HIV/Aids Part Two

With reference to my previous post under March 2007 (NGO Charities & HIV/Aids).

I have brought the subject up again, as I hope the information will reach out to many more people out there. Almost daily there is more and more information on this Virus.

If you have not gone for an HIV test, I suggest you go for one! I know many might think it is Taboo, but to start a New Life we must get tested. Not only for your benefit but for the protection of others around you. Even if a pregnant woman is HIV, she can still give her unborn baby a new life and not to contract the disease by going on anti-retrovirals. Also if you know your status you can protect yourself by either living a better sexual life and practising safe sex and also by not passing the virus onto to someone else intentionally or without knowledge of having it. It does not mean because you are on the pill that you must not still use a condom. YOU MUST USE A CONDOM (And remember a condom is not 100% effective in prevention of transmission of HIV/Sexually transmitted Diseases or Pregnancy) If sexually active and you are not married, try to have a monogamus relationship with your partner. And if married, try to stay faithful to your partner and find ways to improve your sexual relations if you feel you might be interested in someone else. And also communication in any relationship is important.

But even if you have HIV, it is not the end of the world, you can still live a positive life filled with happiness. By taking care of your health, having a social life and making use of your talents, eating the right foods and going on Anti-Retrovirals and gaining Spirituality.

Usually with HIV infected babies/children they are given Nevirapine.

Nevirapine (Viramune) is an anti-HIV drug that reduces the amount of virus in the body. Anti-HIV drugs such as nevirapine slow down or prevent damage to the immune system, and reduce the risk of developing AIDS-related illnesses. As with other anitretroviral drugs, HIV rapidly develops resistance if nevirapine is used alone, so recommended therapy consists of combinations of three or more antiretrovirals.

HIV/Aids is on the increase by the minute.

Reasons being:-
* Lack of knowledge on the virus
* Ignorance that it exists
* Belief that God will perform a miracle (THERE IS NO CURE)
* Sleeping with a virgin or an innocent baby/child/minor
* Prostitution (lack of protection)
* Poverty
* Rape/Abuse
* Sharing of Needles used with drug addicts
* Contact with contaminated blood
* Infidelity between couples
* Mother to baby transmission

* Blood Transfusions (if the blood is infected and not screened)

* INNOCENTLY contracting it because of an unfaithful partner or one that did not know they had the virus

TB and Pneumonia can be HIV related.

The list can go on and on, but they are all true.

NON OF US ARE SAFE FROM IT, AS IT DOES NOT DISCRIMINATE, WHETHER YOU ARE POOR, RICH, HAPPY, SAD, A CHURCH GOER ETC

Some people might have not experienced the effect of it first hand, but I have. Someone very special to me died from it. It affected me so much because I saw what it does to you. You can look like incredible hulk then one minute you look as if you are a 10 year malnourished child, unable to breath without an Oxygen Pump, unable to use the toilet without a Catheter and unable to eat without being on a Drip. It is not a sight for anyone, but it is around us and eradicating the human species. It eats at your body worse than a cancer. As I said before it is viciously deadly.

SO DO NOT BE IGNORANT!

Look after yourself and others, protect your planet and enjoy it to the maximum, filled with happiness and love.

A Quote for you:

God loves you, and He wants you to be His child more than you want to be His. In John 1:12-13, He explains that even more important to Him than how you were born physically is that you become His child by receiving Him: "But as many as received Him, to them He gave the right to become children of God, even to those who believe in His name, who were born, not of blood nor of the will of the flesh nor of the will of man, but of God." God wanted so much to give you the right to become His child that he left the wonders of heaven and died for you. He has added to your family and your blessings, because now you not only have your natural family, but also the family of God, with members like Abraham. Paul wrote in Galatians 3:9, "So then those who are of faith are blessed with Abraham, the believer."