Women more likely than men for AIDS
http://hb.QQ.com 2009 Nian 09 Yue 01 Ri 11:27 Sing Tao Global Network
World AIDS Day, "attention to women, the fight against AIDS" theme to draw people's attention to women's health. This is because the chances of women infected with HIV, 2.5 times more men the same age. At present, women all over the world account for about half of people living with HIV.



Experts advise, care of women, combating sexually transmitted diseases and the fight against AIDS and equally important, because sexually transmitted diseases also threaten women's health, but also bring disaster to newborns through mother to child transmission.

Beijing Maternity Hospital, director of sexual medicine clinic Fan Qinghua pointed out that in preparation for pregnancy or already pregnant women, such as sexually transmitted diseases related symptoms occur, or spouse of sexually transmitted diseases related symptoms should be examined promptly to the hospital for treatment, so as not to endanger themselves and future generations.

According to reports, sexually transmitted diseases, infectious diseases, is mainly transmitted through sexual contact, but also can be spread through other means, such as blood, maternal and child, indirect contact. Experts point out that if infected with syphilis during pregnancy or have a history of syphilis is not a complete cure of women in the case of pregnancy through the placenta and infect the fetus, treatment, improper control progression of the disease occurs stillbirth, premature delivery, it may give birth to suffer from neonatal congenital syphilis. If pregnant women are infected with herpes virus, especially pregnant women are infected with the virus first, then place abortion, premature birth, stillbirth probability will be very high. Herpes virus can be against fetal nervous system, hearing system, respiratory system and many other systems leading to fetal malformation, even if a normal childbirth, neonatal mortality is also high.

In addition, sexually transmitted infections must be promptly after the treatment. Because if the infection for quite some time, has been without treatment or intermittent treatment, long-term unhealed, will lead to female tubal atresia, resulting in infertility. In addition, the partners of patients with sexually transmitted diseases can also check the best, timely treatment of disease to avoid complications and complications.

Ministry of Health, STD and AIDS prevention Professor Xu Tianmin Committee members also cautioned that if the following symptoms, to prevention and treatment of sexually transmitted promptly to the regular professional bodies for further examination: a long-term there are unexplained fever, fatigue, diarrhea, generalized lymphadenopathy, weight the short term reduced significantly; belly bulge; body or the palm, plantar superficial red rash and other symptoms.