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SCREENING FOR HIV/AIDS
WHO SHOULD TAKE A TEST?
THOSE who have had risky sex SICK PEOPLE if a doctor presribes it PREGNANT WOMEN
AND ALL BLOOD-DONORS
ANYONE LIVING WITH AN HIV-POSITIVE Those about to be married
SCREENING FOR HIV/AIDS
TO GET TREATMENT AS SOON AS YOU CAN
TO KEEP UP PROPER BEHAVIOUR
TO AVOID INFECTING OTHERS
TO HELP HIV-CARRIERS
1st STAGE 2º 3º 4º
Infection ‘sleeping’ for 2 to 7 years
Cannot be seen
Chance illnesses
AIDS DEATH
INFECTION
STAGES OF THE ILLNESS
CONTAGION: The person feels nothing
FIRST SIGNS OF INFECTION
After 6-12 weeks: The person can have slight fever, tiredness, headache, pains in the joints…
FIRST PHASE: “Window” period
The VIRUS can now be passed on
INFECTED PERSON feels well
It can stay like that for 2 to 7 years
Infected person can pass on VIRUS
Infection ‘sleeping’
SECOND PHASE :
THIRD PHASE : Weakness starts
Suddenly the virus begins to make a great number of copies of itself
Signs of chance illnesses appear
Periods of good health may alternate with bouts of poor health
THIRD PHASE :
CHANCE ILLNESSES:
SMALL SIGNS
PINK OR PURPLE SPOTS
SWELLING OF GLANDS
INFECTION OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES
SKIN IRRITATION
DRY COUGH
PAIN WHEN SWALLOWING
HERPES
FOURTH PHASE: AIDS
NO MORE ANTIBODIES CAN BE PRODUCED
NUMBER OF HIV GROWS RAPIDLY
ALL WHITE CELLS HAVE BEEN KILLED
BODY IS AT THE MERCY OF INFECTIONS
+ Loss of weight: 10% + Constant diarrhoea + Persistent fever + Pain when swallowing + Cold sweats + Tumours, cancers
BIG SIGNSFOURTH PHASE:
AIDS
The arrival of AIDS can be slowed down1
Must avoid being re-infected
2Must protect others3
Tuberculosis
Constant diarrhoea
Pneumonia
Skin, mouth and throat infections
Meningitis
STDs
Persistent fever
Tumours
Septicaemia
Nearly 25% of babies of HIV-positive mothers can be born with the disease
DURING PREGNANCY
1
WHILE GIVING BIRTH 2
DURING BREAST FEEDING
3
LES INFECTIONS
+ Elles sont plus nombreuses + Elles sont plus graves
+ Elles sont plus lentes à guérir + Elles deviennent souvent résistantes
GASTRO-ENTERITE
OTITE PNEUMONIE
TUBERCULOSE
FIEVRE INFECTIONS BUCCALES
DIARRHEE CHRONIQUE
HEPATOMEGALIE
INFECTIONS OPPORTUNISTES
PERTE DE POIDS
CROISSANCE LENTE
GONFLEMENT des GANGLIONS