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250 people are affected by the HIV virus in Marina Alta

01 December 2015 - 12: 13

The Dénia health department currently counts a total of 250 people affected by HIV in its care area, which covers the region of La Marina Alta. This data has been released during the World Day to Fight AIDS which is celebrated on December 1, placing special emphasis on the importance of prevention.

The Chief of Internal Medicine of the Marina Health Hospital from Dénia, Dr. Patricia Martín Rico, has affirmed that the "lack of awareness" In those groups that have a higher risk, the number of people infected has increased. 15 is currently registered new cases of HIV a year in our region with an average age between 45 and 50 years.

World Day of the fight against AIDS

The efficacy and accessibility to treatments explains the decrease in mortality caused by HIV, although this has also led to "a certain carelessness" in the population, both when taking measures to avoid infection and to periodically undergo diagnostic tests that can confirm or rule out the presence of the virus.

That is why from the Department of health of Dénia remember the importance of the use of condom in sexual relationships. And it is that an 85% of the infected has been after having sex in an inappropriate manner.

In Dénia, the area of ​​internal medicine and the preventive medicine service work together so that patients infected with the AIDS virus receive special preventive treatment. When presenting a picture with a weakened immune system, they are considered at risk, so they are vaccinated against hepatitis A, hepatitis B and influenza. They also undergo vaginal and / or anal cytology to rule out a possible infection of the human papillomavirus.

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