HIV-AIDS and STDs

Pediatric HIV AIDS

More than 90% of HIV infections in children are caused by mother-to-child transmission, which occurs when an HIV-positive mother passes the virus on to her infant during the perinatal period, childbearing, or breastfeeding. The likelihood of this type of transmission increases in direct proportion to the severity of the mother's HIV infection. Broods living with HIV are wiped off more mercilessly than adults because their safe frameworks are not fully developed. They may be exposed to the same common paediatric infections as HIV-negative youngsters, but they will not be able to fight them as effectively. Ear and sinus infections, sepsis, pneumonias, TB, urinary tract infections, duodenal illness, skin illness, and meningitis are all common infections among HIV-positive youngsters. Tuberculosis, the runs, and respiratory illnesses are frequent in HIV-positive children in developing countries.