In general many people already know that human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) can be transmitted through sexual intercourse. But how specifically the virus can move from genital fluids, membranes, until it can until the immune system is still unknown.
Related to this the researchers in France in the latest research managed to record clearly how HIV moves. The researchers did so by making a model of genital organ tissue complete with fluids and immune system..
"We already have a global idea of ​​how HIV infects the tissue, but seeing it directly feels very different, the process can be sequenced in detail and we are very surprised," Morgane Bomsel of Paris Descartes University was quoted as saying Wednesday (9/5/2018).
In the photo / video above, it appears that the immune system, called T cells, that have been infected with HIV is bright green because it is given a color protein. When the T cells are in contact with epithelial cells in the genitals, there is a kind of synapse that makes the virus particles move. At first glance it may look like a laser shot.
Well when HIV is in the epithelial cells it will be silent and not infect anything. Until finally comes another immune system cell named makrofaga which is so the main target of the virus.
"As HIV infects macrophages and develops, it will be very difficult to destroy them," the researchers said in a report in the journal Cell Reports.
For further discussion, here are five facts about HIV that we should know:
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a disease that attacks one's immune system. This disease makes the person affected is more susceptible to infection or other diseases.
However, it seems that the scattered information about HIV is still largely unresolved so as to provoke a misconception. Quoted from AIDS Foundation South Africa, please understand the following facts about HIV.
HIV and AIDS are two different things. HIV is a virus that causes infection, whereas Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) means a collection of symptoms that occur when a person has HIV.
HIV is not the same as AIDS
If we are infected with HIV, our body will try to attack the infection. Our immune system will make 'antibodies', special molecules that attack HIV.
Can still have children.
Married to people living with HIV and having children is not impossible. However, of course the process is slightly different from people who are HIV negative.
PLHIV (people with HIV-AIDS) should first consult a physician. The doctor will then ask him to routinely perform a Cluster Differentiation 4 (CD4) test to control the number of white blood cells. PLWHA is considered healthy when CD4 is more than 350 cells / mm 3.
Health as a whole should also be stated well, ranging from normal weight and no comorbid infections such as sexually transmitted diseases, hepatitis and other infections.
When all conditions are good, then during the fertile period of ODHA can intercourse without using condoms. The risk of HIV / AIDS transmission through sperm or vaginal fluids may occur, but the likelihood is small.
Symptoms are hard to see at an early stage.
"In the early stages of HIV infection, the most common symptoms do not exist," said Michael Horberg, MD, HIV-AIDS director for Kaiser Permanente, in Oakland, California.
In one or two months when the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) enters the body, most people experience flu-like symptoms known as acute retroviral syndrome (ARS). But sometimes HIV does not appear for years or even a decade.
Still can live long.
Your life does not end just because it is HIV positive. It has not yet been found a cure or vaccine for HIV / AIDS, but antiretroviral therapy (HAART) can help HIV-positive people live longer and healthier and prevent further HIV transmission.
After all, there are many people living with HIV who have proven that they can still work even if they have tested positive for HIV. Gathering with the community can help people living with HIV for the spirit of life.
You can transmit, even if you have taken the medicine.
Antiretroviral drugs help people living with HIV / AIDS to live productively and with quality. When working properly, these drugs can reduce the amount of virus in the blood so it does not appear on blood tests.
However, studies show the virus may be 'hiding' in other areas of the body. Therefore, safe sex practices should still be applied. If you want to have children, do not forget to consult a doctor.
