Because of these misunderstandings, we have been wrong about them!
Cctv newsTomorrow is World AIDS Day. According to the data released by China CDC today, as of the end of September this year, there were 654,000 people living with AIDS reported nationwide. The analysis of epidemic situation shows that the overall epidemic situation of AIDS in China is low, but the epidemic situation in some areas and key populations is serious. From January to September this year, more than 96,000 people were newly diagnosed with AIDS, and the test results showed that the infection rate of the whole population was 5/10000, with 5 provinces with 10/10000 and 23 provinces with less than 5/10000.
However, although the common sense propaganda against AIDS has been deepening in recent years, the misunderstanding and fear of AIDS and HIV carriers have never stopped since AIDS first appeared in 1981. The image of AIDS has been seriously demonized. Some misunderstandings have caused HIV carriers to be discriminated and isolated from society. Today, I will take you to know AIDS again — —
mistaken idea
1. AIDS patients are skinny and devastated? Most people don’t live long.
In social propaganda, AIDS patients always present a frightening appearance. For example, posters posted in major hospitals show that AIDS patients are emaciated, with ulceration and various strange tumors on their body surfaces; The process from infection to death of AIDS patients in film and television dramas is also painful and rapid;
In the movie "goodbye mr. loser", Charlotte in the dream is on the verge of death in a short time after being betrayed and infected with HIV.
At the end of the movie "Favorite", Zhang Ziyi plays Qinqin, who soaks herself in cold water to cool her husband who is also infected with HIV and is already ill.
Infected with AIDS, will you really die soon?
Get out of the misunderstanding
Aids patients have no symptoms for a long time, and the existing medical level can greatly prolong their lives.
After AIDS patients are infected, there will be the following three stages:
① Acute phaseAfter HIV infection, there will only be some cold-like symptoms within a few weeks, such as fever, sore throat, dizziness, joint pain or swollen lymph nodes.
② incubation periodAt this stage, HIV carriers are no different from normal people, but they will carry HIV in their body fluids. The latent time of the virus is usually about 7-10 years, and even some carriers can be as long as 12 years without getting sick.
③ onset periodAt this stage, AIDS carriers really develop into AIDS patients, and there are various complications caused by immune system defects.
Therefore, the image of terror riddled with malignant diseases does not represent AIDS patients. Moreover, cocktail therapy in modern medical means, that is, the combination of three or more antiviral drugs to treat AIDS, can inhibit the replication of HIV to the maximum extent, delay the progress of the disease, and maintain the health of HIV carriers for about 20-40 years, during which they are no different from normal people.
mistaken idea
2. How is AIDS transmitted? Stay away from oral ulcers and gastric ulcers?
There was a netizen’s message like this:
"Sympathy, but I won’t get in touch with them. It’s very simple. I have a gastrointestinal ulcer. Although the virus is not transmitted through the digestive system, except for ulcers!"
In recent years, the knowledge of AIDS prevention and control has been popularized, and we all know AIDS.AIDS is spread through sex, mother-to-child and blood, so eating with HIV carriers will not be infected.
However,If there is an ulcer wound in the digestive system, will it be dangerous?
Get out of the misunderstanding
Even if there are ulcers, as long as you avoid romantic kissing with AIDS carriers, it is very safe and you don’t need to "stay away".
First of all, the content of HIV virus in the saliva of AIDS carriers is extremely small. If you want to make the virus in saliva reach the infectious amount, I’m afraid you have to swallow more than 20 ml of infected saliva at a time, so we all know that eating with AIDS patients will not be dangerous.
Besides,HIV can only survive in fresh blood and body fluids.So despite the gastric ulcer,As long as the ulcer wound is not allowed to directly contact the blood and a lot of body fluids of AIDS patients, there will be no danger of infection.
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3. AIDS mothers can’t have children? Children will also suffer from AIDS? !
As we all know, mother-to-child transmission is an important way of AIDS transmission. According to preliminary estimates, there are about 8,000 children under the age of 14 among AIDS-infected people in China, and most of them are infected by their mothers.
Can children born to AIDS mothers suffer from AIDS? In a media survey, 34% of netizens believe that giving birth to a child in an AIDS pregnant woman will also infect the child. But more netizens believe that the current medical means can block the spread. Which is the truth?
