| 'Red'y to Fight HIV – 'AbstinenceBehaviorCondom', Sacrosanct to AIDS Prevention
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A previously unknown immunodeficiency disease was discovered by scientists about twenty-five years ago, which came to be known broadly as 'AIDS'. Ever since, 'Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome' or AIDS, has spread dangerously, taking the world by storm; according to the latest figures enabled by the UNAIDS/WHO 2006 AIDS Epidemic Update, nearly 39.5 million people across the world are grappling with the disease.
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| Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
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AIDS is the clinical manifestations or disease symptoms occurring due to HIV infection. Immune compromised stage of the infected person manifests this end stage. More than 40 million people worldwide, are infected with HIV/AIDS and more than 3.1 million AIDS-related deaths occurred worldwide each year.
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| Condoms and Contraceptions
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The use of condoms for contraception is nothing more than an extrapolation of condom functionality. The spread of sexually transmitted disease across Europe around the 1500s prompted for the invention of the condom. The ever-increasing rate of sexually transmitted diseases, more specifically AIDS, and the rising figures of teenage pregnancy have restored the condom its previous importance.
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| Oral Health and AIDS
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AIDS virus also causes serious damage to the mouth and the surrounding structures. The mouth as we know is a hotbed of all kinds of microorganisms, some of which are quite normal to the area. Besides, the teeth themselves, lips, tongue, gums and cheeks are affected by AIDS..
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| Pneumonia
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Pneumonia is infection of one or both lungs which is usually caused by a microorganism which can be either a bacteria, virus or fungus. Pneumonia is one of the commonest causes of hospitalization and death in young children and elderly population. Usually this is transmitted by an infected person when they cough or sneeze.
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