AIDS is the burning problem of Nepal


AIDS(Acquired Immuno deficiency Syndrome)is one of the threatening and burning problems of Nepal. Due to the AIDS lots of people died every year in Nepal. Total death of people in Nepal is 50,000 while in the world more than 25 millions. AIDS is sexually transmitted disease and its mainly transmits through unsafe sexual contact with heterosexual partner. If we discuss the present condition of Nepal than it is very worse in every sector of development. Mostly child adopting western cultures. They are involves in drugs addiction. Poverty is the other problems of Nepal. If we talk about education than it is also not so good. Most of the people are illiterate and unhealthy. People of Nepal migrates to other country, mainly neighboring country (India) and they carry the gift from there as AIDS. First case detected in Nepal 1998. The number of HIV AIDS people increasing day by day in Nepal. The main cause of this is poverty, illiterate, drugs addiction, adopting western culture,poor strict rule,of government, interest in blue films, etc. The other source of infection is person suffering from HIV(Human immuno deficiency virus) AIDS. The causative agent are HIV-1 and HIV-2 which where contains single str.RNA virus which belongs to Retrovirus family which contains Revers transcriptase enzymes. Mode of transmission of HIV AIDS through mucus membrane(mainly genital mucosa), through cut in skin, crack in skin, sharing of needles, through body fluids containing HIV AIDS are bloods, semen, vaginal secretion, breast milk, amniotic fluids. The oretically saliva can also transmit the HIV AIDS but till now not seen any case in Nepal or in the world. The common routes of spreads of HIV AIDS are, unprotected sexual contact, HIV AIDS can transmits more in homosexual than heterosexual. But more case in heterosexual found in Nepal. There is 0.01 to 1% chance of transmission of HIV AIDS through unprotected sexual contact in Nepal. HIV AIDS also transmits through sharing of needles and transfusion of blood and its product. It have maximum possibility to transmits the HIV AIDS in Nepal. Mother can transmits to her baby during feeding, pregnancy, during delivery. HIV enter inside the human body and it destroy helper T-lymphocytes due to which patient becomes immuno compromised which invites opportunible disease and death is occurs. CD4 cells play role in maintenance of body immunity. AIDS is transmits stage of disease in which the patient presents with opportunistic disease like TB, Pheumonia, oral and vaginal ulcers. Most of the investigation like ELISH test, detection of antibody against HIV in blood, western blood test which is also known as confirmatory test, this detect viral proteins, HIV AIDS is not the completely curable disease but he life of patient can be prologed by using following drugs, zidoludine, lamivodine, neuirapine. The highly active Anti-retrovial therapy distributed free of cost by government of Nepal.

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