HIV is transmitted from one person to another with a direct contact of mucous membrane and also with blood fluids like blood, semen, breast milk,
preseminal fluid and vaginal fluid. This transmission can entail oral, vaginal or anal sex, infected hypodermic needles, blood transfusions, during the procedure of pregnancy while mother and baby exchange, breastfeeding or other contact to any of the above mentioned bodily fluids.
As the HIV virus persists to reproduce in the one's body it damages the immunity of the person totally and formulates him leveled to attacks by not only awfully serious weakening diseases, but also with very mild infections. The symptoms of AIDS include the sweating, fevers, loosing of weights, weakness, swollen glands. Most of these symptoms are produced because of viral diseases like fungi, bacteria and parasites.
The infections involved in AIDS are pulmonary infections, gastrointestinal infections, neurological and psychiatric infections, tumors and malignancies. Other infections of AIDS also include some of the severe cancers. An infection that is frequently not recognized in AIDS patients is Parvovirus B19. The most important effect of this disease is anemia and it is complicated to make a distinction from the effects of antiretroviral drugs used to treat AIDS itself.
With the immunity system of a person damaged totally, he becomes easily prone to opportunistic infections and may repeatedly experience the severe indications of AIDS like the following:
1. Severe exhaustion
2. Drenching night sweats and high fever and agitation, this is very frequent between HIV positive patients.
3. Common periods of chronic diarrhea
4. Breathlessness is very common to experience reported by the HIV positive patients.
5. Hardening and swelling of lymph nodes which continue for more than three months
6. Unnecessary weight loss which is not purposely attain through superior physical exercises or through dieting.
AIDS is very severe disease and to control is the world aiming. It is required to be cautious to use and practice all the matters which can make the possibility of AIDS. Acknowledging youngsters and other people about this severe disease is also required.