Now who does not know of the HIV or AIDS? surely everyone knows about this deadly disease. HIV disease or AIDS is a collection of symptoms and infections (or: syndrome) is caused by damage to the human immune system caused by HIV infection, [1] or infection with other viruses that attack similar to other species (SIV, FIV, etc. other).
Self virus called Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV for short) is the virus that weakens the immunity of the human body. People who are exposed to the virus will become vulnerable to opportunistic infections or tumors susceptible. Although there has been handling can slow the spread of the virus, but the disease is not completely curable.
Sixty percent of youth with HIV don't know they have it, despite
recommendations from the CDC, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the
U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
A faceless disease
Traylor got her first HIV test as a teenager when someone living with
the disease gave a presentation at her high school. She was about 16 and
already a teen mother at the time. She knew she had been having
unprotected sex and wanted to stay healthy for her young son.
At the time, Traylor was in what she believed was a monogamous
relationship. During her annual doctor's visit, she was disturbed to
realize she had to ask specifically for an HIV test on top of a standard
STD panel. She insisted on taking the test even though her doctor told
her -- as a heterosexual woman involved in a monogamous relationship --
that she was low risk.
Later Taylor broke up with her boyfriend and began a new committed
relationship. That was the year her life changed. Despite vigilance in
testing, Traylor wasn't prepared for what she found out at her doctor's
visit that year: She was HIV positive. Two weeks later she learned she
was pregnant with her second child.
"It was very difficult -- a lot of screaming in my head, a lot of tears
-- as if I was going to a funeral every day," she said.
The father of Traylor's baby tested negative for HIV and she was able to
give birth to a healthy daughter. Traylor believes she contracted the
disease from an ex-boyfriend who has not been tested.
Over the past two years, Traylor has come to a place of acceptance, and
she takes personal responsibility for taking a chance with her health by
having unprotected sex. But in hindsight, she realizes that even though
she knew about HIV, she didn't fully understand her risk of contracting
it.