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10 facts about HIV
There are facts about HIV/AIDS that can assist and educate people globally. Listed below are 10 interesting facts on HIV/AIDS that can save your life: 1st Fact HIV is the acronym for Human Immunodeficiency Virus; the virus destroys healthy, good cells that supply the...
Staying positive when your HIV test results are positive
Contracting HIV either via sexual intercourse with an infected person, sharing needles/syringes with an infected person, or contracting the virus from birth seems like a death sentence for most. It can however be seen as an opportunity to make things right, to claim...
What you need to know about HIV
Over the years there have been misconceptions about HIV/AIDS. People do not realise that you can have HIV but not necessarily AIDS; it is possible to live a life with HIV. It is understandable that these misconceptions are difficult to believe considering that HIV...
Living with HIV – Tradition VS Truth
One would think that living in a developing country with a global influence would alter the perception of one’s Health and Wellbeing. Living in South Africa with HIV/AIDS is no longer a subject which is ignored. We need to consider statistically that being HIV...
You do not die from HIV, so what does it do?
The Human Immunodeficiency Virus, more commonly know as HIV, is a virus which has caused one of the world’s most catastrophic pandemics. The HIV infection causes the immune system to deteriorate – providing the perfect environment in which opportunistic diseases...
Symptoms of HIV infection
The symptoms associated with HIV will not be identical in every single person, however, the following symptoms in the various stages of the HIV infection are predominantly noticeable: STAGE 1 – Acute HIV Acute HIV (also known as primary infection) is the stage...
HIV Vaccine
Many forms of medication have been used to try and cure, or prevent HIV and AIDS, however, none have been one hundred percent successful. More and more scientists and doctors believe that an HIV vaccine is the only option left to stop the spread of the HIV and AIDS...
30 years since the first case of AIDS
in 1981, or 30 years ago the first case of AIDS was diagnosed and published in a report by the Centres for disease control in the US. The emergence of a new disease that spread through contact sent the medical fraternity into a spin, this was potentially apocalyptic...
Where to get Life Insurance when HIV positive
Many HIV positive people are under the impression that getting life insurance when HIV positive is impossible. This is a myth and the fact is that the prevalence of HIV has led the insurance companies to design products that are specifically designed for HIV positive...
Preventing the transmission of HIV between mother and child
The transmission of HIV between mother and child is a particularly important part of the HIV prevention and treatment campaigns in that the opportunity for the HIV virus to infect an unborn child is prevalent in every aspect of pregnancy right through to delivery and...