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Friday, February 23, 2007

((-Beating Aids-))

A new treatment?
Combining the modern with the traditional REVIVO mixes 12 of the most powerful Chinese herbs to activate the immune system so that it can fight viruses. Aids are becoming a serious epidemic in southern China where Revivo is developed. Revivo was first tested in northern Thailand, and since then it is becoming very popular. Revivo is the cheapest drug available for this virus and it also restores the immune system so well that in the majority of people who use it the cd-4 are getting to normal in 1-3 months. Also at the same time large number of viral secondary infections is taken care as well.
This new way of looking at the treatment for HIV, are sophisticated mixtures of traditional herbs witch are taken as a tea twice a day.
Experts recommend adding REVIVO to hot Job’s tears milk and/or coffee, using honey to have a better taste and to simultaneously overcome fatigue, and also to include a health diet into your daily routine.

Medical Data
-Each bag of herbal powder contains 10g.
-take 2 bags per day (20g)
-wait at least 4 hours before talking the second bag
-after 4 days pause for one day and then continue for at least 1 month if you are on early stages of aids, and in later stages 4-6 months.

“Note: under medical observation the daily dose can be increased to 4 bags (40 g), and there is no need for pausing after the 4th day. This is particularly recommended if CD4 counts are below 200.”

-pour one bag of 10g into a glass of hot water, mix it, and drink it all.
(You should add honey to reduce the bitter taste.)
-For a HIV treatment in an early stage use the herbal powder for one month
(48 bags)

“Treatment for ACR-AIDS patients: for patients with additional fever, tiredness, secondary infections, symptoms of chest pain, swelling, nausea, etc.: please get a CD4 and virus check at your hospital. If your CD4 is below 200 and/or your virus count is above 10,000 please opt for a combination of Anti-Viral-Drugs (Western medicine with strong virus reduction effect) and Revivo (to build up your immune system). Take Revivo for at least 4 - 6 months to ensure curative effect.”

Follow Up Treatment: Once your CD4 is above 560 you can pause and reduce Revivo to half of the monthly dosage. For this it is very important to do a regularly check of you CD4 to make sure that your immune system stays on guard.

Precautions:
-When taking revivo for the first time the patient may not like by its bitter taste. Continue by taking a lower dosage in the start but then make sure to reach the recommended quantity.
-Revivo is not toxic.


Side Effects:
-May cause sleepiness, that is one of the calming effects of one of the herbs.
-the bitter taste may cause repelling, and initial diarrhea may occur.
-Many virus may be eliminated by the recovering immune while doing its major job in HIV.

My Opinion:
I think that this medicine is very good because it is natural and traditional. Most natural things are good so maybe this will really work. Although it can be very good there is no comprovation that this may work and because of this patients have to use it voluntarily. I think that if the Chinese health administration supports this medicine and improves it these could really be the solution for all of the people dying from this virus.

Where My Path Leads:
I am more curios about other drugs that don’t cure HIV but they help the person fell better. Also I want to know more about how are countries and campaigns working together to BEAT Aids.

Thursday, February 15, 2007

[[Aids As A World Crisis]]


Sub-Saharan Africa
Sub-Saharan Africa is the location of the worlds 60% of people living with HIV. “Despite falls in adult HIV prevalence apparently under way in Kenya, Uganda and Zimbabwe, there is little evidence of declining epidemics in this region as a whole. In fact, prevalence levels remain "exceptionally" high and might not yet have reached their peak in several countries.” There is a big concern for the women with HIV in this region because of the way this virus is affecting them. These women are being disproportional affected by this virus and remaining poorly informed. These women are being disproportional affected by this virus and remaining poorly informed.

2005 statistics
· People with HIV: 25.8m
· % of world's HIV cases: 64%
· New cases: 3.2m
· Aids deaths: 2.4m

ASIA
Asians low national HIV infection is masked by the fact the Asia has a large population and because of this a sizeable number of people are living with the virus. Serious aids epidemic on this regions are a result of risky behavior, often related to unprotected sex and drug-use.

However, Prevention strategies are not taking into account this risk taking, not even on those countries that the virus has been far contained.

2005 statistics
· People with HIV: 8.3m
· % of world's HIV cases: 20.6%
· New cases: 1.1m
· Aids deaths: 521,000

HIGH-INCOME COUNTRIES
In North America and Eastern Europe the number of people infected with the virus is continually growing, although the number of deaths cause by HIV is comparatively low because of the wide availability of antiretroviral therapy.

Sex between men and, in some countries, injecting drug-use is becoming concerns because they are important routs for HIV. There are also concerns because the prevention efforts are getting behind with this pattern of HIV transmission.

Statistics
· People with HIV: 1.9m
· % of world's HIV cases: 4.7%
· New cases: 65,000
· Aids deaths: 30,000

Latin America
Because of their large populations Colombia, Brazil, and Argentina have the largest HIV epidemics on the region. Only Brazil accounts more than one third of the people living with HIV on the region.

The highest widespread of HIV in this region are in the smallest countries of Belize, Guatemala, and Honduras. There is no single factor that is fueling this epidemic but there is a combination of non save-sex between men and men and women, also mainly by injecting drug-use.

In almost al Latin American countries HIV is mainly transferred by sex between men and men and in second place by female sex workers.

