8th of ten things you ought to know about HIV

Malaysia , a country that rushing toward developed country status in next 13 years - The Almighty Vision 2020 Our local potential - Malaysia We have all the ingredients to nurture a 1% HIV Malaysian community Back to basic principles in production of infectious disease We need Source + HIV type 1 / 2 + route of transmission + susceptible patient + incubation period HIV source we have 78784 HIV patients confirmed in Malaysia mid of 2007 . But we believe that there are another 75,000 hiding somewhere in Malaysia as HIV patients can't be recognised by naked eyes , under reported due to non- universal HIV blood testing . In short , estimated > 100,000 HIV patients live in Malaysia among us . These 100,000 HIV patients are strong workers who works faithfully and quitely for HIV factory . year 2000 5107 new cases year 2001 5938 new cases year 2002 6978 new cases year 2003 6756 new cases year 2004 6427 new cases HIV is gathering his armies till the critical mass achieved , then an epidemic . Route of transmission a. Intravenous drug users - In malaysia , we have ~100,000 drug addicts using injectable drugs Of them , ~ 80% are sexual active , ~ 80% never use condom , ~ 80% share needles > 5 drug addicts . ~ 80% use injectable drugs 3 times perday ( breakfast , lunch , dinner ) . b. Sex We have about 40 ,000 commercial sexual workers estimated . We have many massage shops who hang the goat's head but selling dog's meat . We have 5 star hotels offering 5 stars sexual service . We have more youngsters involve in sexual debut at younger age VIAGRA = Tongkat Ali bin Clinton Viagra performance More than 10 millions men 30 millions prescriptions 300 millions tablets since launching 1998 Estimated total income 2001 alone USD 1500,000,000 RM 5500,000,000 = 100 millions SI We have more broke back mountaineers . In short ; up approach <> c. Pregnancy If HIV is not checked before planning for pregnant ordetected at late pregnancy , transmission for mother to babies can be as high as 30% . Virus 1. This virus has one imporatnt property Diam diam ubi berisi or silent dogs kill someone by single bite HIV has killed 25 millions people in last 25 years = Malaysia population = 100 Tsunamis HIV has infected 65 millions people = 3 times malaysian population More alarming is , it has created 100 Tsunamis but created minimal Huha in our society . 4. Susceptible Recipients We always believe that HIV only happens on other people's husband / wife / children But from statistic , > 80% of HIV Malaysian are between 20 - 49 years of age = very productive economically and fertile . Vaccine is not available now and no news n next 10 years . 5. Incubation period Finally with 4 tasty ingredients , we put them in a HIV microwave that takes 5 - 10 years to generate a HIV patients , 50 years a HIV community . 6. With 4 ingredients + adequate time to incubate , we are going to have a HIV community of at least 300,000 Malaysian HIV positive in next 13 years . Dear Malaysian , please don't blindly rushing toward vision 2020 . Otherwise , our next generation is going to suffer from our ignorance , stigmatization and denial . Syabas , Malaysia Boleh again