Tribunnews.com Reporter Aisyah Nursyamsi
TRIBUNNEWS.COM, JAKARTA– Virus Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) can attack anyone ok adults even children.
However, there are several things that distinguish children who are infected with adults.
This was stated by Dr. Endah Citraresmi, Sp A (K) MARS. from RSAB Harapan Kita Jakarta.
First is the mode of transmission.
Different from adults, 90 percent of children infected with HIV are transmitted from mother to baby.
According to Dr. Endah, it is actually quite easy to prevent children from becoming infected with HIV. However, the first step that must be done is to find out whether pregnant women are HIV positive or not.
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So that we can take action as quickly as possible to prevent transmission. Programs to detect pregnant women infected with HIV or not become very important.
Second, the virus usually infects the baby at birth. At birth, the immune system is not yet developed. So the infection is more severe.
Third, HIV-infected children show symptoms more quickly. Even in the age of a few months of life there are already symptoms.
“There are children who are two months old, three months old, they come with long-term diarrhea, poor nutrition, recurrent pneumonia. As for adults, their immune system is better,” he said via Health Radio broadcast, Friday (12/3/2021).
Most adults have a strong immune system so that latent infections appear 10 years later. third, children who are infected with HIV, then develop multiple infections and severe symptoms.
So that it can interfere with the development of children. He can grow up to be a problem child at school.
“The quality of life is reduced and it is difficult to find work,” he said.
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