World AIDS Day 2009 - Facts about AIDS

Today is World AIDS Day - 1st Dec 2009. Let's be aware about AIDS, let's know about facts and myths of AIDS, its consequences, precautions and preventions. Let's equip us with knowledge. If all of us know What is AIDS, How it Spreads and how to prevent it, then We can make the earth a save heaven to live.

What is AIDS? How AIDS spreads?

AIDS means Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It is caused or it spreads by a Virus called HIV (Human Immune Virus). The virus spreads from one person to other through blood by following ways:
1. Unprotected sex
2. Reuse of needles in hospitals
3. Blood transfusion from HIV infected people
4. Baby born from an infected mother has chances of having been affected with AIDS
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Consequences of AIDS?

AIDS is a killer disease. There is no cure to it, but medical advancements are helping the patient to increase the life expectancy.

How to prevent spreading of AIDS?

We can create awareness among people about AIDS. We can reach out to the uneducated people to educate them about AIDS. It will help everyone to take necessary precautions and this initiative will help fight AIDS.

I request all readers to understand the AIDS problem and to educate each other to kill this killer disease.