The Ministry of Defense explained the conditions of fitness for people with HIV and tuberculosis
Kyiv • UNN
People with asymptomatic HIV or stable disease can serve in the Armed Forces. Persons with immune subcompensation are only suitable for rear service, and those with decompensation are unfit.
The fitness for military service for people with HIV depends on the stage of the disease. People with asymptomatic HIV or stable disease are fit for military service. This was stated by the spokesman of the Ministry of Defense Dmytro Lazutkin during a telethon, UNN reports .
Lazutkin commented on the post of MP Oleksandr Fediyenko in which he states that due to the updated order of the Ministry of Defense No. 402, the Armed Forces began to mobilize people with hearing impairments, mental illnesses, HIV and tuberculosis.
Here, we must proceed from the fact that the main criterion for fitness for military service is the functionality of a person, which is determined in accordance with the regulations. This means that each case is assessed separately depending on the state of health and the specifics of the disease
Lazutkin explained that for people with HIV or tuberculosis, fitness for service is assessed based on the extent to which the disease affects their ability to perform military tasks.
The fitness for military service for people with HIV depends on the stage of the disease. Asymptomatic carriage or stable condition is one thing, people with asymptomatic HIV or stable disease are fit for military service. This means that they have the right to defend their country and can do so
According to him, people with HIV at the stage of immune subcompensation are suitable for service in rear units only where there is no need to perform combat missions.
Immune decompensation is the third story, people whose HIV has led to decompensation are not fit for military service and are subject to exclusion from military registration,” said Lazutkin. According to him, there are also clear criteria for people with tuberculosis, and the Health Department has prescribed them very carefully. “Active tuberculosis of at least the lungs with mycobacterial secretions or the presence of lung tissue decay - this definitely automatically makes a person unfit for military service
For reference
HIV infection is a socially dangerous infectious disease that develops as a result of infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), long-term persistence of HIV in lymphocytes, macrophages and nervous tissue cells. The disease is characterized by progressive dysfunction of the immune, nervous, lymphatic and other systems of the body. According to modern concepts, HIV infection is an incurable disease, has a long chronic course and, in the absence of effective therapy , ends in the patient's death.
- Through the blood - when blood or other biological fluids containing blood (semen, vaginal discharge, breast milk) from an HIV-infected person gets into a healthy person. Most often, this route is realized through injecting drugs with dirty syringes and needles that have already been used by other people.
- Sexually - during unprotected sex, regardless of whether it is vaginal, oral or anal sex.
- Due to the transmission of the virus from an HIV-infected mother to her child during pregnancy, childbirth and breastfeeding.
The risk of infection increases during breastfeeding, severe maternal illness, and difficult childbirth. After the acute stage of HIV infection is over, an asymptomatic period develops that lasts 8-10-12 years: for the most part, a person feels healthy and leads a normal life, although lymph nodes periodically swell and colds often appear.
Such people are carriers of HIV and pose the greatest threat to their sexual and injecting partners, and cannot donate blood and organs. The virus, which has been in the body all this time, constantly attacks the cells of the immune system, the so-called CD4 lymphocytes, which protect the body from invasion by microorganisms (bacteria, viruses, fungi, etc.).
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MP Anna Skorokhod stated that doctors at military medical commissions are instructed to recognize men liable for military service as fit for military service. There are also cases when TCCs form listsaccording to which certain people are not served with calls.
