250 people are affected by the HIV virus in Marina Alta

The Dénia health department currently accounts for a total of 250 people affected by HIV in their service area, which encompasses the Marina Alta district. This information was made public during the World Day for the Fight against AIDS celebrated at the 1 in December, with special emphasis on the importance of prevention.

The Head of Internal Medicine of the Hospital Marina Salud de Dénia, Dr. Patricia Martín Rico, has stated 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.

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.