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HIV/AIDS is spread:

1. through unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected

person

2. sharing unsterilized skin piecing with an infected person

3. through unscreened blood transfusion

4. From mother to child (Mother to Child Transmission - MCT)

at birth, through breast feeding and from mother to unborn
child

Signs and symptoms of HIV / AIDS

 Prolonged dry cough

 Widespread itching and skin rash

 Prolonged diarrhoea

 Oral thrush - It is a white coating that develops in the mouth

 Persistent fever

 General body weakness

 Loss of appetite

 Excessive sweating at night

 Herpe zoster

Effects of HIV/AIDS

1. To an Individual

 Loss of immunity as the virus destroys the white blood cells,

the individual is attacked by several diseases. The disease

germs take advantage of the weakened body. These diseases

/ which attack a weakened body are called secondary or op-

portunistic infections.