Statistics
People with HIV: 1.8m
% of world's HIV cases: 4.5%
New cases: 200,000
Aids deaths: 66,000

EASTERN EUROPE & CENTRAL ASIA
In this region the number of infected people is continually growing, In les than a decade the number of people affected has twenty fold, affecting large societies, Between 2003-2005 the number of people killed by aids has almost doubled.

The mayor population infected is young people, and increasing numbers on infected women, some acquiring it from men who became infected by injected drug-use. The mayor cases of this infections are in Russia and Ukraine.

Statistics
· People with HIV: 1.6m·
· % of world's HIV cases·: 4%
· New cases: 270,000
· Aids deaths: 62,000

TRALIA, NEW ZEALAND AND PACIFIC ISLANDS
Only two small nation islands among Australia, New Zeeland, and the pacific islands has not yet reported any HIV infections. Australia has the oldest HIV epidemic but between 1995-2000 they saw declining infections but it has grown again recently. HIV is spread mainly be un protected sex between men and men, but there has been a rise in heterosexual infections leading to increasing number in women infected.

The number of HIV infections is smaller in New Zealand than in Australia. The number in the pacific islands is low, but there is still the concern of an epidemic.

Statistics
· People with HIV: 74,000
· % of world's HIV cases: 0.18%
· New cases: 8,200
· Aids deaths: 3,600

NORTH AFRICA & MIDDLE EAST
This region was once known for low HIV infections but now it is continually growing. Algeria, Morocco, Somalia , and lybia present evidence of increasing HIV infections. It is transmitted mainly by un protected sex although injecting drug use is the main rout in lyrbia and Iran. HIV knowledge remains poor in this region.

Statistics
· People with HIV: 510,000
· % of world's HIV cases: 1.2%
· New cases: 67,000
· Aids deaths: 58,000

CARIBBEAN
Aids is leading the cause of Deaths from people of 15-40 years old, Although national wide spread varies from 3% in Haiti and 0.2% in Cuba. The main rout of this epidemic is transsexual intercourse, with commercial sex a prominent factor.
“However, there is some optimism surrounding recent developments in countries such as the Dominican Republic, Barbados and Haiti, where HIV infection rates have declined in some areas. Changes in sexual behavior are cited as one possible explanation. “
My Opinion
I think that poverty is affecting HIV increasing numbers of infected people. Also little knowledge about this infection affects a lot. Un protected sex and injected drug use are the main routes by witch this infection is being transmitted so I think that each region should have programs from teens and adults to educate them about how this infection is transmitted. Also I am concern with the Idea of sex being mainly transmitted by unprotected se between men and men and female sex workers. Witch by offering their services can infect many people.

Where my path leads
My path leads me to more specific knowledge of this world crisis.

pstt: you can go to my source of info. click here

Friday, February 09, 2007

°Aids°

Statistics
· Over 40 million people around the world are living with HIV or AIDS
· Just under 14,000 new cases of HIV infections occur every single day
· 95 per cent of all AIDS cases occur in the world's poorest countries
· Over 4 million people were infected with HIV in 2006
· 3 million people died from AIDS-related illnesses in 2006 - that's more than 8,000 death a day
· There are over 60,000 people in the UK living with HIV

HIV
HIV or human immunodeficiency virus has no cure. The immune system can’t fight over this virus, the immune system is a system that fights against infections but HIV attacks and destroys the immune system. If you have HIV you don’t necessarily have aids you can live years with ought knowing that you are infected with HIV and not having any of the symptoms and feel perfectly healthy, but after several years you would start having this aids symptoms.

AIDS
Aids stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome, this are a group of illnesses and diseases that the immune system is vulnerable to.

How is HIV Transmitted?
You can become infected with the HIV virus by having sexual relations with ought protection or by using a needle that a person with HIV has already used. This virus (HIV) lives on blood sperm and vaginal flood.

Other ways by witch you can get infected is by transmission of organs or infected blood, also from mother to baby. The baby can get infected while pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding. But there are some steps that a mother infected can take to reduce the risk of passing the infection to her baby. Also the organs and blood are usually tested for HIV before transmissions.

HIV is not transmitted by kissing, insect nor animal bites, shaking hands, hugging, using a public toilet, sharing food or drinks, and by swimming in a pool.

Treatment
There is no vaccine against HIV and it has no cure but there are drugs anti HIV or to slow down the damage done to the immune system, but sometimes these drugs have side effects.

My Opinion
I think that teens need to be more aware about this infection. They need to be more educated about this subject because this is really becoming a great deal on teens. Many people especially teens are dying because of this infection although there are a lot of campaigns against having sexual relations with ought protection.
So with schools educating teens about how to prevent HIV I think that the average people having HIV will reduce. An example of this is Africa. Some African countries have small amounts of schools so children don’t get so much education a result is high average of people with HIV. One time I saw an interview about a man who had HIV and he said that before having the virus he was a very happy person and he was very confident but know he was scared that people would not accept him because he had the virus. So the women that was interviewing him asked him that why didn’t he protected during sexual relationship and he said that he never thought about that no one never talked him about what was HIV and how it was transmitted. So if teens would be more educated there wouldn’t be so much people dying because of this virus.

Where My Path Leads
I think that I’ve learned a lot of aids and that this project has helped me to realize how is this virus affecting teens so much. And I am happy with how much I now about this subject, maybe I am missing some details but I am really confident with how much I now.

Well this post reflects what I am really concern about. So I hope you¡ve learn a lot and hope you enjoid it byeeee! :0

pstt: you can also go to my source of information click here.