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Government health panel calls for all Americans aged 15-65 to be tested for HIV - WHAT?!
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[quote:Anonymous Coward 1110734:MV8yMDU3NzkzXzM0NjM0NzE3X0M2QTE4MkNF] I appreciate the OP. She often makes very intelligent posts. Let's not jump to conclusions, or stigmatize this illness as being any different than say Diabetes. For example, we think that a huge number of people don't realize they have Type 2 Diabetes. Because it can cause a lot of circulatory issues as well as the original issues of blood sugar excess, it would be far better for people to know and then treat it. Much could be done with diet and exercise. The same thing is true about breast cancer. Or heart disease. There's many many illnesses that if we knew we had them, then we could start dealing with them earlier. A stitch in time, saves nine. Certain diseases are communicable as well. For example, there's a lot of older folk that had tuberculosis when they were young. It cocoons off in their lungs and goes dormant. Then many decades later, when they're weakened and their immune system declines, it becomes infectious again. Unless we routinely test incoming patients in nursing homes for it, then we won't know if they have it, and potentially infect all the patients (with depressed immune system function) plus the staff. Yeah, I'm not a fan of government panels or socialized medicine. Let's go back to Diabetes. If a patient has Type 1 Diabetes, and each day the family would check their loved one for sores on their feet, and massaged their legs to improve their circulation, then many might not get amputations as early. This would mean a return to families doing a little preventaive care, instead of relying upon doctors and nurses to check for it. Since on average a doc spends 10 minutes at most on a visit due to managed care, then wouldn't you rather be part of the solution and help your family's health care, then be at the mercy of specialists and the rarity of an actual visit? Months could go by, and then the loss of a limb. With all of the new people getting health care, and no additional increase in medical staff, won't that potentially mean less opportunity to spend time being examined? It's logical since the same number is being asked to watch over more. This means being proactive. If you knew so many STDs were not detected because the infection is asymptomatic (no change in bodily functions in many cases) and since so many people have affairs, then doesn't it makes sense if you've ever been promiscuous to be tested? Many states have this built in with blood tests for marriage, but many people never get married. Maybe they're in commited relationships, but in their youth the preponderance had some sex before, so some may have acquired Herpes Simples Type 2, and therefore they may have infected their loved one today. Being proactive is about considering your symptoms and reading from authoritative places like emedicine.com and then seeing if maybe you have an issue with mold, carpal tunnel syndrome, Lyme disease, it goes on and on. Getting tested is about being considerate. [/quote]
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All Americans aged 15 to 65 should be tested for HIV, a government health panel has recommended.
According to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an estimated 200,000 people nationwide don't realise they are infected with the virus that can cause AIDS.
Officials said the new draft recommendation is aimed at preventing those people from infecting others or developing AIDS themselves.
If finalised, private insurers would have to pay for the test.
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