The Wingham Advance-Times, 1988-02-02, Page 3I3.
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JACK MODEL, centre, .Huuon MPP' `and Ontario Minister of Agriculture sand e
grant payment to Howie(' Township Reeve Gerald D'Arcey, right, and Don preSe
Community Centre Board. The gran .'will go toward the Poirtnunib : ce . s ersiont of
IDS
Editor's note: The importance
concerning the public's educe
about AIRS cannot be overstat
The AIDS epidemic which is rap
spreading throughout the wo be of concern t® all of us
will take years to develop effect
m cal treatments and vaccin
mount a glottal program_ wh
v Ueffeetively contain: the dfsea
In the: meantime,' the need.
comprehensive information on
is great if our country is to
what has the potential to become
major epidemic and national orb
"AIDS Awareness" will be a regul
feature in this newspaper a
becomes onesmore vehicle
provide that information to o
readers. If you_ have a questlo
about AIDS, write to AID
Awareness, to Tempo Avenu
North York, Ontario, M2H 2N$.
My husband worked in Africa an
he says that the AIDS virus has be
found .In mosquitoes and cockroach-
es. Is this true?—Mrs. K., Ottaw
Ont. _ ,.
While it is true that the AIDS virus
has been found in: minute quantiti
in mosquitoes and cockroaches in
Africa, tinder no circumstances is
this considered a means of trans-
mission of the AIDS virus in Africa
or anywhere else in the world.
Mosquitoes only spread diseases
which use the insect as part of
disease's life cycle. Malaria, for
example, has to spend part of its life
in an anopheles mosquito in order to
mature, before the mosquito can
spread the disease.
Bloodborne diseases such as
syphilis, hepatitis and AIDS are not
spread by biting insects. Also,
mosquitoes don't go immediately
from person to person. A mosquito
willryusually bite and feed. about once ;
every 48 hours.
Even if the virus were there, it
would be in minute quantities and
would die before next bite. If
moa `t were mitring A
we would see Ma more rises af`
AIDS' � paw of the world
where osquitoe , ware. west Com -
.mon,
and in:all age and sex
tion
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illnesses are not "specific and
must encourage her to s
professional medical help. In .
cases, the symptoms you descri
your letter could be purely syiYip-
toms of s and -or other disea
althoughI not qualified to offer
any.Tnedical opmu n. If, as your
etersuggests,:y gtear is not
intravenoususer and has
been. a exually active, thechances
her'hiving AlDs are very remota
The following is a 1 ist of A
symptoms, but I repeat, this li
resembles the symptoms of. m
other diseases including stress. qui
professional doctor can diagn
AIDS or AIDS-related illnesses. T
ymptoins are:
-Unexplained, persistent fatigue
--Unexplained fever, shakin
chills,' or, drenching night swea
sting longer than several weeks.
--Unexplained weight loss greate
hen ten pounds which cannot
tributed to dieting.
-Swollen glands (enlarged lym
s usually in the neck, armpits o
groin) which are otherwise unex and last more than tw
onths.
Persistent diarrhea
Unexplained bleeding from any
y openieg or from growths on the
you skin or mucous r�embrane.
eek The following s�ymptoriis they
ost indicate specific conditions
be in ._,assoeiatedwith AIDS .
Pink to :purple :fiat or raised
ses, blotches or bumps occurring on or
under the\ skin, inside the mouth,
let -nose, eyelids orrectum
an. Persistent white spotsorunusual
not blemishes' in the mouth This is
of known as
"thrush" a thick,
whitish boating. inn tte' "tongue•or '<in
IDs the throat which May be ac-
st companied by a°sore tlyroat. .-
any –Persistent dry cough (which
y cannot be attributed to smoking)
ose which has lasted too long . to be
he caused by a common `'respiratory
infection, especially if accompanied
by shortness of breath:
g . –Headache, weakness and nuinb-
ts ness in arms or legs, poor concentra-
tion, confUsion.
r I must have: surgery In the next
be few weeks and I'm . looking for . a
hospital which ,toes not 'hive AIDS
..
ph patients. Can you reeomnieftd a
r hospital In my area? �-- J. N.
x- Edmonton, Alta.
o No, and I would not: There has
never been a case of a the
becoming infected 'with the Alps
virus through exptei re . in a health •
care setting. Your fears ate:totally
unfounded..•
.Tames Greig is a member of the
Canadian Public Health: AAsoeiation.
and the author`ef the book "AIDS:
What Every Responsj$le Canadian
Should Know".
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Mr tins brings to the festival 15
years of experience in all pets of
Organisational • and financial
Thanagement. He. has initiated
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ter several months of searc g,
applications being r eceived
across rna, .feel Harris has
en chosen as the new general
manager of the Blyth Festival. Carol
win, chairman Of the search
committee, made the announcement
rani. fir,
resl ili. for s
�a
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