Information about HIV and AIDS by Justin

HIV and AIDS

A problem we are all living with.
As many of you know HIV/AIDS is killing our friends and family. I myself have been personally infected by the HI virus, otherwise known as the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. I hope to get E-mails asking about my life, as this page will contain graphics , pictures, testimony and facts. This page will never be finished so long as AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) is with us.

The Difference.
About me.
Transmission and Your Mucous Membranes
TESTING
HIV and AIDS Facts
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                        The Difference between HIV and AIDS.

  HIV and AIDS are two different diseases. HIV causes AIDS. You are said to have AIDS once HIV lowers your T-Cell count to below 200, or when you develop opportunistic infections. You do not die of AIDS or of HIV. What this tricky little disease does is lower your immune system so that you cannot fight off colds or flu's. It make's you prone to every aliment and that is what finally kills you. You CANNOT catch AIDS, it is acquired , so it is not genetic nor do you contract AIDS, you contract HIV which then develops into AIDS.                                    (Back to table of Contents)

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                                    A Little Bit About Me

Since my friends said this page didn't have enough about me, they made me put my story on here. My name is Justin LiGreci and I am 15 years old and live on Staten Island, NY.(( 3/6/83!! )) I have been living with HIV for 15 years. Hmm, well that must mean I got it at birth. My biological mother was a drug user ((needle)) and a prostitute. She passed it on to me at birth. I had gotten the HIV test when I was 11. (( 94' )) I have only known for 4 years. As you can tell from this page, I am trying to make the best of it. As my page suggests , over and over again, mail me with any questions. (( [email protected] )) If you want to hear about more of my life Click Here.          (Back to table of contents)

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                             Some ways you can contract HIV are listed here.
1:   If someone else has bled into or onto an open cut of yours, you are at high risk of getting HIV.
2:   If you had a man's semen ejaculated into any part of you, especially your mucous membranes, you've put yourself at high risk.
3:   If you had oral sex with a girl and had contact with her vaginal secretions, this is also considered high risk.
4:   If a man's pre ejaculatory fluid (Pre-cum) comes in contact with your mucous membranes, again you have put yourself at high risk.
5: If one of your mucous membrane's come's in contact with an infected women's breast milk, you are at very high risk.                                                      

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                             Your 6 Mucous Membrane's
Your mucous membrane's are the pink fleshy area's of your body. There are six place's on your body that have a mucous membrane. They Are:

• Tip of the Penis

• The Anus

• Eyes, Mouth and Nose

• Inside the Vagina

If you put yourself, and any of these places in contact with a "Transmission Fluid" ((Mentioned Above on "Transmission")) You should highly consider getting tested.

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                                                          TESTING                                                     
There are two types of tests that are done to test for HIV antibodies, if you you have put yourself at high risk, you should get tested. Don't go run the next morning to a clinic and get tested, it doesn't work that way. It takes 3 months for your body to develop enough HIV antibody's to show up on the test. The two tests are the ELISA (E-lie-za)and the Western Blot test. The ELISA is a screening test, and the Western Blot is the confirmatory test. When used together, the accuracy is greater then 99%. Some things can cause a False-Positive test, listed here are the common reasons for a false positive:
Hepatitis, Pregnancy, IV Drug use, Hemodialysis, and Hemophilia.
Dont forget that this can be reversed, and can produce a false negative. You can ask your doctor to take the test or go to a clinic. At the clinic the test is free, and there are two ways you can get it. There's the Anonymous, and Confidential. With the first, they take your name, but no one ever see's it. With the confidential, you are given a number and only the Lab doctor and a counselor know the results. After getting the test, they will not call you for two weeks. Then they will call saying they have your results, and you must go back to where you got tested to pick them up. This information has been taken directly from the CDC NAC, on HIV Testing.

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FACTS N' STATISTICS
AIDS and HIV has infected over 50 Million people WORLDWIDE and is 2,000,000 (That's 2 Million) in the United States, although 1,000,000 of the 2 Mill do not know that they are infected. I should also say AIDS has taken the life of over 700,000  (Updated stats released on 10/8/1998) Americans, which is more then the Vietnam War, and Desert Shield/Storm put together. HIV/AIDS is spreading among middle aged women and teens (( 12-24 )) the most rapidly. Data from the 29 states that conduct HIV case surveillance indicate that among adolescents aged 13-19:  48% were male, 52% were female, 29% were white, 65% were black, 1% were Hispanic. Almost all adolescents recently infected with HIV are exposed to it through sex or injection drug use. Last year ( 1997) 5.8 million MORE people were diagnosed with AIDS. This is by no means the total. This is only the total of people who have AIDS, not HIV, and have sought help through foundations. No matter what color, race, size or shape, AIDS kills all and everyone. Family, friends, loved ones........... by the year 2000 it is estimated that 80 Million people will be infected. (If you haven't figured out that this leads you back to the top...)

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UPDATE- AIDS Conference

                   Since the 1998 AIDS conference , new facts stating that a drug resistant HIV/AIDS gene is going around. So far their have only been 4 reported cases. No medcianes have worked on this new mutate of the virus. If you become infected with this new strain, you are given 6 months - 2 years to live by a doctor. That used to be given 3 years ago to everyone infected, but it stopped... and now it's starting again... The cases have been reported in California. And remember, when you do not use a condom, your sleeping with all the past partners your partner has already slept with.  (Try saying that 5 times fast!)

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Below are pictures of friends who have touched my life in some way(Besides my pic!!!). Also there are graphics for HIV and AIDS, most made by myself.

My AIDS Banner that I made myself and is posted on others pages and another AIDS Banner
A HIV and AIDS Poster and a Ribbon I created myself
A Pic of Vanessa (See ShoutOuts)
A Pic of Barbara (She's the one with her tongue out) and Megan (See shoutOuts)
A Picture of Heather ; )
A Pic of Steven and Barbara
A Pic of me!
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