SCREENING FOR HIV/AIDS

WHO SHOULD TAKE A TEST?

THOSE who have had risky sex SICK PEOPLE if a doctor presribes it PREGNANT WOMEN

AND ALL BLOOD-DONORS

ANYONE LIVING WITH AN HIV-POSITIVE Those about to be married

SCREENING FOR HIV/AIDS

TO GET TREATMENT AS SOON AS YOU CAN

TO KEEP UP PROPER BEHAVIOUR

TO AVOID INFECTING OTHERS

TO HELP HIV-CARRIERS

1st STAGE 2º 3º 4º

Infection ‘sleeping’ for 2 to 7 years

Cannot be seen

Chance illnesses

AIDS DEATH

INFECTION

STAGES OF THE ILLNESS

CONTAGION: The person feels nothing

FIRST SIGNS OF INFECTION

After 6-12 weeks: The person can have slight fever, tiredness, headache, pains in the joints…

FIRST PHASE: “Window” period

The VIRUS can now be passed on

INFECTED PERSON feels well

It can stay like that for 2 to 7 years

Infected person can pass on VIRUS

Infection ‘sleeping’

SECOND PHASE :

THIRD PHASE : Weakness starts

Suddenly the virus begins to make a great number of copies of itself

Signs of chance illnesses appear

Periods of good health may alternate with bouts of poor health

THIRD PHASE :

CHANCE ILLNESSES:

SMALL SIGNS

PINK OR PURPLE SPOTS

SWELLING OF GLANDS

INFECTION OF MUCOUS MEMBRANES

SKIN IRRITATION

DRY COUGH

PAIN WHEN SWALLOWING

HERPES

FOURTH PHASE: AIDS

NO MORE ANTIBODIES CAN BE PRODUCED

NUMBER OF HIV GROWS RAPIDLY

ALL WHITE CELLS HAVE BEEN KILLED

BODY IS AT THE MERCY OF INFECTIONS

+ Loss of weight: 10% + Constant diarrhoea + Persistent fever + Pain when swallowing + Cold sweats + Tumours, cancers

BIG SIGNSFOURTH PHASE:

AIDS

The arrival of AIDS can be slowed down1

Must avoid being re-infected

2Must protect others3

Tuberculosis

Constant diarrhoea

Pneumonia

Skin, mouth and throat infections

Meningitis

STDs

Persistent fever

Tumours

Septicaemia

Nearly 25% of babies of HIV-positive mothers can be born with the disease

DURING PREGNANCY

1

WHILE GIVING BIRTH 2

DURING BREAST FEEDING

3

LES INFECTIONS

+ Elles sont plus nombreuses + Elles sont plus graves

+ Elles sont plus lentes à guérir + Elles deviennent souvent résistantes

GASTRO-ENTERITE

OTITE PNEUMONIE

TUBERCULOSE

FIEVRE INFECTIONS BUCCALES

DIARRHEE CHRONIQUE

HEPATOMEGALIE

INFECTIONS OPPORTUNISTES

PERTE DE POIDS

CROISSANCE LENTE

GONFLEMENT des GANGLIONS