Take Care of Yourself is a Way

AIDS and pregnancy

Pregnancy and AIDSEvery day more women are infected with HIV / AIDS, so that cases of pregnancyeffective treatment available for pregnant women with HIV / AIDS in this group are becoming more common. Until recently no , so the number of children born with HIV was very high.

Today these figures have dropped significantly in the developed world, but still remains a major problem in developing countries where these treatments are not widely disseminated.

It is important that pregnant women with HIV / AIDS are aware of the risks of pregnancy, and how to act to minimize the spread from mother to unborn child.

It is known that a mother can transmit AIDS to her baby through perinatal or vertical transmission. HIV can enter through the skin or mucous membranes of the newborn, or the gastrointestinal mucosa.

The three forms of transmission are:

1. During pregnancy, before birth.
2. During delivery, or perinatal (direct exposure to the blood of the mother or flows).
3. Breast-feeding through breastmilk

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Take Care of Yourself is a Way

Take Care Yourself

Of course there are many kinds of massages from around the world, complementing many cultures and philosophies of different lives. But the massage is still considered a true body care … and the soul. Take care of yourself is to begin to love. And love oneself is the real way to start loving the Other. In some countries it is, massage is an exchange and sharing. Time, energy, attention. The count for so much. Both the dealer (masseur) than the recipient, who must also open at this time of care devoted to it. For it is unfortunately too often do not “give” to this relaxation, not to defuse, let go. The massage will have less depth, impact, even if it will effect.

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