I AM RESEARCHING INFORMATION

ABOUT HEPATITIS C AND HIV/AIDS

By: Regan

WHAT HAPPENS IN A PERSON’S

BODY WHEN THEY ACQUIRE

HEPATITIS C?When a person has hepatitis

c it can damage their liver

WHAT HAPPENS IN A PERSON’S

BODY WHEN THE ACQUIRE

HIV/AIDS?When a person has HIV/AIDS it destroys your immune system

WHAT ARE THE SIGNS AND

SYMPTOMS OF HEPATITIS C

Some people with Hepatitis show no signs of having the disease, but others may have these symptoms:

o tiredness without any reasono Flu-like symptoms-throwing up

feeling hot,ect.o Yellowing of skin, whiteness of

eyeso Belly pain (especially on the

upper right side)o dark brown pee

o Light-colored poopo Itchiness with no rashes

o Poor appetite for days in a row or weight loss

WHAT ARE SIGNS AND SYMPTOM

S OF HIV/AIDS

HIV is untreated, an HIV-positive person will eventually began to feel

sick. The person might began to have swollen lymph nodes, weight

loss, fevers that come and go, infections in the mouth, diarrhea, or

he or she might feel tired all of the time for no reason. Eventually, the

virus can infect all of the body’s organs, including the brain, making

it hard for the person to think and remember things

HOW TO AVOID

CONTRACTING HEPATITIS C

There are two different ways you can get Hepatitis the two

most common forms are: 1) Toxic Hepatitis: this form

can occur if someone drinks a lot of alcohol, takes

certain illegal drugs or medication, or is exposed

to poisons 2) Viral Hepatitis: there are

lots of hepatitis viruses- from hepatitis A virus to hepatitis G. Though the

viruses are different they have one thing in common:

they cause infection and inflammation that is

harmful to the liver cells

HOW TO AVOID

CONTRACTING

HIV/AIDS

After HIV enters the body, it piggybacks onto a T cell and works it’s way inside of that

cell. Once inside, the virus completely takes over the T cell

and uses it as a virus-making factory to make a lot more of

viruses like itself. The new virus then leaves the T cell and goes

to infect other healthy T cells that are in the body. T cells

invaded by the virus can no longer properly fight infections.

Someone who is infected by the virus is called HIV positive. It may take years for the virus to damage enough T cells for

that person to get sick and get AIDS. Although the HIV-positive person might feel fine, the virus is silently reproducing itself and

destroying T cells.

THE SIMILARITIES

BETWEEN HEPATITIS C

AND HIV/AIDS

1) They are both diseases

2) They can both damage or harm

something in your body

3) They are sneaky and you wont know you

have them until you check in with

a doctor

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENCES

BETWEEN HEPATITIS AND

HIV/AIDS

The differences between HIV/AIDS and

Hepatitis c is 1) HIV/AIDS can

damage your immune system,

Hepatitis c can damage your liver

2) HIV comes before AIDS, Hepatitis c is

one thing all together

3) Sometimes with HIV you can tell you

have it by getting sick all the time,

Hepatitis c is sneaky and you cant tell

you have Hepatitis c for a while

HOW YOU CAN KEEP

YOURSELF SAFE FROM

BOTH DISEASES

How you can keep your self safe from Hepatitis C is don’t

drink a lot, don’t do illegal drugs or

medication, definitely don’t

have any poisons how to stay safe from HIV/AIDS is don’t get tattoos done by a person who isn’t a tattoo

artist

THIS IS MY BIBLOGRAPHY

"KidsHealth - the Web's most visited site about children's

health." KidsHealth - the Web's most visited site about children's

health. The Nemours Foundation, n.d. Web. 1 June

2014. <http://kidshealth.org/>.

THREE THINGS YOU LEARNED

The three things I learned is 1) I didn’t know that HIV/AIDS

can damage your immune system and

Hepatitis c can damage your liver

2) I didn’t know that a sign for Hepatitis c is

your poop can turn light and your pee can

go dark brown 3) I didn’t know that

you can get hepatitis c if you drink to much

alcohol

THANKS FOR WATCHING!

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