AIDS
Con: nued fror” Page 1
risk lor AIDS
A Center for Disease Control
MV.'AIDS Survcill.tnct’ Krfuirt
released in November D1H0
contained n breakdown on the
groups most iit risk Of exposure
to the HIV virus
As ill October HJK9, 5H per
cent of .idults and teenagers di
ugnosed with AIDS are men
who have sex with men. 1H
percent are people who input
drugs, r> peri ent are heli roses
mils, 2 percent are people re
ceivmg blood transfusions,
blood components or tissue. 1
percent are people with hemo
phi!iu coiigulation disorders.
and .1 peri ent are people who
received the HIV virus limn
undetermined sources
The number of gas men who
are diagnosed as HIV positive
has decreased siru the guv
community received inform.i
tion a bout how the virus as
t r a nsmitt e d . said i\ in I ! y
Heiihrun, a client servii es emir
din.dor lor Shanti in Oregon
However, the number of het
erosexual men and women
with the disease has increased
Heiihrun said this increase is
mostlv attributable to drug use
There is now no longer urn
ink to hemophilia! s. she said
At i ortling to .1 ''.in ! nine 1st n
AIDS Foundation 'i.iirmrni.
AIDS js on! nit easily transmit
table disease AIDS is no! ton
taginus like .1 cold There is no
evident e till it AIDS is spread
through air. water, foot! or i as
ual body contact
It) v;et AIDS, one must lirsi
bo nine infected with the HIV'
v irus The virus is spreatl
through tilooil. semen anti vagi
nal fluid, which must go direct
ly from an Irifrt led person into
another person
I he HIV virus t an he trails
muted through sex, the use of
injet tion drugs und from a
pregnant woman to her unhorn
child ■'
W !iit* Bird •( Tin it ('oorthna
tor John Shoemaker s.dd pre
seminal, seniin.il anti vaginal
fltiul must have the virus in
enough t out enfr.il ion to expose
someone lor heterosexual anti
homosexual couples. < ondoms
are a fairly effective method of
-protection during intercourse if
used correctly
''('ondoms also are an effec
tive method of protect ion dur
ing oral sex d the man is the re
clpient
(lav men und bisexuals are
espet i.ilh at risk for tile disease
because of the delicate nature
ol the ret turn, said Heather
Penman, a former nurse and to
ordinal nr ft -r she A< .>m ( tub, .1
recreational club lor people
tvho an HIV positive
It's mm h easier for men to
transmit the virus to women
than it is for women to transmit
the virus to men. Penman said
Through repeated anal sex
Sou have a hlood supple ready
tor entrance.’ Penman said
The vagintl ttas a tremendous
hlood How It is the per feel on
vtronment It's very delicate
Penman said college students
may be especially at risk lot
t ontrai ting the HIV v nils he
cause the college years are of
ten a time tor experimentation
"The largest spread of fietero
sexual AIDS cases is among
teenagers.” Penman said You
just don't think ■■about tic-.,
things, vou ttunk ah. it : g,
I
Whoever v oil re So e p I ng
with. you’re sleeping with ev I
erv one they have ever slept
with, he s ul
( lureni e Spigiver, Dni verstty
assistant professor of school
and c ommunity health, said he
believes Penman's 1 ont opt o!
the dangers ot sex is a Oil
huh h
if you kiss someone do you
kiss every plate their mouth
ha ever IxsenV Spigner asked
said he doesn't be I (eve
st are tat.lit s are effective tools
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white middle class students if
you hav c unprotected si x
you're going U> get Allis.'
Spigner said I think tin v have
mote to worry abuul with her
pcs. syphilis and i hlamvdia
Another yvay the HIV virus
a an dm transmitted is through
tn)t-> tion drug use People vs ho
sham needles also share blood
and that blood may contain the
HIV virus, s.ntl Hedhnii:
Meilbrun said injection drug
users can protei t themselves by
either no! sharing lft<-1r n«r«>ti!«?*.
nr t>\ i leaning their nerd 1 «*s
with .1 mixture. .it bleat h .liui
Writer last'd needles should hr
flushed livin' with bir.it h and
twin' with w.itrr, ending with
tllir water to clean out thr
hlom h. The bleat li will kill thr
MIX' virus. Hiillbrun said
11st' 11!\' \ trus i .in hr tr.uvs
mittni through any of thr drug
umt s "used works." shr said
These works include needles,
syringes. lookers, which thr
drugs are prepared in. iind ml
ton passed iiround to absorb
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