tions such as herpes are common in AIDS; cytomegalovirus infects the eyesight and can cause blindness; Epstein-Barr with results in cancerous transformation of blood cells; also, herpes simplex virus types 1 and 2 with result in progressive sores around the mouth and anus. Cancerous infections, being B-cell lymphoma and Kapoks Sarcoma which are common in homosexual gay man.TRANSMISSIONHIV is spread through the exchange of body fluids, primarily semen, and blood products. It is most commonly spread by sexual contact with an infected person. The virus is spread to the bloodstream of the uninfected person by way of small abrasions that may occur as a consequence of sexual intercourse. It is also spread by sharing needles or syringes; most commonly intravenous drugs. A rare form of contraction is blood transfusions or use of blood-clotting factors (1 in 450,000 to 600,000 unit of blood). Infected mothers can passed it to the child either before or during childbirth or through breastfeeding.Health-care workers have been infected after being stuck with needles containing HIV-infected blood or less frequently after blood contacts the workers open cut or splashes into a mucous membrane (eyes or nose). Only one case demonstrated that a health-care provider passed to patients (a dentist to six patients). The actual risk of a health care provider passing the virus to a patient is minimal.Fear continues to concern the potential transmission of other means, such as casual contact (kissing an infected person) in a household, school, workplace, or food-service settings. No scientific evidence to support any of these fears has been found. Saliva has a protein called secretory leukocyte protease inhibitor which prevent HIV from infecting white blood cells. Nor is there any evidence that insects can transmit the disease.TREATMENTS AND PREVENTION There are different treatments to help suppress the HIV virus. One class of anti-HIV drugs is RT...
