All About HIV

Imunodifisiensi human virus is a virus that can cause disease that is very, very afraid of AIDS. This virus attacks the human immune system attacks the body, so that the body becomes weak and sluggish in fighting infection. In other words, the presence of this virus will cause a deficiency in the body's immune system deficiencies. Someone who is HIV positive, not necessarily have AIDS. Many cases where someone is HIV positive, but did not become sick in a long time. However, the existing HIV in a person's body will continue to damage the immune system. As a result, viruses, fungi and bacteria are usually harmless to extremely dangerous because of damage to the body's immune system. HIV is a virus which genetic material is RNA (ribonucleic acid) which is wrapped by a matrix composed mostly of protein. To grow, it needs to change its genetic material into DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), integrated into the host DNA, and then undergo a process that would eventually produce the protein. The resulting proteins would then form new viruses.
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV present in a person's body fluids such as blood, sexual fluids (semen or vaginal fluids that have been infected) and breast milk that has been infected. While AIDS is a syndrome decreased immunity caused by HIV.

People who develop AIDS very easily infected by various diseases because the immune system of patients had menurun.HIV can be transmitted to others through:

Sexual intercourse (anal, oral, vaginal) unprotected (without condom) with someone who has been infected with HIV.
Syringe / piercings / tattoos that are not sterile and are used interchangeably
Get a blood transfusion containing HIV virus
HIV-positive mothers with their babies while in utero, during birth or through breast milk (ASI)

AIDS began to grow and show signs or symptoms gejala.Tanda clinical signs of AIDS patients:

Body weight decreased by more than 10% in 1 month
Chronic diarrhea that lasts more than 1 month
More prolonged fever dari1 months
Impairment of consciousness and neurological disorders
Dementia / HIV encephalopathy

Minor symptoms:

Persistent cough for more than 1 month
Generalized dermatitis, an itchy
Presence of multisegmental Herpes zoster and recurrent
Recurrent yeast infections in female genital

There are several stages when the HIV virus from infected until symptoms of AIDS:

A. Stage 1: The window period
- HIV enters the body, until the formation of antibodies to HIV in the blood
- No special tanda2, people with HIV look healthy and feel healthy
- HIV test can not detect the presence of this virus
- This stage is called the window period, generally ranging from 2 weeks - 6 months

2. Phase 2: Positive HIV (without symptoms) on average for 5-10 years:
- HIV proliferate in the body
- There are no specific signs, people with HIV look healthy and feel healthy
- HIV Test can detect a person's HIV status, having been formed antibodies against HIV
Generally, it looks healthy for 5-10 years, depending on her endurance (average 8 years (in developing countries is shorter)

3. Stage 3: HIV Positive (symptoms)
- The immune system is on the downside
- Start up of symptoms of opportunistic infections, such as swollen lymph glands throughout the body, continuous diarrhea, flu, etc.
- Generally lasts for more than a month, depending on her endurance

4. Stage 4: AIDS
- The condition is very weak immune system
- Various other diseases (opportunistic infections) is getting worse