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Chronic viral infection for VIH (Virus of the Immunodeficiency Humanizes) that destroys gradually the immune system. The infection for the virus VIH does not mean to endure the AIDS, the transitory period between the infection and the illness can last many years without noticing symptoms, being well and having good aspect. This infection situation without illness is to what he is named seropositive persons, since they can infect it to other persons.
The infection for asymptomatic VIH is characterized by a period in which there is a slow deterioration of the immune system. There is a decrease in the inventory of CD4, giving him a deterioration of the immune system. The person infected normally has no symptoms, being able to spend a period of time of 10 years or any more before these develop. Sometimes inflamed lymphatic nodules, disorders can appear in the skin or septic meningitis. In this stage there are neither symptoms nor signs of infection. In a study between persons infected by VIH carried out between 1977 and 1980, any subjects were not presenting any symptom while only they were presenting others linfo-adenopatías generalized (inflamed nodules). It is not possible to affirm that all the persons infected with the VIH develop inevitably the AIDS. The risk factors in an infection for VIH are the sexual contact with an infected person, use of drugs for intravenous route, transfusions of blood or plasma contaminated or to be born of a mother positive VIH. Not to have sexual relations with persons infected by AIDS, with multiple couples or with persons who have had multiple couples or who are drug addicted. Not to use intravenous drugs and, if they are used, not to share syringes. The persons with AIDS and that they have positive antibodies can transmit the illness to others. For it they must donate neither blood, plasma, corporal organs nor semen. They must not take contact with corporal fluids during the sexual act. Severe measures must be taken not to acquire the infection. There is risk of acquiring the illness even with precautions like the condom. The only entire safety of preparing the sexual transmission of the VIH is the abstinence. There are no symptoms in this phase of the illness. When these begin to appear they are:
The test that shows the infection for VIH is the test of ELISA of antibodies VIH The test for the VIH can happen for a negative blind or false period, this period that passes from the infection of the individual with the VIH up to the positive seroconversión. This period must be a minor of 6 months, before this time 95 % of the infected ones as the virus VIH has commercial positive results with the test. This period is very important since the individual if it can infect other persons being seronegativo.
The therapy is recommended with antiviral agents in persons infected by VIH, both symptomatic and asymptomatic, whose inventory of CD4 is 500 or less. Till not long ago it was known that the persons infected by the VIH were developing AIDS in a variable time, like average 8-10 years, although the children were making it great earlier and there were other persons who, after 15 years of infection, were not showing signs of the illness. As soon as the AIDS was developed the death was supervening in 2-3 years inevitably. For more information of the treatment to go to "AIDS: Diagnosis and Treatment".  COMPLICATIONS
It must come to his center of health care if there happen the factors of risk of infection for VIH and also in case the symptoms of an infection begin developing for VIH that has been already diagnosed.
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