Humanities Brayxton Alexander
801 Dcember 12,2011
PROTECT
YOURSELF
HUMAN IMMUNE DEFICIENCY VIRUS ALSO KNOWN AS "HIV" IS ALOT LIKE OTHER VIRUSES THAT INCLUDES THOSE WHO MAKE YOU GET THE COMMON COLD ALSO KNOWN AS THE "FLU".THE WAY HIV IS DEFFRENT FROM THOSE OTHER VIRUSES YOUR BODY ATTACKS THEM AND GETS RID OF THEM BUT IT SOME HOW DOESNT DO THAT WITH HIV.THE HUMAN IMMUNE SYSTEM JUST CANT FIND A WAY HOW TO GET RID OF IT.SCIENTIST ARE TRYING THERE BEST TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHY THIS IS HAPPENING.HIV CAN BE HIDING IN YOUR BODY FOR A LONG PERIOD OF TIME IN THE CELLS OF YOUR BODY WHILE ITS DOIN THAT IT ATTACKS A KEY PART OF UR BODY YOUR TCELLS OR CD4 CELSS.THESE CELLS IS WHAT YOUR BODY NEEDS TO FIGHT THOSE INFECTIONS AND DISEASE.THE WAY HIV GETS RID OF THEM IS BY TAKING CONTROL OF THEM AND MAKING THEM MAKE MORE OF THEM CELLS AFTER DESTROYS ALL.AFTER A WHILE HIV DESTROYS SO MANY OF UR TCELLS THAT YOUR BODY WONT BE ABLE TO FIGHT DISEASE ANY MORE,AND WHEN THAT HAPEN HIV INFECTION LEADS UP TO AIDS.
HIV STARTED FROM A PARTICULAR KIND OF CHIMPANZE IN WESTERN AFRICA.HUMANS MIGHT OF CAME IN CONTACT WITH HIV FROM HUNTING THE ANIMALS ND EATIN THE ANIMALS INFECTED MEAT SCIENTIST EVEN BELIVE THAT HIV HAS JUMPED FROM ANIMALS TO HUMANS SINCE THE 1800s.WOMEN WITH HIV CAN TRANSMITE THE INFECTION TO THEIR BABIES DURING PREGNANCY OR CHILDBIRTH OR EVEN BREAST FEEDING.HIV IS SPREADED THROUGH BLOOD,SEMEN,GENITAL FLUIDS,OR BREAST MILK OF AN INFECTED PERSON.THE SPREAD OF THE VIRUS IS CALLED "HIV TRANSMITTION".THESE ARE THE MOST COMMON WAYS FOR SOMEONE TO GET INFECTED:
-HAVING UNPROTECTED SEX WITH A PERSON INFECTED WITH HIV
-SHARING DRUG NEEDLES OR SYRINGES WITH A PERSON INFECTED WITH HIV
IF UR NOT CAREFULL THIS CAN BE YOU
A-ACQUIRED-AIDS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU INHERIT FROM YOUR PARENTS.YOU ACQUIRE AIDS AFTER...