The Effect Of HIV On African Americans

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Cancer. AIDS. Diabetes. All of these diseases are familiar to us. We all know of someone who has it or heard about it on TV. But I don’t think everyone realizes how dangerous these diseases can be. Indeed, it is shocking how many lives have been cut short, AIDS is one of the most dangerous because you can only control it but not cure it, AIDS patients will have to take medication for life and any interruption would give the virus a chance of coming back. Even though the disease affects African American males mostly, it does not discriminate on races, ages, or gender. The spread of HIV could be done by: sharing used drug needles or other equipment with any infected person, having unprotected sex, or any kind of drug use that would affect your

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