Aiseka Proctor HCIN Everest Do you know your status > University Mr. Cole 5/25/2016 Abstract When you hear someone say what’s your status? What do you think? Most people associate knowing your status with the disease, HIV/AIDS. There is a really bad stigma that comes with the disease, HIV/AIDS and it’s a lot of information that people do not know about the disease. I remembered about two years ago it was pouring down raining and there was this woman standing outside of the store and had asked me for a ride, I was reluctant at first because I didn’t know her but my gut told me she was harmless. So we are in the car and we are talking and she informs me that she had no problem walking home but was having the AIDS virus and couldn’t risk getting
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(Flynn& Lound, 6). Because there are not yet a cure for AIDS, once the disease invades the body there is no way to get rid of it. According to AIDS.gov scientist identified a type of chimpanzee in central America. Science shows that HIV may have jumped from apes to humans as far back as the late 1800’s. they believe it was transmitted by humans eating the meat of the apes they killed. The virus has existed since the mid to late 1970’s when it first came about no one knew exactly what it was in fact the name for the disease was called GRID which is short for gay-related immune deficiency this was another stigma around the virus saying it came from homosexuals. AIDS stigma and discrimination have been seen all over the world. Although they are looked at differently throughout the world, They are often seen alongside other forms of stigma and discrimination, such as racism, and homophobia and can be associated with behaviors often considered socially unacceptable in the world such as prostitution or drug use. Here are some factors that contribute to HIV/AIDS stigma. HIV/AIDS is a life-threatening disease. HIV infection is associated with behaviors such as homosexuality, drug addiction, or prostitution that are already stigmatized in many …show more content…
They are sometimes mistakenly perceived of being sexually transmitted diseases which is the longer way of saying STD. Men are more likely than women to be excused for the behavior that resulted in their infection, simply because of the many opinions in the world that men will be men. I bet you thought that it was only one way to catch HIV. Well I’m here to tell you that, that is certainly not true, there are numerous way to catch HIV. HIV is not easily spread, certain body fluids from someone who has HIV can transmit HIV. One of the ways HIV can be transmitted is blood, are you thinking well how is this possible? Well let me explain. Let’s just say you are, you are a medical assistant and you are preparing to give a person a shot, that person doesn’t have to tell you that they are HIV positive and you so happen to stick yourself, unless you are properly treated right away you could face the possibility of catching the virus. Or if you know someone who is doing drugs, well by sharing needles that person faces the rick of catching the virus Another way is breast milk, if a mother is HIV positive and does not take the proper medications before the baby is born she is risking her baby’s safety by breastfeeding. The virus can spread through the breast to the
(Flynn& Lound, 6). Because there are not yet a cure for AIDS, once the disease invades the body there is no way to get rid of it. According to AIDS.gov scientist identified a type of chimpanzee in central America. Science shows that HIV may have jumped from apes to humans as far back as the late 1800’s. they believe it was transmitted by humans eating the meat of the apes they killed. The virus has existed since the mid to late 1970’s when it first came about no one knew exactly what it was in fact the name for the disease was called GRID which is short for gay-related immune deficiency this was another stigma around the virus saying it came from homosexuals. AIDS stigma and discrimination have been seen all over the world. Although they are looked at differently throughout the world, They are often seen alongside other forms of stigma and discrimination, such as racism, and homophobia and can be associated with behaviors often considered socially unacceptable in the world such as prostitution or drug use. Here are some factors that contribute to HIV/AIDS stigma. HIV/AIDS is a life-threatening disease. HIV infection is associated with behaviors such as homosexuality, drug addiction, or prostitution that are already stigmatized in many …show more content…
They are sometimes mistakenly perceived of being sexually transmitted diseases which is the longer way of saying STD. Men are more likely than women to be excused for the behavior that resulted in their infection, simply because of the many opinions in the world that men will be men. I bet you thought that it was only one way to catch HIV. Well I’m here to tell you that, that is certainly not true, there are numerous way to catch HIV. HIV is not easily spread, certain body fluids from someone who has HIV can transmit HIV. One of the ways HIV can be transmitted is blood, are you thinking well how is this possible? Well let me explain. Let’s just say you are, you are a medical assistant and you are preparing to give a person a shot, that person doesn’t have to tell you that they are HIV positive and you so happen to stick yourself, unless you are properly treated right away you could face the possibility of catching the virus. Or if you know someone who is doing drugs, well by sharing needles that person faces the rick of catching the virus Another way is breast milk, if a mother is HIV positive and does not take the proper medications before the baby is born she is risking her baby’s safety by breastfeeding. The virus can spread through the breast to the