HIV and AIDS :: STD, HIV, AIDS

help/human immunodeficiency virusAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, come apart humpn as AIDS, is caused bythe incurable HIV virus. AIDS is a deadly disorder that deteriorates the immunesystem. There are two groups of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), HIV-1 thatoccurs throughout the world and HIV-2 that mainly occurs in Africa. The HIVvirus enters the exsanguine blood cells and takes over the reproductive system ofthat cell and uses the system to reproduce itself. The white blood cell diesand the new HIV cells infect some other white blood cells and repeat the process.The Person with the disease will eventually die because the white blood celldies off tottally.If you gravel proceed give with the AIDS disease you may not have eithersymptoms of the disease for the next ten years. People with the HIV virusnormally look and feel healthy and may not even know that they are infected.Even though they dont look or feel sick, they send away still infect others.When the sympt oms do start to happen they can be like the ones of manycommon sicknesses such as swollen glands, coughing, fever, and diarrhea. It is commonly characterized by severe weight departure and fatigue.The AIDS diseasemakes the less(prenominal) serious conditions harder for your body to control or suffer rid ofbecause of the loss of many of the white blood cells in your body. The mostcommon causes of expiry for the people with AIDS are pneumonia and Kaposissarcoma. Kaposis sarcoma which shows up as purple lesions on the skin andtumors known as B-cell lymphomas have affected 70% of the infected people.AIDS is transmitted in three main ways. Intimate familiar come across such ashaving vaginal, anal or oral conjure with someone who is infected with HIV is themost common. While direct contact with infected blood, like sharing needles forinjecting drugs, HIV also can be passed from an infected mother to her babyduring pregancy or childbirth. Although some people speculate, you cannot co p the disease from kissing on the cheek and it is very unlikely that youcould get HIV even from open mouth kissing, you also cannot get thedisease/virus from close hugging, touching, cuddling, and massages as long asthere isnt any open cuts or abrassions. HIV also cannot be contracted from utilize toilet seats,telephones, drinking fountains, straws, spoons, or cups ormosquitoes, air, food, water, coughs/sneezes, sweat or tears.AIDS is a life and death issue. To have the AIDS disease is a sentenceof slow but defininate death. There currently is no bring back or vaccine for thisdisease but there are drugs that have been proven effective in slowing the