AIDS is a serious disease for which there is no cure. To avoid this, people need to be aware. For this purpose, AIDS Day is celebrated every year on 1 December. On this occasion, we will tell you about those myths related to AIDS and the truth which people blindly believe.
First myth- HIV means AIDS
Often people think that HIV is AIDS but these two are quite different. HIV is an infection that causes AIDS, but not every HIV patient needs to get AIDS. HIV positive means that you are suffering from HIV whereas AIDS is the advanced stage of HIV infection in which problems start occurring. HIV-positive people get treatment and can live a normal life.
Second myth – AIDS is an infectious disease
People still think that AIDS is an untouchable disease. It can spread through hugging or shaking hands with an infected person. But this is far from the truth. It does not spread by eating food with an infected person, shaking hands or using the same toilet. The greatest risk of its spread comes from the blood of an infected person.
Third myth – HIV spreads through mosquito bites
Even if a mosquito that has bitten a person infected with this disease bites a healthy person, the infection does not spread. The nature of the AIDS virus is such that it cannot survive inside mosquitoes.
Fourth Myth – AIDS spreads only because of sex
AIDS can indeed be spread by having sex with an HIV-positive person. But apart from this, HIV is also spread through injections used on infected persons and transfusion of infected blood. If the mother is suffering from this virus during pregnancy then the child can also become positive.
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