HIV isn’t hereditary, it is an acquired disease through sexual intercourse with an infected person, through blood transfusion, punctures or through cuts.
HIV can be passed on from mother to child, this is called perinatal transmission which is passed on to the child during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding.
Transmission from mother to child can be prevented through treatment with a combination of “anti retroviral therapy” (HIV medicine). Elective Cesarean Section (ECS) can be carried out on a mother to reduce the risk of mother to child transmission of Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
A mother may choose not to breastfeed her child to avoid HIV transmission.
Taking anti HIV drugs during pregnancy and administrating it to a new born after birth for a few weeks can help avoid HIV transmission.
Eating disorder is a menace
Eating disorder is a mental disorder described by abnormal eating behavior that has a negative effect on a person’s physical and mental health.
People with eating disorder have intense fear of gaining weight, the fear manifest itself through depriving the body of food.
There are many types of eating disorder namely: Binge eating disorder, anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, pica etcetera.
The most serious eating disorder is anorexia which has a high mortality rate due to its impact on one’s physical health. While other eating disorder can be harmful to one’s health most professionals conclude that anorexia is the worst. People who fear weight gain and are not confident about their body size resolve to skipping food in order to loss weight which may result to an eating disorder.
Psychotherapy, medication, family or group therapy and most importantly rehabilitation are ways to help an anorexia patient recover.
Nutritional rehabilitation for adolescents with anorexia is an institution with goals to improve and encourage good eating behaviors and psychological functioning. They help these patients restore a healthy body weight and reverse the medical complications of this disorder.
