HIV AIDS STD & STIs

Pediatric HIV AIDS

More than 90% of HIV infections in children are due to mother-to-child transmission, which occurs when an HIV-positive mother passes the virus to her child during the perinatal period, during childbirth or breastfeeding. The likelihood of this type of transmission increases directly with the severity of the mother's HIV contamination.

Offspring living with HIV are exterminated more ruthlessly than adults because their immune systems are not fully formed. They may be exposed to the same common pediatric contamination as HIV-negative youngsters, but they will not be able to combat them as viable. Ear and sinus infections, sepsis, pneumonia, TB, urinary tract disease, duodenal disease, skin disease and meningitis are all common infections among HIV-positive young people. Tuberculosis, runs and respiratory diseases are common among HIV-positive children in the formation of nations.