Infectionologist: HIV testing should become routine, no need to fear

“Let communities lead” is the motto of this year’s World AIDS Day on December 1, which aims to promote prevention and reach more people.

According to the Joint United Nations Program on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), there will be 1.3 million new infections globally in 2022, with a further 39 million people infected with the virus and 630 people dying from the disease.

Lisbeth Rivas, an infectious disease doctor in Guyana City, was interviewed firstAn in-depth study of the data released by UNAIDS shows that there are 37.5 million people over the age of 15 and 1.5 million children under the age of 14.

Latin America has dealt with about 2.2 million cases, and Bolivar state has no accurate statistics.

Among the alerts Rivas’ office found, diagnoses in younger patients between the ages of 17 and 25 were the most common range.

The importance of solving the problems of ordinary people was emphasized. Later it was pointed out that HIV testing should become a routine laboratory test.

The expert said there is “a lot of discrimination and fear of patients,” but noted that as long as there is no equality, it will be harder to detect new cases.

He insists on giving preventive lectures at educational institutions and universities in the city because, for example, there is not much difference between men and women due to new infectious cases.

Regarding treatment, he assured that through the regional scheme, patients are currently getting free medicines without fail.

Since the outbreak, Dr. Rivas said it has been three months of treatment for patients due to limited mobility.

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Rivas noted that these symptoms may present as acute influenza illness or be confused with infectious mononucleosis, such as upper respiratory symptoms, myalgia, and arthralgia.

Depending on the amount of virus available in the exposure, patients may develop more severe symptoms such as diarrhea, weight loss, and fungal-related respiratory infections due to sudden immunosuppression.

He concluded that if he suspected dangerous exposure or non-specific symptoms, he should not limit himself to getting tested and seeing a trusted doctor.

He commented: “The faster it is controlled, the smaller the risk of spread.”

Rivas, together with other experts, gave a presentation on December 1 of this year at the Uyapar Hospital in Puerto Ordaz, focusing on the prevention of vertical transmission, that is, HIV-positive mothers and avoiding transmission to their babies.

The purpose of the meeting is to strengthen the hospital area construction of obstetrics and gynecology, pediatrics and other resident doctors.

They insist on conducting educational prevention lectures in schools and universities

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