HIV vs Drug Users? Who Cares?
Posted by riocaesar | Posted in Health and Medical | Posted on 14-09-2010
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As we know, one of the most feared disease that could be transmitted from IV drug use is HIV. People who are addicted to IV drug are sometimes using shared syringe along with the other addicts, so there is a chance that HIV or AIDS man among them will also transmit the HIV to others from the used syringe. There is no single medication in this world that can treat kill HIV in human body, any drug such as ARV (Anti Retro Virus) only works to slow the process of the virus replication. Now, it is the time for you to realize the risk of using IV drugs through a sharing syringe.
Sharing syringe could transmite HIV
Sharing syringe could transmite HIV
HIV is not only destroying the body of the IV drug users, thus it can become the problem of the global since the medication to kill the virus is not yet found. The number of HIV patient from the IV drug users keep increasing, because the lack of the knowledge of its transmission. Most people only know that HIV is transmitted through sexual contact, but in fact it is well distributed through liquid exchange: blood, semen, tears, and breast milk. HIV can not live in free air, it needs human fluid to keep living, so the most possible line of the HIV transmission through IV drug using is blood.
Blood can contain HIV
During the HIV stage, a man would not realize that he already infected, as he could live like a normal healthy man until he becomes immune compromised and this is called AIDS. HIV kills the immune system of the human body, this condition will make human susceptible to many infection diseases. When someone falls into AIDS, it would take a lot of medications to treat the infections. Usually a man with AIDS is not only infected by one disease, but likely more, and he would need a lot of medications to treat the diseases.
If you are an IV drug user, just make sure that you are in high risk to get HIV infection. You need to know the risk that HIV and AIDS currently can not be cured. Do not try to start the addict, make yourself busy with your favorite stuffs, and keep your body health and stay away from drug.
It is now the time for you realize the risk of the IV drug using illegally. By having the knowledge of the HIV transmission you may start to stop the using of illegal IV drug, or contact your partner who is in humanitarian organization that fights against HIV and drug to put you into a rehabilitation program and screening for HIV. If it is not you, the who else? Who cares?
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