Preventing AIDS

AIDS is a very serious disease because once you are detected to be an AIDS patient, you are susceptible to each and every disease be it as small and mild as common cold. This is so because even if you have such a harmless illness, your body might not be able to fight with it.

Our human body is so 'programmed' or 'trained' that any infection or unwanted cells cause the production of 'anti-bodies' in our body. They are precisely the security system of the human body. HIV prevents such protection.

The HIV virus which leads to AIDS reduces the ability of our body to fight diseases to zero. This implies, if this virus causes the disease AIDS, then the body looses the capability to fight any disease, no matter how small-an-illness it might be. Sometimes, such small illnesses can also attribute to the persons death.

Prevention is better than cure, especially if there is NO cure!!

1. Have safe sex. HIV is transmitted through exchange of body fluid. It is best to use condoms.

2. Always use a fresh disposable syringe for injective purposes. Never use a used one, even if it is your friends'.

3. When anyone needs blood transfusion, make sure the blood you use is government approved and processed.

4. Be careful while dealing with body fluids like blood. Any intake of such in one's body from an HIV infected person is dangerous.

However AIDS or HIV does not spread through the following:

1. By shaking hands with an HIV infected person

2. By touching or hugging an HIV infected person

3. By insect bites

4. Sharing toilet

5. From food cooked by can HIV infected person.

While the promotion for HIV and AIDS was undertaken by the Government of India on doordarshan, the campaign was ruled by the phrase which translated in English is "AIDS isn't spread by touching, but love is! So fight AIDS and spread love!"

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