14-year-old Xie Jie used to be a lively and cheerful pistachio at school, but after a family accident, he had to face loneliness and shadows. After school, Xie Jie met a "little brother" on the Internet and took good care of him, but tricked him into an apartment and had a relationship. This vicious incident not only put Xie Jie in a predicament, but also attracted the attention of his family because of his physical symptoms, and the hospital found that he was infected with AIDS. AIDS, the full name of "acquired immunodeficiency syndrome", is a chronic infectious disease caused by HIV infection, which paralyzes the person's immune system and makes it unable to resist the invasion of other bacteria and viruses. In recent years, the incidence of AIDS has shown a trend that everyone from the elderly to junior high school students may be affected. This news makes us wonder why we are so afraid of AIDSWhy do children contract this disease at such a young age?Just as Xie Jie was witnessed, teenagers are susceptible to being induced and deceived by online strangers because they lack sufficient awareness of self-protection. In the online world, the dangers that lurk beneath the shiny surface are often overwhelming. What is especially sad is that there are many cases like Xie Jie.
According to statistics, in 2019, the proportion of HIV-infected minors in China who were exposed to HIV at home increased from 33 in 20126% rose to 71 in 20197%, of which the proportion of sexual contact as a route of infection is also rising. In addition, fear of AIDS stems from a lack of awareness of the disease. Many people still have misconceptions and prejudices about HIV/AIDS, believing that people living with HIV are the product of bad behaviour and are often discriminated against and excluded from society. This prejudice exacerbates the psychological burden and social isolation of people living with HIV/AIDS, and has also become a major obstacle to our effective prevention and prevention of HIV/AIDS. Under such circumstances, how can we better protect young people from HIV and AIDS?First of all, educate teenagers to enhance their sense of self-protection, tell them about the dangers in the online world, and teach them to learn to deal with strangers' interactions correctly. Second, we should strengthen publicity and education on HIV/AIDS, remove discrimination and misunderstanding about HIV/AIDS, let more people know about the transmission routes and prevention methods of HIV/AIDS, and eliminate fear of the disease. Of course, as members of society, we should also give more understanding and care to people living with HIV/AIDS.
Only by breaking down the fear and prejudice about HIV/AIDS and allowing those infected to receive medical and social support without fear will we be better able to respond to this serious public health problem. Finally, I hope that children like Xie Jie can get rid of the torture of illness as soon as possible and regain their smiles and hopes. I hope that the society can give them more care and support, so that they will no longer be lonely and helpless. I hope that each of us can contribute to the prevention and control of AIDS. December 1 is the "World AIDS Day", and we must work together to unite social forces and work together to fight AIDS. Although Zhejiang is not a province with a high incidence of HIV/AIDS, we still need to pay attention to this issue, because stories like Xie Jie's can be avoided with more publicity and education. Through in-depth research, Chief Physician Yu Jianhua found that many AIDS patients are only diagnosed after they go to college, when in fact they may have been infected with HIV in junior high school or high school.
This reminds us that sex education must not wait, parents need to face up to this problem, let their children correctly understand the physiological growth process, and put an end to unsafe sex, in order to prevent it in advance, especially in adolescence children need more love and care, through private topic communication, can also make the parent-child relationship go further. The main routes of HIV infection include sexual transmission, blood-borne transmission and mother-to-child transmission. Scenes such as face-based, bar encounters, and reunions with old classmates are often high-frequency triggers for unsafe sexOn holidays such as Valentine's Day and Tanabata Festival, the number of patients who come to the clinic to consult about related questions also skyrockets. At such a moment, Chief Physician Yu Jianhua put forward an important suggestion: love yourself first and then love others. If you have unsafe sex, you must learn to live with HIV. Because according to Director Yu Jianhua, there is a window period between when HIV enters the human body and when it can be detected. There are many testing methods, such as antigen and antibody testing and nucleic acid testing, among which the window period for nucleic acid testing is very short, generally 10 to 14 days. If you have multiple negative nucleic acid tests, you don't need to worry about it.
Even if you are accidentally infected, your family should not "fall into the trap", but learn to live with the disease, because through the corresponding antiviral**, the virus in the body can be controlled at an undetectable level. Although there is no clinical method for AIDS, the virus in the body can be controlled at undetectable levels through corresponding antivirals. Therefore, we should encourage patients to correctly understand and face this problem, and help them build up the confidence to overcome the disease. At the same time, we also need more publicity and education to let more people know about HIV/AIDS, raise their awareness of self-protection, and unite social forces to fight AIDS together. AIDS used to be an insurmountable health barrier in the world, but with the advancement of science and technology, the understanding of AIDS has also undergone earth-shaking changes. Under the scientific norms, the risk of infection for patients can be greatly reduced, almost zero. Chief Physician Yu Jianhua reminded that it is crucial to take anti-blocking drugs as soon as possible after high-risk behaviors occur in situations that are difficult to control. HIV-blocking drugs are thought to be effective when taken within 72 hours of high-risk sexual activity, and are more effective when taken within 2 hours.
In addition to the perseverance of the patients themselves, social care is also an indispensable part of the fight against HIV/AIDS. In terms of preventing the spread of HIV/AIDS, we need to correctly understand the transmission routes so as not to cause unnecessary harm to patients due to misunderstandings about the disease. Normal contact such as shaking hands, hugging, eating together, and working together does not transmit HIV. In addition, the scientific use of condoms is also an effective way to interrupt the transmission of sexual activity. At the same time, we also need to pay attention to the details of life, such as not sharing needles, toothbrushes, and razors with others, choosing regular medical institutions for teeth cleaning, beauty and micro-plastic surgery, and avoiding ear piercing on the side of the road. These are all effective ways to reduce the risk of infection. In fact, UNAIDS has issued a statement saying, "The science has made it clear that if you test negative for HIV, there is no risk of transmission." This also shows that the risk of AIDS infection can be effectively controlled under scientific prevention and prevention. Therefore, we have reason to believe that even in the face of such a serious disease, as long as we adopt a scientific attitude and measures, we can effectively respond to and prevent the spread of AIDS. In this process, rational cognition and social care are equally important.
In short, the prevention and treatment of HIV/AIDS requires a scientific and rational attitude, rather than excessive panic and discrimination. Only when the whole society works together to strengthen the awareness and prevention of HIV/AIDS can we effectively reduce the risk of the spread of the disease and protect more people from the disease.