A Dream for a Better World

WHO has listed depression, AIDS and cancer as major diseases in the 21st century for prevention. Depression has become the first killer of physical and mental health for human beings in the century. Depression, known as depressive disorders or unipolar depression, is a mental illness characterized by a profound and persistent feeling of sadness or despair and a loss of interest things that once were pleasurable. Disturbance in sleep, appetite and mental processes are a common accompaniment. It is possible for everyone to suffer from depression. Depression is more than normal and temporary feeling of sadness and hopelessness associated with difficult events in life. Common symptoms of depression are as follows:
1. depressed mood
2. inability to enjoy activities
3. problems for concentration
4. poor memory
5. difficulty in making decisions
6. changes in eating habits
7. weight gain or weight loss
8. changes in sleeping habits
9. difficulty in working or taking care of daily responsibilities
10. feelings of guilt and hopelessness; doubting the value of life
11. slowed thoughts and words
12. preoccupation with thoughts of death or suicide
13. complaints about physical diseases such as headache, stomachache etc which are not real
Depression can be found in all age groups from baby, teenager, middle-aged to elderly people. If you suffer from depression, you are not alone. It is estimated that 15% people in America suffer from depression and 2%-5% even more in China. Women experience depression twice as often as men, although men are more likely to commit suicide as a result of depression. People with serious diseases are more likely to suffer from depression.
So how can we prevent suffering from depression? Firstly, get support from others . Some people are very sentimental with week character and they pay much attention to their health. When they are difficulty in work, interrelationship or they suffer from disease; they are prone to be depressed and pessimistic. As for such people, they should be release the sentiment of depression and get support from families or friends. Secondly, do sports as often as possible. Doing sports can consume body heat and improve physical fitness. When people are in depression, doing sports can help them get a sense of self-control then regain confidence. Thirdly, reasonable diet can keep people healthy in physiology and psychology. A report tells us that banana, melon and pineapple can help people prevent depression. Fourthly, as for those suffering slight depression, they can take some medicine to cure and prevent depression becoming worse.
When people have suffered from depression, they should remove it by the following points which are good for people to get rid of depression: 1. make a regular life plan 2. Keep clean in clothes and room 3. Never give up work and study even under depression 4. Offer generosity to others without anger 5. Learn new things actively 6. Dare to challenge and solve problems actively
7. Take reasonable action even for trifles 8. Develop more hobbies 9. Never compare with others about life 10. Write down wonderful experience 11. Never cover failure 12. Try to do something new 13. Contact energetic and optimistic people 14. Hold different attitudes to different people.

Many people fear that HIV can be transmitted in other ways besides the well documented routes such as sexual contact and sharing needles with an infected person, infected blood transfusions, or babies born from infected mothers.  Some of the more common misperceptions about HIV transmission include contracting HIV from the environment such as the air.  Scientists have documented that HIV cannot survive and is unable to reproduce outside its living host therefore making the possibility of environmental transmission extremely remote.  Another misperception is the ability to contract HIV from kissing, biting or through saliva, tears and sweat.  Although blood can be exchanged during kissing and biting, there have been no documented cases of a person contracting HIV while conducting these behaviors.  Miniscule amount of HIV have been found in tears and saliva of an infected person but the amount is so small that HIV cannot be transmitted from one person to another.  A final misperception of HIV transmission is through biting and bloodsucking insects.  HIV does not reproduce and does not survive in insects therefore HIV cannot be transmitted through insect bites.

As widely publicized, HIV transmission occurs when a person has sexual contact or shares a needle and/or syringe with an infected person.  Additional causes, although rare, occur when a person becomes infected through tainted blood or babies are born from infected mothers.  Although prevention efforts through education have reduced the number of HIV infections, approximately 56,000 Americans still become infected annually.  Because of the continual proliferation of aids in society, many agencies such as the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) are now funding and heavily promoting educational programs to educate the public, and people at high risk, in an effort to further reduce the number of HIV/AIDS transmission cases.

Today,Aids is not a new thing.It happens everyday. According to reliable statistical data,there are almost three million people get Aids every year.Believe it or not,Aids is nearby.

      We all know, there are three ways of AIDS transmission: unprotected sex, blood transmission, mother to child transmission.Here,I just want to talk about sex.Cheating on your family is really a risk behavior now,not only for your family but also for yourself.Sometimes,happiness is just a step from tragedy.I know how much sex partner a young person has,even he just is 20 year old.Some one told me,a 23 years old girl ever have 60 love parteners, some of them even are One-night Stand partner.Are they healthy?Are they worth you to give anything to them even  your life? I donn’t think he know more about these person.So,if you cann’t respect yourself,Aids will not respect you,too.

      Remember, Aids is nearby.Be careful!

AIDS is the scourge of modern times. The dreaded disease has already taken millions of life around the world. The ‘Red Ribbon’ is a symbol that stands for the fight against the deadly HIV virus that causes AIDS. The Red Ribbon has become a visual symbol which helps people demonstrate their compassion for those suffering with AIDS and also their caregivers. The symbol is actually inspired by the yellow ribbons which were given as honor to American soldiers who took part in the Gulf war. The Red Ribbon symbol continues to be a potent force in the fight against AIDS as well in the creation of increased awareness against the prevention of the dreaded disease.

I know it sounds like a callous thing to say.  However, think about Nature.  How does it “thin” out the heards, with disease.  In the wild “only the strongest survive”.  This ensures that future generations of mammals are stronger.  Same thing when starvation sets in, the strongest feed on the weak.  So, maybe we are supposed to let nature take it’s course.

Remember, the Earth can only support so many people.  So, maybe this is the way Nature is trying to help us maintain a healthy supply of strong children by letting the weaker die.    If everyone survived then we would quickly reach the population limits of Earth.  Wouldn’t we?

A lot of the attention for AIDs prevention focuses on sexual contact. But we can’t forget the medical factors. Last year in Peru, litres of donated blood were destroyed because they found the medical blood bank had blood infected with HIV. The first question this should makes all think is “how did the blood pass screening tests?”- if there were any. AIDs prevention, doesn’t just start with condoms and educational programs. It also begins with governmental responsibility and their ability to protect their citizens. Regulations and directorates need to implemented to avoid outrageous situations like in Peru last year.

Animal testing is always a touchy subject. I generally find myself on the wrong end of both sides of the argument as I disagree with animal testing on what I consider non-vital experiments like make-up products and cosmetic medicines (medicines for symptoms that are not critical or dangerous). But when it comes to life saving drugs, I believe they must be tested before being introduced into the open market. The thought of an AIDS cure that has not been tested is a scary prospect, is it could lead to a cure causing unexpected complications and leaving the patient in a worse condition than before the treatment.

Aids prevention begins with better education about the risks and issues involved. But when we are misinformed about a subject as important as aids prevention, things can only go from bad to worse. As in the case of South Africa, the Health Minister once said that the cure for aids was eating “garlic and beetroot”. This is outrageous misinformation, from a governing body no less! And now, the next expected President in the ANC party, Mr Jacob Zuma has sexual relations with an aids infected girl – and his response? “I took a shower”. More needs to be expected from a government of a country suffering an aids epidemic.