2nd Term
HIV/AIDS
Meaning of HIV/AIDS: HIV
means Human Immune Deficiency Virus. It is the virus that causes AIDS which
means Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
How people can be infected by
HIV/AIDS: Blood transfusion, Infected injection syringes, mother to unborn
child, unsterilized hair cut instruments, sexual intercourse with infected
persons.
Symptoms: there are two
categories of HIV symptoms, namely: Major symptoms and Minor Symptoms. Major
symptoms are: constant fever, loss of appetite for a long time, weight loss,
prolonged diarrhea. Minor symptoms are: cough, whitish spots in the mouth,
physical weakness, skin infections.
Prevention of HIV/AIDS:
sterilize instruments before use, faithfulness to one’s uninfected spouse, use
of condoms, total abstinence from casual sex, screening of blood before
transfusion.
Cure for HIV/AIDS: the
medical/scientific cure for HIV/AIDS has not yet been found. But with God all
things are possible. Since God can raise the dead while science cannot, then
even though science cannot cure HIV/AIDS God can cure it. Believe in God.
Jesus’ care for the sick
(John 4:46-54; 5:1-8; 9:17)
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