Great news! Two new antibodies have been shown to hinder HIV. They are said to be the “Achilles Heal” of HIV. Through this discovery, researchers are hoping to take new approaches to fighting the virus and hopefully et closer to a cure. “The two new broadly neutralizing antibodies (bNAbs) are likely to produce more such antibodies, which may in turn reveal additional vulnerabilities of HIV, adding still more vitality to the effort to develop a vaccine against AIDS.”
Hopefully now that a vulnerability in HIV has been located, a cure is close on the rise! If you want to read the full more informative article about the newly discovered antibodies, visit: http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/09/090903163730.htm
HIV is very serious and the fact that some people take it lightly is sickening. Misty Pate, a resident of Florida, has been taken into custody for believe that she was selling herself on the streets spreading HIV.
She has been charged with soliciting prostitution, and is HIV positive. “According to a probable cause affidavit, Pate admitted to a deputy she had just served a year in jail and pleaded with him not to take her back. She also said she has had HIV for the past 9 years.” This women should be locked up for what she is doing. The fact that she knew she was HIV positive for 9 years means that she knew she was probably spreading the disease.
HIV should not be taken as a casual thing and people who are willing to spread it to other people are very selfish.
There are some early signs of HIV.They occur while your body begins to form antibodies to the virus between six weeks and three months after you have been infected with HIV.People who are having early HIV symptoms will most likely develop flu-like symptoms.These flu symptoms include: fever, rash, muscles aches and swollen lymph nodes and glands.Unfortunately for many people with HIV, the first symptoms will go unnoticed.
HIV slowly takes over your body’s immune system.Despite this fact, the majority of those infected with HIV will not feel any symptoms at first.The only way that you are able to determine if you have been infected with HIV is to be tested.There is a lot of danger in not knowing whether or not you have HIV.While you may not have any symptoms, you are still highly contagious.This makes it very easy to infect others with HIV.If there is any doubt in your mind that you may have been infected, visit your doctor as soon as possible to get tested.
There are many reasons why you should get tested for HIV. It is a lot better if you know than if you do not. Getting testing will either open your eyes to treatments if the test is positive, or calm you mind if the results are negative. You do not want to be spreading around the deadly disease unknowingly. If you regularly have sexual relations with more than one person, you should get tested often. You never know if a partner is lying to you about HIV unless you both get tested.
Not knowing if you have HIV can lead to bad results and you could prematurely develop AIDS. If you do, however, get tested and the results are positive for HIV, there are many good things that can happen that may not have if you were never tested. Some of these things include:
A doctor keeping an eye on your health. Many people who test positive stay healthy for several years.
You can have medicines to prevent and treat some of the illnesses that people with HIV get.
You may have access to trials of new HIV drugs and treatments.
If you do fall ill, the doctor is going to take your symptoms more seriously if they know that you are HIV positive.
If you know that you are HIV positive, you can take steps to protect other people, like practicing safe sex and informing you past sexual partners.
Knowing that you have HIV may affect some of your future decisions and plans, for example starting a family.