AIDS cases have reduced in India, but even today there is no vaccine or successful treatment for this disease. Lack of information about AIDS is still seen among the people. Let us tell you some things related to AIDS which you might not know. For this we have talked to experts.
The disease AIDS is many decades old, but till date there is no cure for it. This disease is caused by HIV virus. Once AIDS occurs, it becomes very difficult to save the patient's life. This is the reason why even today patients die due to this disease all over the world. However, now it has become easier to control HIV virus. Many better medicines have arrived than before. Due to which HIV patients can also lead a normal life, but even today there is a lack of information among the people about this dangerous disease.
In such a situation, today we tell you some important information about the disease of AIDS. We have also talked to experts to know about the myths related to this disease.
1. AIDS and HIV are the same disease
Professor Dr. Jugal Kishore, HOD in the Department of Community Medicine at Safdarjung Hospital, says that the biggest misconception about AIDS is that AIDS and HIV are the same disease, but it is not so. HIV is a virus, which causes AIDS. It is not necessary that every HIV positive patient will have AIDS. If HIV is not controlled on time then AIDS occurs. That is, the last stage of HIV virus is AIDS.
2.HIV virus spreads even by touch
Some people have a misconception that the HIV virus spreads by coughing, sneezing or touching like other viruses, whereas it is not so. HIV is a virus that spreads from one infected person to another. Blood transfusion, having sex without protection are the major reasons for the spread of HIV virus.
However, the number of HIV patients in India has been continuously decreasing in the last 10 years. Large scale awareness campaigns were run to prevent this disease. Due to which information increased among the people. This is the reason why fewer cases of AIDS are reported now.
3.There is no cure for HIV
There is a misconception among people that there is no cure for HIV, but now the HIV virus is not incurable. It can be kept under control with ARTS medicines. Any HIV patient can live a normal life by taking these medicines. These medicines are easily available free of cost in government hospitals.
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