When you come across people in your daily life you do not have time to assess whether they’re HIV positive. People living with HIV/AIDS do not have a red flag on their heads signalling that they’re carrying a deadly virus. This means to say that there is no way of knowing who is infected with the virus when you meet them on the street, HIV positive people are people like anyone else they is no reason to judge or ostracize them. As a matter of fact having a deadly disease doesn’t make you less of a person, in actual fact it makes you dig deeper and recognise your true strength and desire to live. It is a fact that people are unaware of what they have until it...
Read MoreHuman beings do not like to face the fact that they could be ill. Sometimes pretending that nothing is wrong will often accelerate and worsen a disease inside your body. Personal responsibility and knowing your body are key factors that will potentially save your life. Today companies have found out that by providing medical insurance cover or life cover for HIV positive people will minimise the spread of the disease. The onset of HIV can be unnoticeable, flu like symptoms occur in the initial phase such as a sore throat, fever, cough and general discomfort in the body. If the symptoms persist then one should see a doctor. A blood test can be taken to test for...
Read MoreMillions of people around the world are HIV positive; they have contracted the virus either sexually through unprotected sex, via blood transfusion or using unsanitary needles to support a drug addiction. Children can contract HIV from their mothers, as well. The question is, how could HIV positive people benefit from Life and Disability cover? HIV is known as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which destroys a type of white cell, known as CD4. The white cells defend the Immune System from illnesses and disease; HIV ruins the body, leaving it vulnerable to infection and disease. People can live with HIV and later develop HIV-related diseases such as Pneumonia and...
Read MoreWhen you come across people in your daily life you do not have time to assess whether they’re HIV positive. People living with HIV/AIDS do not have a red flag on their heads signalling that they’re carrying a deadly virus. This means to say that there is no way of knowing who is infected with the virus when you meet them on the street; HIV positive people are people like anyone else they is no reason to judge or ostracize them. As a matter of fact having a deadly disease doesn’t make you less of a person; in actual fact it makes you dig deeper and recognise your true strength and desire to live. It is a fact that people are unaware of what they have until it is...
Read MoreWhat lies ahead for children, who have been exposed to HIV/AIDS, how does it occur and how can it be prevented? These are some important and challenging questions to answer but in order to create a safe and healthy environment for future generations; these questions need to be answered. The most common way HIV is spread to a child is from an infected mother to child; this can occur while the mother is pregnant with the child, while the child is being born and/or after the child is born . It is also common for the virus to be transmitted to the child when the mother starts to feed the baby with her breast milk. If the babies and mothers are not administered with...
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