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AIDS
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hearing about AIDS for two years. It
didn’t really scare me until recently,
when my boyfriend told me about his
HTLV-III test being positve. Then I
heard somebody had died that I
knew, and that’s when I thought, ‘Oh,
I really better start changing.’ ”
HTLV—III is a virus that has been
linked to AIDS, but has been found in
some healthy homosexual men. Why
some people develop the illness and
others do not is not yet clear.
This virus has made possible the
development of blood tests that will
indicate exposure to the AIDS virus.
Also, it helps blood banks determine
if a donor can be used.
Wallace says the Department of
Health is now giving the test because
it gives people a chance to go some
where else besides blood banks.
“The HTLV—III test is not an
AIDS test,” Wallace says. “It’s just a
way to help determine if a person has
been exposed. If someone takes the
test and it is positive, the exposed vic
tim should do everyting possible not
to spread the virus. If the test comes
out negative, the person should plan
for keeping it this way by using safe
sex techniques.”
Noah says the health department
works with the state health depart
ment in helping AIDS victims.
“Mr. Wallace comes from Austin
and together we both go and see the
physician and the patient in terms of
his disease and anyone else involved,”
Noah says. “We are responsible for
the epidemiology aspects of disease —
who else will be affected.”
Mahnke says when the two cases of
AIDS were reported at St. Joseph
Hospital, people in the hospital were
concernea about having contact with
the AIDS patients.
“At first, they were concerned
about even going into the room,”
Mahnke says. “But now they know the
precautions that need to be taken are
very simple. We take the same kind
for hepatitus.
“In the role of a counselor, I try to
help the patient manage a problem
that may terminate in death. I give
him what information is available in
trying to get him to change his behav
ior in terms of protecting people he
will come in contact with.”
The three A&M students say AIDS
literature dealing with safe sex tech
niques is abundant.
“The AIDS foundation in Houston
distributes this pamphlet that is very
blunt about what you can do and can
not do,” one says. “It’s part of the Play
Safe
Campaign,
imrs of nui
Rather than have
drawings of human beings, it has
igs,
drawings of bears and rabbits in the
literature.”
Another student says, “The Play
Safe Campaign advocates safe sex
practices. In other words, it tells you
what you can’t do or shouldn’t do be
cause it will increase your chance of
getting AIDS.”
The third student says, “The gay
community is very aware of the prob-
“The thing that concerns
me most is that in . . .
Bryan-College Station,
people will have these
symptoms biit not come
and get checked. ” — Alan
Noah, a Brazos County
Health Department rep
resentative.
lem and is trying to help fight the dis
ease. The Play Safe Campaign has a
beef-cake calendar — guys in bikinis.
The organization sells the calendars
and the money goes to AIDS re
search.”
The time interval between expo
sure to the cause of AIDS and the ap
pearance of the first sign or symptom
may be up to two years. An individual
may experience symptoms such as
swollen lymph nodes, low grade per
sistent fever, night sweats, unex
plained and substantial weight loss,
shortness of breath, extreme tired
ness, malaise, persistent diarrhea (a
month or longer), recurring rashes
and infections.
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Noah says these signs and symp
toms do not necessarily mean a per
son has AIDS, but the person should
get checked if the symptoms persist.
“The thing that concerns me most
is that in an environment like Bryan-
College Station, people will have tnese
symptoms but not come and get
checked,” he says. “In a small town
there is a lot of discrimination against
gays. I realize I would probably get a
greater response, but people are
afraid to come into a public health de
partment because of the fear some
one will see them.”
The A&M students say the GSS
does not officially discourage taking
the H TLV—III test, hut they do dis
courage it on the advice of the KS
Foundation in Houston.
“The reason is the fact, number
one, it doesn’t really tell you if yo u
have AIDS or not,” one member says
“Number two, if you are seen taking
the test, then you’re labeled as a ho
mosexual and it may he used against
you.”
One member says that he feels dis
criminated against because he is gay
and thus more susceptible to AIDS.
“People complained at work,’ he
says. “They didn’t want to shop where
I work because they knew 1 was ga)
and they were afraid I would give
them AIDS.”
Mahnke says the opposite is true.
“A nurse, doctor or anyone isn’t m
jeopardy when around an AIDS vic
tim,” Mahnke says. “It’s more that we
are a fear.to them because all their im
munities are gone and we carry viru
ses.”
Four high-risk groups have been
identified so far:
• homosexual or bisexual men,
• intravaneous drug users,
• recent Hatian immigrants,
• hemophiliacs.
Groups, in which AIDS has oc
curred but in which the degree of risl
is not yet known, include female se*
partners of people witli AIDS, chm
dren of mothers with AIDS and male
prison inmates.
“The average life span for these
cases is around IS months, but it va
ries depending on the type of dis
ease," Wallace says. “The 12,256cases
of AIDS that have been reported is a
staggering number. It doesn’t haveto
be so large if people would practice
safe sex techriques.”
Noah asks, “Isn’t it scary to think
that this disease is so widespread in
the population that it has the poten
tial of becoming an epidemic?
“Now it can be transmitted to the
female population by having sex with
bisexual males. It has the capability o’
reaching major proportions. ”
For some homosexuals, AIDS
doesn’t seem to be reality — yet.
“You hear about it over and over
again in the media, so you become
used to it," one homosexual student
says. “I know 1 hadn’t thought se
riously about it until a person close to
me died. For a few days I was really
upset. Sometimes I sit and think, My
God, I wonder if I’ve got it?’ ”
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