Choices: All about HIV & AIDS
SUMMARY
This book is an up-to-date layman's guide to HIV and AIDS: Comprehensive, current, and easy to understand. In the rapidly-changing world of HIV and AIDS, standard HIV/AIDS Education material has become out of date, and in some instances, inaccurate. This book brings together all the current knowledge and research, including the latest information regarding concurrent relationships, ART treatment, circumcision, and the role of the Langerhans Cells.
Included is the 'standard' HIV/AIDS education information regarding transmission, prevention, testing, and treatment.
100mm x 210mm; 90 pages
ISBN: 978-1-77009-517-5
Authors: Neil M. Orr & David R. Patient
Published by: Jacana Media (Ltd) | 2008 | 10 Orange Street Sunnyside Auckland Park 2092 South Africa | +27-11-628-3200 | www.jacana.co.za
To purchase: Jacana Media
Bulk orders: David Patient
index of contents
Introduction: The choice is yours
A message from David Patient
A message from Neil Orr
PART 1: Your body
Cells
What makes you sick?
Germs & Infection
Diagnosing an illness
PART 2: The immune system
The immune system
Lymph glands
Antibodies
The Window Period
Boosting the immune system
PART 3: Facts about HIV & AIDS
What is HIV?
HIV only infects some cells
HIV changes its’ face
Getting infected with HIV
How long does HIV live outside the human body?
Symptoms of HIV
What is AIDS?
CD4 counts (T-cell counts)
The Viral Load Test
Antiretrovirals (ARVs)
Guidelines for taking ARV medicines
HIV and sex cells (egg and sperm)
HIV and STIs
Vaccines for HIV
Curing HIV and AIDS
Where does HIV come from?
A brief history of HIV and AIDS
PART 4: HIV in Blood
The three rules of blood and HIV
Donating blood
Blood transfusions
Blood on blades and needles
Touching someone’s blood
Shaving blades & toothbrushes
Barbers
Dentists
Medical accidents & Rape (PEP)
Mosquito and insect bites
Cloths, bandages, and sanitary towels
Drugs and alcohol
PART 5: HIV and Sex
Am I at risk of getting HIV?
Protected and unprotected sex
How people get infected with HIV in sex
Why so many people are getting HIV through sex
Women and HIV infection
Marriage, being faithful, and risk of infection
Foreplay & Kissing
Oral sex
Masturbation
Anal sex
Using sexual objects
Sex with a menstruating woman
Contraceptive (family planning) pills
Sex with a virgin
part 6: How you can not get HIV
Casual contact
Why you cannot get HIV from casual contact
Touching someone living with HIV
part 7: Preventing HIV infection in sex
The ABC and ABCF of preventing HIV infection
Abstinence
Be faithful & Monogamy
General information about condoms
Male condoms
Female condoms
PART 8: Getting Tested for HIV
VCT
HIV status: HIV-positive or HIV-negative
The HIV test checks for HIV antibodies, not HIV
Know your status – It can save your life!
The rules of HIV testing
Pre-test counselling
The HIV test itself
Post-test counselling if the result is HIV-positive
Post-test counselling if the result is HIV-negative
PART 9: Living with HIV
How will I know if I have HIV?
Blood tests
Get support
Disclosing your status
Cures, treatment, and vaccines
What will happen to me?
Sex and Co-infection
Activities that are safe & not safe to do
Can I have children?
How friends and relatives can support you
I am living with HIV
PART 10: HIV in the Workplace
The law and HIV at work
Working with someone who lives with HIV
HIV-related illness at work
PART 11: Stigma
What is stigma?
What is internal stigma?
How is stigma a problem?
Is stigma about HIV a new thing?
I don’t live with HIV: Why should I care about stigma?
Is HIV God's punishment for sin?
Why don't we quarantine people living with HIV?
How I dealt with stigma, by David Patient
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