what is AIDS?!
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What Is AIDS?
AIDS is short for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. It isn't a disease itself; rather it is a condition or syndrome in a person's body that has been weakened by the HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HIV is found in blood and sexual fluids and spread mainly through unprotected sexual contact and the sharing of IV drugs.
The problem is immunodeficiency. When a person becomes infected with HIV, it damages their immune system making it "deficient" and unable to protect them. Their immune system is no longer able to effectively fight off the many germs and pathogens that a normal person comes in contact with and does not get sick.
A person infected with HIV becomes ill from diseases that normally do not affect someone without HIV. When we see someone with one of these diseases, we know HIV is probably responsible, and the person may be diagnosed with AIDS.
It can take HIV many years to damage someone's immune system enough to make them vulnerable to diseases called opportunistic infections, OIs. These infections take the "opportunity" to invade because the immune system cannot fight them off. This happens as HIV slowly, but surely, invades a specific immune cell(the CD4 T-cell) and uses it's genetic material to reproduce itself, which then in turn kills the CD4 T-cell. The immune system gets weaker as CD4 T-cells die and the amount of HIV in the body increases.
The HIV infected person may not have any symptoms of disease during this time. This is called the "asymptomatic period." It can last up to 10 years for some people. During this time the person's CD4 T-cell count is watched closely to guide treatment. Once it goes below 200, the person is diagnosed with AIDS. There is no cure for AIDS, however there are now treatments to control it.
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AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. It is the disease that develops from HIV or Human Immune Virus. Many people think that AIDS kills you, but in reality it doesn't. It attacks your T-cells and makes it easy for something as simple as a cold to kill you, because your body can't fight it off.
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