On Thursday, December 1, the World Day is celebrated AIDS, a disease that has increased in recent years in our country. According to experts, it has gone from each 2 100.000 cases of inhabitants in 2012 9,6 to 100.000 cases each in the 2014.
This is because, according to the Chief of Internal Medicine Dénia Health Department, Dr. Patricia Martín Rico, to "The great efficacy of the treatments has been able to cause some relaxation in the prophylaxis when it comes to having sexual relations, as a cause of the increase in the number of new cases. The protection, insists Martín Rico, continues to be a fundamental tool to keep away the virus and not be subjected to a lifetime treatment.
Experts say early detection and treatment are essential to avoid infection, as in the patient who meets treatment well, the possibility of transmitting the disease is very small. If in doubt, simply ask the optional Primary a simple blood test attention not only to check for antibodies to HIV but also hepatitis B and C, using the same route of infection: blood or complete sex.
Dr. Martín Rico recalls that "The patient infected with the HIV virus was a stigmatized person and the infections were limited to the groups considered at risk". Now, however, "Any adult who does not have a stable partner and glimpses a shadow of a doubt, should request a serology with the HIV and hepatitis B and C viruses. Precisely in the latter case more than ever, when after many years, the pathology already it has healing "
