University Report: Speech on HIV - Causes, Symptoms, and Patient Care

This report presents a student's speech on HIV, focusing on the causes, symptoms, and the impact on affected patients. The speech was inspired by a visit to an HIV department of a hospital on World AIDS Day, providing insights into the disease's transmission through blood contamination and unprotected sexual contact. It also highlights the importance of addressing the mental health challenges faced by patients due to social stigma and lack of support. The report discusses the role of healthcare professionals, including doctors, nurses, and researchers, in providing treatment and support, as well as the importance of educational campaigns to prevent the spread of HIV, especially in underdeveloped regions. The speech draws on interviews with patients to understand their experiences and the changes they underwent after diagnosis, emphasizing the need for comprehensive care and awareness to combat the disease. The report concludes with a list of relevant references supporting the information provided.

Running head: SPEECH ON HIV
Speech on HIV
Name of the Student:
Name of the University:
Author’s Note:

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It was really a great opportunity to have visited the HIV department of the hospital on the
World Aids day. The World Aids Day so long was just a day, the significance of which was not
very clear to me. It was hence, a great opportunity to go and meet with the HIV affected patients
(Rodriguez-Penney, Alan, et al). This session was of great importance as it helped me a great
deal to enrich my knowledge about the various causes and symptoms of the HIV disease.
Moreover, there was a team of doctors and nurses, who helped me a lot to understand about the
medications and the different treatment processes that are used b y them for curing those HIV
affected patients (Tincati et al).
As this issue of the HIV has always remained a hush hush topic in the social platforms,
there are psychologists and a team of researchers who happen to visit the hospital on a regular
basis to assess the mental state of the patients. It is only due to the sheer ignorance of people, that
they often abandon the HIV affected patients (Reis Machado Juliana, et al). They often suffer
through not only the physical but also the mental trauma.
It was after a thorough interview with the HIV affected patients, I came to know why and
how they acquired this disease. It was also a good experience to know about the various changes
that took place in their lives after they were diagnosed with this disease (Shisana, Olive, et al). It
was from the detailed description given by the doctors, nurses and the research scholars that it is
a disease that is usually transferred from one person to the other via various means like blood
contamination, or during any unprotected sexual discourses that is either through semen or
through vaginal fluid. This disease is somehow increasing in the countries that are bit backwards
and situated in remote locations. Countries like Africa and the remote locations located in the
interiors of the Amazon. People often are used to unhealthy habits. These habits include poor
medical facilities. Often due to the usage of the same syringes, this disease might get transmitted.

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These syringes might contain the virus from one patient which easily gets transferred to the body
of the other on which this injection is used. Apart from this, the underdeveloped countries do not
have proper educational or recreational facilities.
As a result of which, people often indulge into practices like having multiple sexual
relationships. They are also not aware of the proper medical facilities. There are several side
effects that can be caused due to this disease. If it is left without any medication, it might make
the immune system of the patients. The doctors must select the medicines very carefully keeping
in mind the resistance power of the patients. Campaigns are being made in order to educate
people about the various preventive measures so that the chances of HIV diseases can be
controlled.

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Reference list
Reis Machado, Juliana, et al. "Mucosal immunity in the female genital tract,
HIV/AIDS." BioMed research international 2014 (2014).
Rodriguez-Penney, Alan T., et al. "Co-morbidities in persons infected with HIV: increased
burden with older age and negative effects on health-related quality of life." AIDS patient care
and STDs 27.1 (2013): 5-16.
Shisana, Olive, et al. "South African national HIV prevalence, incidence and behaviour survey,
2012." (2014).
Tincati, Camilla, Daniel C. Douek, and Giulia Marchetti. "Gut barrier structure, mucosal
immunity and intestinal microbiota in the pathogenesis and treatment of HIV infection." AIDS
research and therapy 13.1 (2016): 19.