What is HIV and is it a communicable disease or non communicable disease and what are the symptoms of it?
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Hiv is the name of the virus which causes aids and as it is transmitted from one person to another we can call it as communicable disease and if cd4 count is with in normal limits than the person is asymptomatic and if the level is low than there can be lymphadenopathy and secondary infections which have their own symptoms.
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. Hiv symptoms early stage 1. Within 2-4 week after hiv infection many but not all experience flu like symptoms which may last from few days to several weeks. This is called acute retroviral syndrome. Some patients do not experience any symptoms for 10 years or more. Until they develop aids 2. The symptoms are fever, swollen gland, sore throat, skin rash, fatigue, headache, muscle and joint pain clinical latency stage during this stage hiv patients have no symptoms. If the patient takes art (anti retroviral treatment) at this stage he can stay healthy and live in this stage for several decades without treatment, this stage lastsfor 10 years and he develops symptoms of aids after 10 years aids stage if the patient has not taken art in the clinical latency stage he developsaids after 10 years symptoms of aids 1. Rapid weight loss 2. Recurrent fever or profuse night sweat 3. Extreme unexplained tiredness 4. Prolonged swelling of the lymph nodes in armpit, neck and groin 5. Uncontrolled diarrhoea lasting for more than a week 6. Sores of mouth, anus and genitaliah 7. Red, brown, pink or purplish rashes under skin, inside of mouth, nose, eye lid 8. Recurrent infection, pneumonial 9. Memory loss, depression and other neurological disorder spread of hiv 1. Contact with infected blood like blood handling, transfusion of hiv infected blood/blood products/hemo dialysis, organ/ organ tansplantation 2. Through semen (cum, preseminal fluid (pre cum), rectal fluid as in anal intercourse, saliva, vaginal secretion, breast milk, unprotected sex with multiple sexual partners 3. Sharing of needles as in intra venous drug abuse 4. Sharing of razor, tooth brush, nail cutter etc 5. Needle stick injury in a hospital set up or indiscriminate throwing of contaminated needle, 6. From infected mother to the new born 7. Not transmittedby air/water/mosquito/saliva/hugging/kssing/hand shaking/sharing of utensils/ 8. Take precaution accordingly.
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