HIV continues to be a problem throughout the years despite the advances of modern medicine. Scientists believed that “the virus came from a specie of chimpanzees found in Africa, which passed on the virus to humans when they were hunted for food” (AIDS.gov, 2016). This epidemic has claimed the lives of many all over the world. While presently there exists no cure, there are medications that treats this disease. A healthy lifestyle combined with treatment can prolong the lives of people living with HIV. Despite the challenges, the healthcare system has been able to continue to have a positive impact on the population. Through extensive and ongoing education many lives can be saved and people will be able to live longer.
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However, it believed that some people may experience “fever, chills, rash, night sweats, muscle aches, sore throat, fatigue and swollen lymph nodes” (AIDS.gov, 2015). Therefore, it is advised that testing must be done in order to determine if a person has HIV. Of course, there is a window period for this infection. In the early stages, it is possible that testing may produce a false negative although the virus is present, but in low levels. For example, in some hospitals if healthcare personnel receive a needle stick injury they are tested immediately, once again in six months and again by one …show more content…
Additionally, these issues are present in the low socioeconomic communities where there are drug addicts, prostitution, overcrowding and other risky behaviours which fosters the spread of HIV infection.
Of course, the spread of HIV is similar to all communicable diseases. There is the “environment, the presence of the biologic causative agent (HIV) and the person (host)” (Maurer & Smith, 2012). The agent is transmitted to the susceptible host (human). The environment is not a factor in this particular transmission, as the virus cannot survive for long periods outside the human body. This does not mean that transmission is impossible; for drug users who share needles the agent is in blood in the needle and can be transmitted to the susceptible host when they inject
Since the discovery of …show more content…
However, it believed that some people may experience “fever, chills, rash, night sweats, muscle aches, sore throat, fatigue and swollen lymph nodes” (AIDS.gov, 2015). Therefore, it is advised that testing must be done in order to determine if a person has HIV. Of course, there is a window period for this infection. In the early stages, it is possible that testing may produce a false negative although the virus is present, but in low levels. For example, in some hospitals if healthcare personnel receive a needle stick injury they are tested immediately, once again in six months and again by one …show more content…
Additionally, these issues are present in the low socioeconomic communities where there are drug addicts, prostitution, overcrowding and other risky behaviours which fosters the spread of HIV infection.
Of course, the spread of HIV is similar to all communicable diseases. There is the “environment, the presence of the biologic causative agent (HIV) and the person (host)” (Maurer & Smith, 2012). The agent is transmitted to the susceptible host (human). The environment is not a factor in this particular transmission, as the virus cannot survive for long periods outside the human body. This does not mean that transmission is impossible; for drug users who share needles the agent is in blood in the needle and can be transmitted to the susceptible host when they inject