WHAT IS AIDS AND HIV? | THIS BLOG WILL CURE WORLD FROM AIDS.

3/2/07

WHAT IS AIDS AND HIV?

1. AIDS stands for Acquired (not inborn, but passed from person to person, including from mother to baby) ; Immune (relating to the body’s immune system , which provides protection from diseases caused by bacteria/viruses/ fungi); Deficiency (lack of response by the immune system to bacteria/viruses/fungi/caner cells); Syndrome (a number of signs and symptoms indicating a particular disease or condition.
2. A virus called HIV (Human Inmuno deficiency Virus) which attacks and over time, destroys the body’s immune system, causes AIDS.
3. A HIV infected person has AIDS when the virus has done enough damage to the immune system to allow other infections and cancers to develop.
4. These infections, cancers etc., make the person ill and lead to his/her death . At present , there is no vaccine or satisfactory treatment/cure for AIDS .

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