HIV/AIDS

De human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) be a retrovirus wey dey attack de immune system. E be a preventable disease."HIV and AIDS". World Health Organization. July 22, 2024. Archived from the original on December 24, 2017. Retrieved October 26, 2024. E fi be managed plus treatment wey e cam turn a manageable chronic health condition. While der be no cure anaa vaccine give HIV, antiretroviral treatment fi slow de course of de disease, wey if dem use am before significant disease progression, fi extend de life expectancy of sam bro wey dey live plus HIV to a nearly standard level. An HIV-positive person on treatment fi expect make dem live a normal life, den die plus de virus, no be of am.About HIV/AIDS". U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). December 6, 2015. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016. Effective treatment give HIV-positive people (people wey dey live plus HIV) dey involve a life-long regimen of medicine make e suppress de virus, wey dey make de viral load undetectable. Widout treatment e fi lead to a spectrum of conditions wey dey include acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)."About HIV/AIDS". U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). December 6, 2015. Archived from the original on February 24, 2016. Retrieved February 11, 2016.

Treatment be recommended as soon as dem make de diagnosis. An HIV-positive person wey get an undetectable viral load as a result of long-term treatment get effectively no risk of transmitting HIV sexually. Na campaigns by UNAIDS den organizations around de world communicate dis as Undetectable = Untransmittable. Widout treatment de infection fi interfere plus de immune system, den eventually progress to AIDS, sam times e dey take chaw years. Dey follow initial infection an individual no fi notice any symptoms, anaa fi experience a brief period of influenza-like illness. During dis period de person no fi know say dem be HIV-positive, yet dem fi be able make dem pass on de virus. Typically, dis period be followed by a prolonged incubation period plus no symptoms. Eventually de HIV infection dey increase de risk of developing oda infections such as tuberculosis, as well as oda opportunistic infections, den tumors wich be rare insyd people wey get normal immune function. De late stage sanso often be associated plus unintended weight loss. Widout treatment a person wey dey live plus HIV fi expect make dem live for 11 years. Early testing fi show if treatment be needed make e stop dis progression den make e prevent infecting odas.

HIV be spread primarily by unprotected sex (wey dey include anal, oral den vaginal sex), contaminated hypodermic needles anaa blood transfusions, den from mommie to kiddie during pregnancy, delivery, anaa breastfeeding. Sam bodily fluids, such as saliva, sweat, den tears, no dey transmit de virus. Oral sex get little risk of transmitting de virus. Ways make dem avoid catching HIV den dey prevent de spread dey include safe sex, treatment make dem prevent infection ("PrEP"), treatment make e stop infection in sam bro wey be recently exposed ("PEP"), treating those wey be infected, den needle exchange programs. Disease insyd a baby often fi be prevented by make dem dey give both de mommie den kiddie antiretroviral medication.

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 External links 

 UNAIDS – Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS
 HIVinfo – Information on HIV/AIDS treatment, prevention, and research, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
 2018 Recommendations of the International Antiviral Society


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