Dear Sir This is also one of the Hoax /Misconception Mails in circulation for more than 5 years. Please see the response of an official of RANBAXY given long back regarding the contents of this mail:
S.V.SAI BABA Reply from RANBAXY : I have seen this below mentioned mail floating across group email & I feel its my moral responsibility to correct all misconceptions regarding HIV/AIDS. I can do this because I am educated enough to comment on this and for those who don't know my profession ..I am serving as Brand Manager (Product Manager) handling anti HIV/AIDS portfolio (called as Antiretroviral Drugs) in Ranbaxy. Please read following points carefully & don't send such emails related to medical ailments without having complete knowledge about it (even partial knowledge could be grossly dangerous). HIV (virus) requires *ONLY* *Blood or Semen* as medium to transmit from one body to another HIV *can not* transmit even through *Saliva* (mucous) i.e. even if HIV-infected patient coughs and another person is exposed to his sputum (cough), the virus still can not transmit because concentration of virus particles in sputum is almost NIL & exposure to air anyway kills virus in fraction of seconds. In case HIV-infected person got an injury (like the cut in below mentioned story) and he is bleeding, the virus can transmit to another person only if another person has a cut/wound in his body & that too when *blood From both person comes in contact with each other* (this is also very very Rare unless bleeding is very high) and not otherwise HIV can *never survive in any other liquid* medium also other than blood or semen (& please for God sake ... never in Pani Puri wala's pani) Even if one drinks an HIV infected blood (or semen) of someone (ingest through Gastro Intestinal track), the virus *can not survive in the acidic pH of stomach*. Highest extent of acidity is 0 (practically not possible) so imagine 1 as pH which is in our stomach. (This pH can bun Your own finger in less than a second if you dip in that acid). Exposure of less than 1 second in AIR KILLS the HIV virus* (story of needle pricks in Cinema theatres goes down the drain). Even if blood from a wound (of infected person) dries up (*blood clot*), *the virus dies* and can not infect anyone else HIV transmission is *ONLY* an *INFECTION* i.e. entrance of virus in one's body. It *DOES NOT MEAN AIDS*. An HIV-infected person (after entrance of virus) can progress to condition of AIDS only after *8 to 10 YEARS *(not in 15 days as in the mentioned story) It is *not HIV (virus) that kills a human* ..... the virus attacks immune cells (cells that fight against foreign pathogens/antigens) and hence a person's ability to fight against infections & diseases slowly diminishes and person ultimately dies of a disease which could be as Simple as TB. Most importantly, HIV is no longer dreadful disease ... it is "*CHRONIC MANAGEABLE DISEASE*" just like Diabetes or Hypertension. If there is anything you need to be careful from to prevent HIV is *UnsafeSex*, *Blood transfusion* (check before taking) / Blood donation (us sterilized needles only) and any *blood contact during an accident *or so where amount of bleeding is very high SUCH AN INFORMATION IS STRICTLY FOR THE USE OF HUMANITY... SO GO ON...DO THE GOOD WORK...PASS IT ON TO OTHERS... ________________________________ From: ramanujam thiruvenkataswamy <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tue, 9 February, 2010 9:35:38 PM Subject: Fw: infection by HIV --- On Tue, 2/9/10, ramanujam thiruvenkataswamy <[email protected]> wrote: >From: ramanujam thiruvenkataswamy <[email protected]> >Subject: infection by HIV >To: "ramanujam thiruvenkataswamy" <[email protected]> >Date: Tuesday, February 9, 2010, 10:43 AM > > >Very urgent. Please read.Don't delete. >(Don't avoid Pls read this mail) > FROM Arvind Khamitkar, I.A.S, Director of Medical >& Research Div, >Chennai > >Dear Friends, > >A few weeks ago, in a movie theatre, a person felt >something poking from her seat. >When she got up to see what it was, she found a >needle sticking out of the seat with a note attached saying > >"You have just been infected by >HIV". > >The DiseaseControl Center (in Paris) reports many similar >events in many other citiesrecently. All tested needles were HI V Positive. > >The Center also reports that needles have been found >in cash dispensers at public banking machines. We ask everyone to use extreme >caution when faced with >this kind of situation. All public chairs/seats should be inspected >withvigilance and caution before use. A careful visual inspection should be >enough. In addition, they ask that each of you pass this message along to all >members of your family and your friends of the potential danger. > >Recently, one doctor has narrated a somewhat similar >instance that hppened to one of his patients at the Priya Cinema in Delhi . A >younggirl, engaged and about to be married in a couple of months, was pricked >while the movie >was going on. The tag with the needle had themessage > >"Welcome to the > World of HIV family". > >Though the doctors told her family that it takes about 6 >months before the virus grows strong enough to start >damaging the system and a healthy victim could survive about 5-6 years,the >girl died in 4 months, perhaps more because of the "Shock thought". >We all have to be careful at public places, rest God help! Just think about >saving a life byforwarding this message. Please, take a few seconds of your >time to pass along. > >With Regards, Arvind Khamitkar, >I.A.S, Director of Medical & Research Div, Chennai. > >Rather than forwarding irrelevant mails, kindly pass this to every one. >Probably ur mail can help to savehim/her. > > Your Mail works best with the New Yahoo Optimized IE8. Get it NOW! http://downloads.yahoo.com/in/internetexplorer/
