INTRODUCTION:

     AIDS  was first discovered in 1981.  AIDS is caused due to a virus called HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus.  It damages the white blood cells which protects the body from disease and hence makes the body to become a prey to a wide range of disease causing microbes.HIV is communicated to other people by sexual contact,blood transfusion,from infected mother to child through breast feeding and unclean and used needles.

HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus:

     HIV is of group-VI (ssRNA-RT),family Retroviridae, genus Lentivirus.  HIV  is of two types.  They are HIV-1 and HIV-2.  HIV-1 is common among individuals which has a greater risk of developing AIDS virus.  HIV-2 is caused due to a strand of viruses called SIV (Simian Immunodeficiency Virus).HIV viruses multiply slowly but its presence can be seen only after 10 to 15 years.

AIDS SYMPTOMS:

     AIDS can be found out by some symptoms.  They are:

• Fever
• Enlarged lymph glands
• Persistent diarrhea
• Severe weight loss
• Fatigue
• Loss of appetite
• Depression
• Anorexia
• Social withdrawals
• Forgetfulness 

     One the other hand we should know that AIDS is not caused by any physical contact with the affected person.

MEDICINES FOR AIDS:

     There are some effective medicines to control the infection.  They are:

• Reverse transcriptase (RT) inhibitors
• Protease inhibitors
• Fusion inhibitors

TEST DONE TO DETECT AIDS VIRUS:

     There are some tests to find out HIV.  They are:

• Elisa test
• Western Blot test
• Latex agglutination test
• PCR test

STATISTICS ABOUT AIDS:    

• In 1996, 28 million people were infected by HIV virus.
• In 2005, 2.4 to 3.3 million people were infected by AIDS.
• In 2008, 2 million people died of AIDS.
• From 1981 to 2006, about 25 million people died of AIDS.
• At present nearly 40 million people in the world are affected by AIDS virus.

CONCLUSION:

     We should not treat them as patients but as persons one among us.

     LET US BE THE DESTROYER OF AIDS

     LET US KILL AIDS BEFORE IT KILLS US