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Self-Paced Learning Module: College Department
Self-Paced Learning Module: College Department
Self-Paced Learning Module: College Department
COLLEGE DEPARTMENT
MODULE 5
Subject:
Implies the entire course of HIV infection, from asymptomatic infection and early
symptoms of AIDS
A chronic condition, controllable with medications and stir adherence to treatment
recommendations.
HIV, the etiological agent of AIDS, belongs to lent virus subgroup of the retroviral family.
ACQUIRED IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME (AIDS)
is a deadly disease that destroys the body’s defence system and its ability to fight off
infections and cancer.
A collection of symptoms due to underlying infections and malignancies resulting from
specific damage to immune system caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
Most severe form of a continuum of illnesses associated with HIV infection.
If untreated, it causes slow degeneration of the immune system with the development
of opportunistic infections and malignancies.
4. From Mother to Child- women can transmit HIV to their babies during pregnancy or birth, when
infected maternal cells enter the baby’s circulation.
5. In nursing mothers, transmission can occur through breast milk.
6. Infected Blood or blood products by sharing contaminated needles or by transfusion of infected
blood (where portal of entry exist like broken skin or mucous membrane)
7. HIV can be spread in health-care settings through accidental needle sticks or contact with
contaminated fluids.
8. HIV can also spread to organ transplantation.
C. HOW CAN YOU PROTECT YOUR-SELF AND OTHER FROM BECOMING INFECTED WITH HIV?
1. Refrain from engaging in sex.
2. Limit your sex partner to one. The more sex partners you have, the greater are your chances of
become infected.
3. Engage in safe sex. Ex.By using condoms.
4. Avoid using prohibited drugs. Drugs in any form may influence you to make the wrong decision.
5. Never share needles and syringes.
6. Women in any risk for AIDS who are considering pregnancy or breast-feeding should talk to a
counsellor or a doctor.
7. Health care workers must observe universal precautions.
Ex. Use of gloves in handling body fluids.
Get tested for HIV. Talk to your partner about HIV testing and get tested before you
have sex.
Choose less risky sexual behaviours. HIV is mainly spread by having anal or vaginal sex
without a condom or without taking medicines to prevent or treat HIV.
Use condoms every time you have sex.
Limit your number of sexual partners. The more partners you have, the more likely you
are to have a partner with poorly controlled HIV or to have a partner with a sexually
transmitted disease (STD). Both factors can increase the risk of HIV transmission.
Get tested and treated for STDs. Insist that your partners get tested and treated, too.
Having an STD can increase your risk of getting HIV or spreading it to others.
Talk to your health care provider about pre-exposure prophylaxis (Prep). Prep is an HIV
prevention option for people who don't have HIV but who are at risk of getting HIV. Prep
involves taking a specific HIV medicine every day to reduce the risk of getting HIV
through sex or injection drug use. For more information, read the AIDS info fact sheet
on Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (Prep).
Don’t inject drugs. But if you do, use only sterile drug injection equipment and water
and never share your equipment with others.
3. Help sponsor a blood drive or donate blood. (Make sure you meet donor requirements blood
donating blood.) This is one way to let others know that it is impossible for a donor to get HIV
infection/AIDS by donating blood. Blood donations from healthy voluntaries save lives.
4. Sponsor an AIDS fund-raising event or donate money.
HIV is a virus
HIV is a virus that can lead to immune system deterioration. The term “HIV” stands for human
immunodeficiency virus. The name describes the virus: Only humans can contract it, and it
attacks the immune system. As a result, the immune system is unable to work as effectively as it
should.
Our immune systems can completely clear many viruses our bodies, but that’s not the case with
HIV. Medications can control HIV very successfully by interrupting its viral life cycle, however.
AIDS is
While HIV is a virus that may cause an infection, AIDS (which is short for acquired
immunodeficiency syndrome) is a condition. Contracting HIV can lead to the development of
AIDS.
AIDS, or stage 3 HIV, develops when HIV has caused serious damage to the immune system. It is
a complex condition with symptoms that vary from person to person. Symptoms of stage 3 HIV
are related to the infections a person may develop as a result of having a damaged immune
system that can’t fight them as well. Known collectively as opportunistic infections, they
include tuberculosis, pneumonia, and others.
Certain types of cancer become more likely when an immune system works less effectively as
well.
Adherence to antiretroviral therapy can prevent stage 3 HIV from developing.
SUPPLY MATERIALS:
Recycled Magazines/News Paper
Scissor
Glue
Coloring materials
HIV/AIDS MODEL SAMPLE
CRITERIA SCORING
Did I . . .
1 2 3 4 5
1. Creativity
2. Effort
3. Craftsmanship
TEACHER’S REMARKS: QUIZ RECITATION PROJECT
GRADE:
5 - Excellently Performed
4 - Very Satisfactorily Performed
3 - Satisfactorily Performed
2 - Fairly Performed
1 - Poorly Performed
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Mr. Joshua M. Respondo
Instructor