FACTS ABOUT HIV/AIDS !!!

HIV can *never survive in any other liquid* medium also other than blood or semen (& please for God sake ... never in Pani Puri wala pani)

* Even if one drinks an HIV infected blood (or semen) of someone(ingest through Gastro Intestinal track), the virus can not survive intheacidic pH of stomach*.

* Exposure of less than 1 second in AIR KILLS the HIV virus*(hencestory of needle pricks in Cinema theatres is a crap). Even if bloodfroma wound (of infected person) dries up (*blood clot*), *the virusdies*and can not infect anyone else

* HIV transmission is *ONLY* an *INFECTION* i.e.entrance of virus inone's body. It *DOES NOT MEAN AIDS*.

* An HIV-infected person (after entrance of virus) can progress to acondition of AIDS only after *8 to 10 YEARS *(not in 15 days as in thePani Puri story)

* It is *not HIV (virus) that kills a human* .....the virus attacksimmune cells (cells that fight against foreign pathogens/antigens) andhence a person's ability to fight against infections & diseases slowlydiminishes and person ultimately dies of a disease which could be assimple as TB

* Most importantly, HIV is no longer a dreadful disease ... it is"*CHRONIC MANAGEABLE DISEASE*" just like Diabetes or Hypertension.

* If there is anything you need to be careful from to prevent HIV isUnsafe sex*, *Blood transfusion* (check before taking) /Blood donation(use sterilized needles only) and any *blood contact during an accident*or so where amount of bleeding is very high.

PLZ PLZ spread this message to avoid rumors and to educate people.