- HIV is not the same as AIDS
- virus of HIV causes AIDS, Spread not be acquired or transmits
- There groups of risk, there Practices of risk
- The HIV virus is not spread by
- The condom not protect 100% of contracting HIV virus people who use
- Being Diagnosed with HIV or AIDS is not synonymous Death
- No Believe everything you hear on HIV
- Going to support groups working with HIV can help people living with HIV improve their quality of life .
- The characteristics of the HIV virus are
- Information is your greatest protection
" HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Not everyone with HIV has AIDS, but all those who have AIDS do have HIV "
An ELISA test that gives results reagent (positive) for HIV means that you were in contact with HIV. The ELISA test was confirmed by a test called Western Blot.
Having HIV the body does not mean you have AIDS. However, if untreated infection, HIV damages the immune system of the person and can develop into AIDS.
The Virus human immunodeficiency (HIV ) is the virus that kills cells CD4 and CD8 also called T cells or T lymphocytes, the which help our body fight infections or diseases caused by viruses or bacteria such as: influenza, tuberculosis, toxoplasmosis , etc.
- Virus: A parasite that replicates itself inside cells it attacks, you need a cell and a means to live.
- Immunodeficiency: Because the effect of this virus is to create a deficiency in the proper functioning of the body's immune system (ie, inhibits defenses that have the body against infection and disease).
- Humana: That only affects humans
AIDS means Syndrome of acquired immunodeficiency
- Syndrome: Refers to a group or set of problems (Signs and symptoms) of health that make up a disease.
- Immunodeficiency: Because the effect of this virus is to create a deficiency in the proper functioning of the body's immune system (ie, inhibits defenses that have the body against infections and diseases).
- Acquired: It means that infection is a a person can contract or purchase at any time of life not is genetic thus born.
virus of HIV causes AIDS , not Spread, acquired or transmitted 
is not enough to have been in contact with an infected fluid to contract the virus, healthy skin does not allow HIV to enter the body. For HIV transmission can occur must be certain conditions. This concept is very important to understand risk.
- must have a source of infection: source of infection as the presence of HIV in certain body fluids such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid or breast milk.
- must have a means of transmission: Sexual Blood (sharing needles or syringes with infected blood) and vertical or perinatal transmission (in utero, during birth or through breastfeeding from an infected mother to her son .)
- of must have a susceptible host to be infected : Cells ( The virus can only live in cells).
- must have an appropriate route of entry the body to the cells susceptible : Blood, semen, pre-ejaculatory fluid, vaginal fluids or breast milk infected by HIV.
- must have a sufficient level transmitted virus to establish infection : Viral load (the amount of HIV in body fluids and tissues)
" is said that HIV is acquired, it is responsibility and personal decision care not to acquire infection. "
There groups of risk, there Practices of risk 
The stigma associated with homosexuality, created the prejudice that only gays can contract HIV virus or worse yet liabilities only gays can happen.
Currently the HIV virus increasingly is more present in the heterosexual population the time that also increased its presence in the female, so it does not matter if one partner is "up" or "down", male or female, as can be infected if not using protection. so transmission HIV virus has nothing to do with sexual gender or sexual preference, but most well with risk factors or practices to which people are exposed to acquire it.
"It is not identity, or sexual preference, but the behavior that transmits HIV virus
The HIV virus is not spread by
HIV is not transmitted through the air (like the flu or other viruses), so no no cases of transmission through casual contact such as:
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- Wave
- Besar
- Chat
- Sharing household items.
- Being around someone with HIV sneeze or cough.
Although found small amounts of virus in saliva, tears, feces and urine, has not been documented a case of HIV transmission through contact with these secretions body.
Condoms not protect 100% contracting the virus HIV people using it. 
condom manufacturers believe that condom use prevents 90% transmission of HIV, the remaining 10% attribute this to the proper use .
- Keep in optimal conditions (humidity, temperature, packaging, vacuum)
- Use good water-based lubricant (not using oil creams)
- use within
- Remove the condom immediately after ejaculation, to do so may cause spill the semen.
The condom, used correctly and consistently is the only preventive measure (apart from abstinence and mutual fidelity) that are currently available to prevent STIs, including HIV.
Being diagnosed with HIV or AIDS not synonymous with death 
Receiving a positive HIV is a made it difficult to assimilate. You may feel afraid , panic, anxiety , despair or anger . But a positive result is also an opportunity to begin to take care of you as you deserve .
"antiretroviral treatments currently a person with HIV can have quality of life without symptoms and people with AIDS can return HIV level, so HIV / AIDS is not synonymous with death . "
Do not believe everything you hear on HIV 
- There are still many prejudices and not all working in the media are well informed.
- Misinformation is harmful to health.
- Good information will help you a lot. The more you learn, the better you will be able to ask about what's bothering you. It's a way to take control of your health.
- There are many people who know about HIV / AIDS: medical / ace, but also psychologists, nurses, workers social structures and special services for advice on the subject.
- Consult an infectious disease specialist (these diseases), plantéale your your questions and talk franacamente of what you get.
Going to support groups working with HIV can help people living with HIV to improve their quality of life 
meet people living with HIV tends to be an enriching experience. In Mexico There are associations and support groups. If you decide to go, you will meet people with different experiences, when they received their diagnosis, went through similar situations to yours.
The main features of the HIV virus are
- need a cell
- and body temperature in order to live
- Measures between 90 and 120 nm, bone 450 times smaller than a sperm
- There are two types of HIV: HIV1 (more aggressive, in addition to more variants) and HIV2 (less aggressive, East African endemic and rare outside the region)
- is a retrovirus, meaning it is capable of reversing the direction of the information normally flows from DNA to RNA, but in this case does the reverse by reverse transcriptase, thus introducing the gene pool and integrase using the "integrated" to the code of the infected CD4 cell, allowing it instead of multiplying, making it produce new virus, called virions.
- is a lentivirus, a virus is evolving slowly
Information is your greatest protection 
know HIV can help prevent it. For more information call or go to the following institutions:
- Condesa Clinic Specialized : Benjamin Hill # 24, Col. Condesa, Tel: 55 15 40 93 52 71 64 39
- Capacit Ecatepec: 58 38 37 84
- Mexican Network of People Living with HIV / AIDS A. C : Astronomers from 38 to 2, Col. Escandon, 11800, Mexico City, Tel: 52 73 73 08 Fax .: 55 15 55 83 redvihsida@prodigy.net.mx
- Diversitel : Tel: 35 47 January 2000
Sources:
- Newly Diagnosed / Eduardo de la Paz Rodríguez
- course training workshop for counselors sexual
- Prevention sexually transmitted diseases and AIDS by using condoms / Carlos del Rio-Chiriboga, Patricia Uribe Zúñiga.
- Geosalud / http://www.geosalud.com/sida/vih_transmision.htm
