Pain and Shield
-Rjs.K
She wakes up cold, longing for heat reaching out for the torch, walking so discreet holding her dreams and teas longing for warmth anything but burnt please
Flesh is her only shield Where it was hurt, be healed.
Lying on the ground Looking at the stars above The distance makes her heart ache Asking, how will she ever reach it?
Society has given. Everything is a burden.
Turbulence within herself Turmoil and chaos Pushed her to the shelf Hiding from the smiling masks
She looks on the other side To catch herself instead
Stopped right where she was Bringing herself to her With only the shield she has Hoping she’ll feel safer
Holding an avalanche of pain off Thinking her shield was enough
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome or AIDS is a powerful and life-threatening disease. AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which destroys the human immune system. It has ended the lives of more than 29% of the world's population. AIDS has spread like wildfire over the world since its discovery. AIDS awareness has been conveyed to the population thanks to the efforts of the government and non-governmental groups. HIV, or the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is the primary cause of AIDS. By injecting a copy of its DNA into the human host cells, this virus replicates itself in the human body. The virus is also known as a retrovirus because of its properties and capabilities.
HIV is primarily transmitted through one of different methods: blood, prenatal, or sexual transmission. During the early stages of HIV's transmission, blood transfusions were the most popular. However, all developed and developing countries today have strict systems in place to ensure that blood is free of infection before being transfused. Sharing needles can also spread HIV from an infected person to a healthy person.
HIV is transmitted by body fluids during sexual action as part of sexual transmission. HIV can easily spread from an infected person to a healthy person through oral, genital, or rectal areas if they engage in unprotected sexual intercourse.
People surely suffer from many medical symptoms. But have we ever asked them how they are mentally and emotionally? Every person only tends to look at the surface of things. But there is more to what meets the eye. When a person hears that he or she has HIV, it will surely turn his or her life upside down. In the days, weeks, months or even years after learning their situation and condition, they will experience all kinds of emotions, including anger, shock, sadness, and even denial, which may lead to depression.
We need to acknowledge them and treat them the same way we treat persons without HIV because there is no difference. They are still the person they were before they tested positive. And here in PUP CPSPA, the students and its Student Council are in full pledge to help in any way we can to those who are HIV positive and to raise awareness about the said disease is one of our goals. And we will call the initiative to stop the discrimination towards them. Because the CPSPA believes that these micro actions will result in macro effects that will change their lives forever.
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