone who is infected with the AIDS virus.
http://www.teengrowth.com/index.cfm?action=info_article&ID_article=1253
If this man had the human papillomavirus (HVP), and this was transferred to you during oral sex, then it could render you susceptible to cervical cancer.
There are more than 100 types of HPV, and around 15 are associated with cancers. Some types can be passed on through vaginal and anal sex, and are linked to vaginal cancer, cervical cancer and anal cancer. Some can be passed on through skin-to-skin contact and cause warts, including genital warts.
http://www.nhs.uk/Livewell/STIs/Pages/oral-sex-and-cancer.aspx
-Steph
TRUE. The adolescent age group has the highest rate of new AIDS cases, faster than the rate of increase among adults. 20% of the AIDS patients are 20-29 years old, and most were infected with HIV during their teen years.
At the end of 2010 it was estimated that out of the 34 million adults worldwide living with HIV and AIDS, half are women. The AIDS epidemic has had a unique impact on women, which has been exacerbated by their role within society and their biological vulnerability to HIV infection.
http://www.avert.org/women-hiv-aids.htm
Melissa
No one has ever told any of us that they have AIDS. However, with the statistics we each have come across someone who does.
The number of people with HIV/AIDS has been said to be increasing but the rate at which it is increasing at is slowing.This is a good article on the predicted spread from 2003: http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/449677_2
This is how it varied from state to state in 2008/2009 : http://www.avert.org/usa-states-cities.htm
