ANO SINTOMAS O SENYALES NG HIV AT AIDS? NAKAKAHAWA BA HIV?

Dr. Elvie  Razon-Gonzalez
is a Medical expert in the Philippines

HIV (Una sa Dalawang Bahagi)

Rock Hudson. Freddie Mercury. Magic Johnson. Kilala mo ba sila? Sila ay ilan lamang sa mga celebrities na nagkaroon ng virus na tinatawag na human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).

Maaaring narinig mo na ito at ang sakit na idinudulot nito, ang acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). Ang AIDS ay isa sa mga pinangangambahang sakit sa buong mundo. Madalas pinandidirihan, kinukutya at nilalayuan ang mga taong may AIDS sa pangambang baka makahawa.

Sa pamamagitan ng artikulong ito, hangad kong bigyang linaw ang misteryong bumabalot sa AIDS at baguhin ang mga maling konsepto.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is responsible for the chronic, life-threatening condition known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS). The immune system weakens as HIV enters the body, making it frail from attacks of diseases.

Background
Ang sanhi ng AIDS ay ang HIV, isang klase ng retrovirus. Sinasabing ang virus na ito ay nanggaling sa chimpanzee sa Africa noong 1890s.

Ayon sa Department of Health (DOH), tinatayang 11,702 ang kaso ng HIV sa Pilipinas noong 2012. Wala pang pag-aaral kung ilan sa ating mga OFW ang mayroon nito. Sa aking karanasan bilang duktor, may dalawang OFW na akong naging pasyente na mayroong HIV.

Ang pinsala ng HIV ay dahil sa pag-atake nito sa CD4 T cells. Ang T cells ay bahagi ng ating immune system, ang ating natural na depensa laban sa mga impeksiyon. Sinisira ng HIV ang T cells kung kaya’t bumababa ito sa kalaunan.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is thought by scientists to come from monkeys and chimpanzees in Africa. There was cross-contamination after they were being hunted and eaten for food, thus humans were able to contract the virus. HIV progresses to AIDS when a certain type of cell called the CD4 cells are killed. Once their count fall below 200, various complications set in like pneumonia, tuberculosis and many more.

Ano senyales o sintomas ng HiV at AIDS?
Symptoms of HIV depend on the stage of disease where the patient is in. In the early stage, the manifestation is the same with flu symptoms including fever, headache, swollen glands, rash, fatigue, and sore throat. There is also a latency stage where there are no symptoms felt. This is the stage where the HIV lies dormant. The last stage is the late stage where the following symptoms are felt: rapid weight loss, on and off febrile episodes, diarrhea, sores in the mouth or genitals, pneumonia, blotches in the skin, and neurologic disorders.

Natural History

Sinasabing ang HIV ay mayroong tatlong stages: acute infection, clinical latencyat AIDS.

Sa acute infection o acute retroviral syndrome (ARS), maaaring makaranas ng trangkaso ang pasyente. Dahil sa mataas na blood levels ng virus, nakahahawa ang pasyente sa stage na ito.

Sa clinical latency o chronic HIV infectionnaman, aktibo pa ring dumadami ang HIV subalit hindi kasing aktibo sa acute infection.

Maaring hindi magkaroon ng simtomasang pasyente. Sastage na ito, maaari pa ring makahawa ng iba ang pasyente.

Ang pangatlong stage ay ang AIDS. Sa stage na ito ay mahinang-mahina ang immune system at madaling magkaroon ng impeksiyon at opportunistic diseases, ang mga sakit na hindi pangkaraniwan sa taong normal ang immune system.Kapag hindi nagamot sa stage na ito, hanggang tatlong taon na lang ang itatagal ng pasyente.

No treatment is around for HIV at present. But drugs called antiretrovirals are useful against HIV in the body. There are five types of antiretrovirals and each have different effects on the virus. A mixture of use of the said drugs is important in preventing resistance. The drugs pose side effects when taken in and consulting a doctor and proper diagnosis is very important.

 

 

About the author

Dr. Elvie Razon-Gonzalez

Graduated BS Public Health (cum laude) at UP-Manila Finished Doctor of Medicine in 2005 Licensed Physician since 2006 Licensed Internist since 2010 Trained in Internal Medicine at UP-PGH Trained in Gastroenterology at UP-PGH Presently taking Masters of Science in Clinical Epidemiology at UP Manila
Profession: Internist
Philippine General Hospital
Office Address: Padre Faura St., Manila
Philippines , NCR , Manila

 

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