Hi Sharmi and the members,
So read along!
RANBAXY....
I have seen this below mentioned mail floating across group email & I feel its my moral responsibility to correct all misconceptions regarding HIV /AIDS.
I can do this because I am educated enough to comment on this and for those who don't know my profession ...I am serving as Brand Manager (Product Manager) handling anti HIV/AIDS portfolio (called as Antiretroviral Drugs) in Ranbaxy.
Please read following points carefully & don't send emails related to Medical ailments without having complete knowledge about it (even partial knowledge could be grossly dangerous).
* HIV (virus) requires *ONLY* *Blood or Semen* as medium to transmit from one body to another.
* HIV *can not* transmit even through *Saliva*(mucous) i.e. even if HIV-infected patient coughs or smooches and another person is exposed to his sputum (cough) or saliva, the virus still can not transmit because concentration of virus particles in sputum is almost NIL & exposure to air anyway kills virus in fraction of seconds.
* In case an HIV-infected person gets an injury (like the cut in below mentioned story) and he is bleeding, the virus can transmit to another person only if another person has a cut/wound in his body & that too when blood from both person comes in contact with each
other* (this is also very very rare unless bleeding is very high) and not otherwise.
* HIV can *never survive in any other liquid* medium also other than blood or semen (& please for God sake ... never in Pani Puri wala pani)
* Even if one drinks an HIV infected blood (or semen) of someone (ingest through Gastro Intestinal track), the virus can not survive in the acidic pH of stomach*. Highest extent of acidity is 0 (practically not possible) so imagine 1 as pH which is in our stomach. (This pH can burn your own finger in less than a second if you dip in that acid).
* Exposure of less than 1 second in AIR KILLS the HIV virus*(hence story of needle pricks in Cinema theatres is a crap). Even if blood from a wound (of infected
person) dries up (*blood clot*), *the virus dies*and can not infect anyone else
* HIV transmission is *ONLY* an *INFECTION* i.e.entrance of virus in one's body. It *DOES NOT MEAN
AIDS*.*
* An HIV-infected person (after entrance of virus) can progress to a condition of AIDS only after *8 to 10 YEARS *(not in 15 days as in the Pani Puri story)
* It is *not HIV (virus) that kills a human* .....the virus attacks immune cells (cells that fight against foreign pathogens/antigens) and hence a person's ability to fight against infections & diseases slowly diminishes and person ultimately dies of a disease which could be as simple as TB
* Most importantly, HIV is no longer a dreadful disease ... it is "*CHRONIC MANAGEABLE DISEASE*" just like Diabetes or Hypertension.
* If there is anything you need to be careful from to prevent HIV is Unsafe sex*, *Blood transfusion* (check before taking) /Blood donation (use sterilized needles
only) and any *blood contact during an accident or so where amount of bleeding is very high.
PLZ O PLZ spread this message to avoid rumors and to educate people.
I was sent this mail by a dear friend.So plz spread it everyone n show u care
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From: Sharmi Ghosh <sharmi2909@yahoo.com>
To: sharmi mg < sharmi_mg@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 12:45:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: beware of geting HIV infected
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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2006 10:38:26 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [indiancreekgals] Fwd: [belairgals] Fwd: [ccmscit03_05] Fwd: [Camp'96] Fwd: Fw: From Arvind Khamitkar , I.A.S, (must read)
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Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 00:23:37 -0700 (PDT)
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Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 10:36:01 -0700 (PDT)
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Date: Sat, 5 Aug 2006 01:39:21 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: [Camp'96] Fwd: Fw: From Arvind Khamitkar ,I.A.S, (must read)
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From: Yokendran.R@bharti.com
To: madhan_in_2001@yahoo.com , shankar.iyappan@relianceinfo.com
Date: Wed, 2 Aug 2006 15:22:30 +0530
Subject: Fw: From Arvind Khamitkar ,I.A.S, (must read)
Dear All, Be careful
(Don't avoid Pls read this mail)
FROM
Arvind Khamitkar ,I.A.S,
Director of Medical & Research Div,ChennaiDear Friends,
A few weeks ago, in a movie theatre, a person felt something poking from her seat.When she
got up to see what it was, she found a needle sticking out of the seat with a note attached saying "You have just been infected by HIV". The Disease Control Center (in Paris ) reports many similar events in many other cities recently. All tested needles were HIV Positive.The Center also reports that needles have been found in cash dispensers at public banking machines.We ask everyone to use extreme caution when faced with this kind of situation. All public chairs/seats should be inspected with vigilance and caution before use. A careful visual inspection should be enough. In addition, they ask that each of you pass this message along to all members of your family and your friends of the potential danger.
Recently, one doctor has narrated a somewhat similar instance that hppened to one of his
patients at the Priya Cinema in Delhi . A young girl, engaged and about to be married in a
couple of months, was pricked while the movie was going on. The tag with the needle had the message welcome to the World of HIV family".
Though the doctors told her family that it takes about 6 months before the virus grows strong
enough to start damaging the system and a healthy victim could survive about 5-6 years, the
girl died in 4 months, perhaps more because of the "Shock thought".We all have to be careful at public places, rest God help! Just think about saving a life by
forwarding this message. Please, take a few seconds of your time to pass along.With Regards, Arvind Khamitkar ,
I.A.S, Director of Medical & Research Div, Chennai.Rather than forwarding irrelevant mails, kindly pass this to every one. Probably ur mail can
help some save his/her life
Tnks & Rgds
R. Yokendran
Mobile No: 999 433 53 91
LL No: 0431 - 4023549
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