2007-01-20 19:56:09 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Why should people with HIV live in a special hospital when many times they aren't in need of constant medical care? Most people are responsible enough to take their meds on a regular basis and don't need a professional there to do that for them. HIV positive people usually only need specialized medical attention once they've developed AIDS -- something that is seen less and less thanks to the development of new antivirals.
If your desires to lock them all away stems from your fear of coming in contact with the virus, you should know that HIV can only be spread through blood or body fluid contact -- so if you are living a responsible lifestyle, your likelihood of contracting it should be little to none.
To address one of the answers above ... not everyone with HIV knows that they have HIV ... so this wouldn't cut out the need for medical professionals to be cautious when dealing with ANY patient. Also, there are many other bloodborne pathogens besides HIV, so the doctors/nurses would have to continue to be careful anyway.
Some people contract the virus from their mistakes, but who hasn't made mistakes? Just because theirs ended in a devastating way doesn't mean that they don't have the right to live as normal a life as possible.
2007-01-20 20:06:58 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Only if we wanted to protect them from people with diseases they could catch. Fact is that you could end up being more dangerous to a person with HIV than they would be to you. But then, in general, you have probably ended up even working next to a person with HIV or eating food fixed by them etc and never known it. I think it would be more important that you get educated on HIV.
2007-01-21 04:03:05 · answer #2 · answered by travelendavie 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
wow can not believe this question..why just because if a person have aids why should they live in a special hospital..they are a regular person such like us..yes there sick but yes they still have a life..there is people that comes to home to help out..so your wondering if these types should live in hospital until they just completly give up..no its wrong they can still enjoy some of there life they have remaning..thats like if you was a cripple do you think you should spend rest of life in hospital and give up..i dont think so do you..not trying to be rude but this question was just way to much..everyone needs a chance in life no matter what they have
2007-01-24 21:09:33 · answer #3 · answered by sandy m0rgan 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello,
Absolutely not! You have nothing to fear from an HIV patient.
You are probably around people with HIV, all the time, in your everyday life.
2007-01-21 04:06:56 · answer #4 · answered by Sandra Dee 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
HIV patients are not normal patients so not to spread infection through needles they are put in special ward
2007-01-21 04:07:48 · answer #5 · answered by fiabounaaj 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YES! so the doctors can be cautions 24/7 vs reg hospital you have patients with non contagious diseases and you can let your guards down
2007-01-21 03:59:42 · answer #6 · answered by sexy c 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
only the serious condition need to be hospitalise.. if not the rest is ok to unless they are harmful i guess....
i guess they r thaught how to prevent their disease from spreading unless they have ill intention...
2007-01-21 04:04:53 · answer #7 · answered by wini_1303 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
no. they can lead normal lives on their own-even if they have full blown AIDS-thats what home health is for.
what kind of question is this?
2007-01-21 05:12:29 · answer #8 · answered by Stephanie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
in some places i guess they are, because those areas that have primative hospital situations at best pass as much disease as they cure.
2007-01-21 03:59:48 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