Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a sexually transmitted disease. People with Aids
acquire it through contact with the body fluids of an infected person. This may
occur in several different ways, through sexual intercourse, blood transfusions
and the sharing of syringes as is the practice among drug addicts. Some people
are merely carriers and do not suffer from any of the symptoms associated with
Aids. In others, the Aids virus lies dormant in their bodies for a period of
several months before there are any outward signs of it's presence. In both
cases, the disease is capable of spreading rapidly due to non-awareness. AIDS
is particularly lethal, because the virus breaks down the natural immune
defenses that the body has against other diseases, which may be common or
otherwise. An Aids infected person with a case of the common flu may have it
develop into something more serious and life threatening due to the absence of
these defenses or anti-bodies. Such a person must be extra vigilant against any
form of bacterial or viral infection. Our environment is saturated with these
microscopic organisms and it would be practically impossible to avoid contact
with them.
Perhaps what is more
painful to these people is the way they are treated by ill-informed members of
the public even their family and friends. Contrary to popular belief the
disease does not spread by casual physical contact as the Aids virus cannot
survive for long outside of a human host. The fear of contracting or even being
close to the infected person causes people to generally shun these unfortunate
sufferers. The government aware of the very real threat the disease poses
especially among young people, has embarked on various programs to educate the
people. The best cure is prevention, casual sex with unfamiliar partners is to
be discouraged. Regular tests to be taken for sexually active people to detect
the disease at an early stage. To this end, all government clinics are equipped
with this facility. People have to cooperate, if we are to eradicate the
scourge of this incurable disease.
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