According to research, HIV aids has so far affected about seventy million people, among which, thirty-five million people have succumbed to the disease. The study explains the methods of acquiring the virus, how it affects the health of an individual as well as the effects it has on the nation as a whole.
HIV attacks the CD4 cells that are responsible for protecting the body against infections and illnesses.
Some of the modes of transmission of HIV are as a result of contact with body fluids of an infected person, and that of an individual who is not infected, however, not all the fluids transmit the virus, as it has been found that sweat, mucus, and saliva do transmit the infection. The modes include:
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The research carried out in different cities in the US, had the researcher choose randomized bars where homosexuals or gays always met. They then gathered information to know their sexual behavior. The outcome was that for the men who had more than one sexual partner, most of them were infected with the disease. For those who had more than one sexual partner and were still infected, their CD4 count was lower than to those who had one sexual partner. The reason that would come to be determined later was that it is possible for one to be affected by more than one strain of HIV aids. The first strain of HIV is HIV-1 and the second strain is HIV-2.The strains are further divided internally into various groups, M, N, O, and P. When a person is infected with the first straight and has many sexual partners, He is most likely to be affected by more than one strain of the disease. The different strains fight to occupy the available white blood cells, such that the disease severely infects the person than the one who has only one strain. Another finding that was made was that HIV is most prevalent in the population that practiced homosexuality. As the control group was a group of men who practiced homosexuality, it was easy to tell where the problem stemmed from. First of all, Different types of intercourse were identified to have different relative risks of causing one to acquire the infection. Vaginal sex was the less risky. Oral sex and anal sex were determined to be among the riskiest types of sex in the transmission of HIV. Gays, most of the time practice anal sex. This type of sex is likely to cause too much friction that some pores will be created on the skin of the people involved, and in one way or another, body fluids will mix, and the infection starts to spread (Kelly et al,
HIV attacks the CD4 cells that are responsible for protecting the body against infections and illnesses.
Some of the modes of transmission of HIV are as a result of contact with body fluids of an infected person, and that of an individual who is not infected, however, not all the fluids transmit the virus, as it has been found that sweat, mucus, and saliva do transmit the infection. The modes include:
Blood transfusion – when a person who …show more content…
The research carried out in different cities in the US, had the researcher choose randomized bars where homosexuals or gays always met. They then gathered information to know their sexual behavior. The outcome was that for the men who had more than one sexual partner, most of them were infected with the disease. For those who had more than one sexual partner and were still infected, their CD4 count was lower than to those who had one sexual partner. The reason that would come to be determined later was that it is possible for one to be affected by more than one strain of HIV aids. The first strain of HIV is HIV-1 and the second strain is HIV-2.The strains are further divided internally into various groups, M, N, O, and P. When a person is infected with the first straight and has many sexual partners, He is most likely to be affected by more than one strain of the disease. The different strains fight to occupy the available white blood cells, such that the disease severely infects the person than the one who has only one strain. Another finding that was made was that HIV is most prevalent in the population that practiced homosexuality. As the control group was a group of men who practiced homosexuality, it was easy to tell where the problem stemmed from. First of all, Different types of intercourse were identified to have different relative risks of causing one to acquire the infection. Vaginal sex was the less risky. Oral sex and anal sex were determined to be among the riskiest types of sex in the transmission of HIV. Gays, most of the time practice anal sex. This type of sex is likely to cause too much friction that some pores will be created on the skin of the people involved, and in one way or another, body fluids will mix, and the infection starts to spread (Kelly et al,