Question 1

are canes mobility aids?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Except for sugar canes, these devices help maintain balance, take pressure off an injured extremity and permit easier ambulation for persons with a wide variety of musculoskeletal and neurological conditions.

Question 2

can you tell me if there's a dog that aids you in your mobility?

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Yes: Service dogs can be used for this purpose.

Question 3

can aids survive on a cup?

Accepted Answer

No, HIV is very…: Fragile virus & survives only short time outside body. Hiv is transmitted when infected blood, semen, vaginal fluids, or breast milk enter another person's body via unsafe sex, direct contact with infected blood, during pregnancy, delivery and through breastfeeding.

Question 4

how do people contract aids?

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Sex and drugs: By having unprotected sex (especially receptive anal or vaginal intercourse) with an infected partner or partner of unknown HIV status.  You can also get it by sharing needles or syringes if you're injecting drugs.

Question 5

how does aids get transmitted?

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See below: The modes of transmission have not changed since it was described over 25 years ago.  Sex, blood occasionally, IV drug use (blood), and vertical transmission from mother to baby.  Not kissing, not casual contact, not toilet seats, not sweat, not via linens (towels).

Question 6

which excercise aids faster weight lose?

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Jumping rope: The moat convient high caloric burn exercise is probally jumping rope.Running, cross county skiing an swimming are also good. If you real want to lose weight diet is more imoprtant.

Question 7

who are the most common victims of aids?

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AIDS victims: Those who have unprotected sex with men who have sex with men who have HIV.

Question 8

how to determine if aids is getting worse?

Accepted Answer

Blood work: If you are known to be infected with hiv, the disease is usually followed nowadays by quantitating how much of the viral genome is present in your blood. If you are receiving medication, this should be routine. If your physician has chosen to delay until you progress to a certain point, you should also be checked from time to time. Counts of t-lymphocytes may also still be used.

Question 9

how could aids start or where did it came from?

Accepted Answer

Best guess: Most experts feel it came from central Africa as a cross over from a similar disease in possibly chimpanzees.  The central africans trap and eat these relatives of humans and thereby expose themselves to whatever diseases they might carry.  Once a human got it, modern transportation and social behavior guaranteed a wide spread.

Question 10

i want to know what's the best way to cure aids?

Accepted Answer

See below: At this time, there is no cure for AIDS. There are treatments and lots of information on prevention. A cure may come some day but it's not here yet.

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