know your stuff

Some thing that is often overlooked, HIV and AIDS are becoming a significant problem. Unfortunately, since it’s not a huge problem in the United States, people tend to disregard the facts. There is a major importance with this issue, many people are diagnosed with HIV each year and don’t even know it. Also many people don’t know how to prevent it.

Throughout Latin America, Africa, Europe, and the entire world are affected by the disease (Smallman). In Latin America things seem to be better. Mostly because they are required to get health check ups, in order to keep their jobs in prostitution, which happens to be legal in Mexico (Drotman). A lot of the population is uneducated about AIDS. Many people have begun to start working on outreach programs to help people become more aware on how to prevent, control, and take care of the disease.

It’s important for people to spread awareness about the disease. The more aware people are, the better control the world will have over the disease. The main problem is that people are spreading the disease without knowing it, which increases the number infected with HIV, HIV which then can turn into AIDS. AIDS causes a weakened immune system, and although AIDS itself can not kill you, it will weaken your immune system down to nothing (Denoon). At which point, the common cold has the ability to infect and kill you. There are several places that supply medicine for HIV, the medicine is used to control HIV and keep it under control along with keeping a decent immune system (White 17-18). It also prevents a person from being overtaken with AIDS.

A lifestyle with AIDS is difficult; a life with HIV is and can be completely normal, as long as medication is taken daily. So here you have one huge difference. One is able to lead a normal life, although either way you couldn’t tell if they were infected. None the less it’s important to know the facts.