HIV (Information)

I have seen this below mentioned mail floating across group email & I feel
its my moral responsibility to correct all misconceptions regarding HIV /
AIDS. I can do this because I am educated enough to comment on this.




Please read following points carefully & don't send such emails related to
medical ailments without having complete knowledge about it (even partial
knowledge could be grossly dangerous).


 :arrow: HIV (virus) requires *ONLY* *Blood or Semen* as medium to transmit from one body to another

 :arrow: HIV *can not* transmit even through *Saliva* (mucous) i.e.
even if HIV-infected patient coughs and another person is exposed to his sputum (cough), the virus still can not transmit because concentration of virus particles in sputum is almost NIL & exposure to air anyway kills virus in fraction of seconds

 :arrow: In case HIV-infected person got an injury (like the cut in below
mentioned story) and he is bleeding, the virus can transmit to another
person only if another person has a cut/wound in his body & that too when
blood from both person comes in contact with each other* (this is also very very rare unless bleeding is very high) and not otherwise

 :arrow: HIV can *never survive in any other liquid* medium also other
than blood or semen (& please for God sake ... never in Pani Puri wala pani)

 :arrow: Even if one drinks an HIV infected blood (or semen) of someone
(ingest through Gastro Intestinal track), the virus *can not survive in the
acidic pH of stomach*. Highest extent of acidity is 0 (practically not
possible) so imagine 1 as pH which is in our stomach. (This pH can bun yourown finger in less than a second if you dip in that acid).

 :arrow: Exposure of less than 1 second in AIR KILLS the HIV virus*
(hence story of needle pricks in Cinema theatres is a crap). Even if blood
from a wound (of infected person) dries up (*blood clot*), *the virus dies*
and can not infect anyone else

 :arrow: HIV transmission is *ONLY* an *INFECTION* i.e. entrance of
virus in one's body. It *DOES NOT MEAN AIDS*.

 :arrow: An HIV-infected person (after entrance of virus) can progress

to condition of AIDS only after *8 to 10 YEARS *(not in 15 days as in below mentioned story)

 :arrow: It is *not HIV (virus) that kills a human* ... the virus attacks immune cells (cells that fight against foreign pathogens/antigens) and
hence a person's ability to fight against infections & diseases slowly
diminishes and person ultimately dies of a disease which could be as simple as TB

 :arrow: Most importantly, HIV is no longer dreadful disease ... it is
CHRONIC MANAGEABLE DISEASE*" just like Diabetes or Hypertension.


If there is anything you need to be careful from to prevent HIV is *Unsafe
sex*, *Blood transfusion* (check before taking) / Blood donation (use
sterilized needles only) and any *blood contact during an accident *or so
where amount of bleeding is very high.


*No offence to those who forwarded this mail as your intentions were great to alert people but dear, please clarify with a Dr or someone who has
knowledge in that arena, before sending such alerts.*

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Wow..Gum..That was an real eye opener....Ab to dher saara pani puri aur dher saare films dekhne jaungi......Thanks to u...

VERY GOOD JOB .....THANKS FOR SHARING .... =D>