Fight Every Day

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30 years ago America was introduced to AIDS ( Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the final stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system. The World Health organization estimates that more than 25 million people worldwide have died from this infection since the start of the epidemic.


Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes AIDS. The virus attacks the immune system and leaves the body vulnerable to a variety of life threatening infections and cancers.


AIDS is the sixth leading cause of death among people ages 25-44 in the United States. Three years ago in 2008, there was approximately 33.4 million people around the world living with HIV/AIDS, including 2.1 million children under the age of 15.


How is the virus transmitted? The virus is spread (transmitted) through sexual contact-including oral, vaginal, and anal sex. Through blood via blood transfusions and needle sharing, from mother to child a pregnant woman can transmit the virus to her fetus through their shared blood circulation, or a nursing mother can transmit it to her baby in her breast milk.




People At High Risk........ Injection drug users who share needles, infants born to mothers with HIV who didn't receive HIV therapy during pregnancy, people engaging in unprotected sex, especially with people who have other high-risk behaviors, are HIV-positive, or have AIDS, sexual partners of those who participate in high-risk activities (such as injection drug use or anal sex), people who received blood transfusions between 1977 and 1985.

Gay and bisexual men continue to bear the greatest burden of HIV infection, accounting for an estimated 53% of new HIV infections, and is the only group for which new infections are on the rise. Although African-Americans and Latinos are right behind them in this group these ethnic groups have higher cases than Whites.


What are the symptoms? Weight loss, lack of energy, frequent sweat and fevers, persistent or yeast infections, persistent skin rashes or flaky skin, short-term memory loss, mouth, genital, or anal sores from herpes infections.

Usher, Alica Keys, President Obama, and many other celebrities are involved with the fight for HIV&AIDS.


Toni's Thoughts..... HIV& AIDS is not a gay man's disease and I personally don't believe it originated in Africa. I also believe there is a cure for HIV&AIDS but money is made from people's misery. Please be safe y'all. Become celibate or get tested educated yourself and your community. The fight must continue everyday not just on World AIDS Day that is why I didn't make a blog post two days ago. I have lost family members to HIV&AIDS hopefully we can save another person's life. More and more people are living with the disease but how about more people avoid it all together by making the effort to practice safer health behaviours.