Get out of the misunderstanding
The success rate of mother-to-child blocking technology can reach almost 98%, and pregnant women with AIDS can feel at ease!
Mother-to-child blocking of AIDS refers to blocking the transmission of HIV from mother to child through pregnant women’s medication, medication at birth and artificial feeding.
Modern medicine has proved that,Effective mother-to-child blocking of AIDS can reduce the vertical transmission rate from mother to child to about 2%.,This is much lower than the 6%-8% of newborns with congenital heart disease in China.Therefore, if we only consider the health of newborns, pregnant women with AIDS will not have any problems in giving birth to the next generation.
mistaken idea
4, AIDS patients "needle", "drop blood into food" revenge society?
I believe you must have received this kind reminder message:
What? ! Aids-infected people come out to do things again?
In recent years, rumors of "AIDS patients" retaliating against society have occurred from time to time in major cities. These rumors have not only made people feel insecure, but also put AIDS patients and healthy people on the opposite side, and the contradiction has become more and more acute.
In the previous survey, more than half of netizens thought that AIDS patients had to take revenge on society. Is it true?/You don’t say.
Get out of the misunderstanding
"Blood-dripping infection" is purely a rumor, and there is no case of HIV infection with needles at present.
In fact, AIDS carriers can also be very sunny!
First of all, the statement that blood is transmitted in food is purely a rumor, because HIV virus is very delicate in the natural environment! The high temperature of hot dishes can easily kill it, and the soy sauce, vinegar, pepper and garlic in cold dishes are not friendly to it, so friends who are afraid to go out to eat because they are worried about being infected will put their hearts in their stomachs.
Secondly, although it is indeed possible to infect AIDS by being stabbed by a syringe used by an AIDS patient, friends need not be too alarmed, because the probability of contracting AIDS in this way is only 0.33%, which is extremely small.
As mentioned earlier, the survival time of AIDS in the air is very short; The amount of blood and body fluids carried on the needle is also very small, so it is difficult to reach the amount needed for infection. So far, there is no similar case of contracting AIDS through "needle sticking". Besides,If you are really stuck in the needle used by AIDS patients, you can go to the hospital for drug blocking treatment within 24 hours to achieve the effect of 100% blocking the virus.
Out of these misunderstandings, will you still be afraid of HIV carriers?
Let’s take a look at this netizen’s message ↓ ↓
As he said, around us, more HIV carriers lead normal lives, and even some of them are giving back to the society with their own experiences: since 2009, Xiujuan, an HIV carrier, has become a volunteer in the Red Ribbon House, and she has used her personal experience to provide peer education to other patients to help them get out of the haze and rebuild their confidence. In recent years, volunteers who are "HIV-carrying" in "Red Ribbon" organizations around the country have become an indispensable backbone.
You must know these 10 AIDS prevention knowledge:
1. At present, there is no effective vaccine and cure drug for AIDS, but there are better treatments that can prolong life and improve quality of life.
2. AIDS is transmitted through sexual contact, blood and mother-to-child, and contact with HIV-infected people or patients in daily life and work will not be infected.
3. Keeping an honest and clean life and observing sexual morality are the fundamental measures to prevent AIDS infection through sexual contact.
4. Proper use of qualified condoms and early treatment and cure of sexually transmitted diseases can greatly reduce the risk of HIV infection and transmission.
5. Sharing syringes for intravenous drug use is a high-risk behavior to infect and spread AIDS, cherish life and stay away from drugs.
6. Avoid unnecessary injection, blood transfusion and use of blood products.
7. Preventive measures, such as timely intervention with antiviral drugs, reduction of invasive operation during delivery, and avoidance of breastfeeding, can greatly reduce the possibility of fetus and baby being infected.
8. Voluntary counseling and testing for AIDS is an important preventive measure for early detection of infected persons and patients.
9. Caring for, helping and not discriminating against HIV-infected people and patients and encouraging them to participate in AIDS prevention and control are important measures to control the spread of AIDS.
10. AIDS is not only a medical and health problem, but also a social problem. It threatens everyone and every family, so it is the responsibility of the whole society to actively prevent AIDS.
Unknown makes us full of fear of AIDS, and fear produces hostility and discrimination. Therefore, if we really want to eliminate social discrimination against AIDS patients, we have the responsibility to know more about these unknown facts about AIDS.