AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Disease Awareness Week (in honor of World AIDS Day on December 1)

HIV infection is a disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. HIV affects the human immune system, eventually depriving it of the ability to resist other diseases and infections.

AIDS is the last stage of the development of HIV infection, when the body's immune system exhausts its resources and ceases to resist opportunistic foreign agents.  The virus is transmitted from one person to another in only three ways: The sexual pathway. Through the blood. Infection of a child from an HIV-infected mother. There are no other ways to transmit HIV infection. Today, HIV infection is not a verdict, because timely initiation of treatment, refusal to use drugs, allows you to transfer the disease to the category of a chronic controlled disease.

It is necessary to know and remember what will help to avoid HIV infection: protected sexual contact; mutual fidelity of partners to each other. Despite ongoing global efforts to overcome HIV/However, the number of new infections remains very high. 

The only way to fight AIDS is to prevent and maintain your body. It is necessary to know exactly your HIV status so that, if the virus is detected in the body, you can start treatment on time without leading to fatal consequences. Take care of yourself!