Taking Care of yourself with HIV

How can you take care of yourself?   Prevention from acquiring Human Immunodeficiency Virus basically revolves around knowledge about the disease. Knowing things about it for instance what it is, how it is acquired, who are at risk, how it is prevented, and where you can get it are some of the “must knows” in preventing yourself from having the disease. Once you know the things that you need to know about HIV then you are equipped to prevent yourself and maybe other people you know from having it by haring the information to them.   One of the major things that you need to know by heart with regards to HIV is that, the people who are at high risk of acquiring the disease. By knowing this, you can categorize yourself if you are in these groups of people or if you are directly in contact with them. When you are among those at high risk of getting the diseases, for instance, if you are in the medical field, you have to make all means to protect yourself, especially at work, in getting HIV. In the hospitals or other medical facility, the usual mode of transmission of the disease is through needle pricks. This accident is very common for medical professionals especially nurses and medical technologists. With the risk posed among health professionals, there are certain hospital protocols observed by the institution and to be followed by the employees in order to protect their contractors and clients as well. The protocols are all based from a national law and implemen...
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