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Let's look at HIV more specifically now.

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Human immunodeficiency virus is the virus that causes the infected individuals

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human body to lose its' ability to fight off diseases.

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Whether that's viral, bacterial or otherwise.

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The immune system is a wonderful gift that we have,

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that helps us to combat a number of things that we don't even really skip a beat in life on.

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We just live, we get sick maybe with a cold, or a virus,

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and our immune system kicks in,

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it destroys that virus,

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puts it into a dormancy period,

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or destroys it altogether, and we just carry on with our normal life.

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In an autoimmune deficiency syndrome like AIDS, that immune system is taken out.

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We don't have it anymore, and it causes major problems.

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Some of the symptoms include: influenza, or flu like symptoms,

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where you have a fever, you might have fatigue or general malaise.

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Weight loss, diarrhea,

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strange rashes, or sometimes in later stages,

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as we're talking about skin conditions, even Kaposi's sarcoma,

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which is a real tell-tale sore on the lip, that almost comes out like a fever blister,

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but turns into a really ulcerating type of lesion,

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it's cancerous, and usually end stage in patients that have AIDS.

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Headaches, the swollen lymph nodes that we see with normal viral infections,

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and even including sore throat, nausea, vomiting and so on.

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These symptoms are extremely ambiguous,

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in that they are symptoms of general illness.

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It's when we have this viral type symptomology that lasts longer than your normal

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seven to ten day duration of a normal illness, that we should be getting to think about,

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"Okay, what's going on here?"

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"Is this a bacterial infection?"

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"Or could this person actually have autoimmune deficiency syndrome."

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The HIV virus is quite fragile, and outside the body it lives as little as a few seconds,

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to up to a couple hours in the most favorable conditions,

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depending on the environment and hazardous chemicals to that virus.

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Now, we're going to look at a pie chart, here,

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to show you what the biggest percentage of people who are becoming infected with HIV is.

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HIV is primarily spread by sexual contact, as you can see that's the largest portion of the pie chart,

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and by sharing dirty needles in illegal drug use.

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Babies could be infected before or during the birth process,

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and sometimes even through breastfeeding.

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But only less than one percent of healthcare professionals actually contract

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the virus as it resulted from a needle-stick, or a sharp, or an exposure,

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in part of their working process, day to day.

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HIV is not spread by casual contact, like handshakes, sharing food, doorknobs,

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sneezing, toilet seats, swimming pools, or the like.

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Now remember, there is no vaccination available, and there's no cure for HIV.