menu search
brightness_auto
Ask or Answer anything Anonymously! No sign-up is needed!
more_vert
What is AIDS, its symptom and organ affected by it?

4 Answers

more_vert
AIDS is Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome which is caused by HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus.

This virus affects the immune system of the human. Human body becomes vulnerable to any other bacterial, fungal or other viral infections.

HIV is treated with HAART Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy which only slow down the progress of the disease.
thumb_up_off_alt 0 like thumb_down_off_alt 0 dislike
more_vert
The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), a chronic, potentially fatal disease (HIV). HIV impairs your body's ability to resist disease - causing organisms by destroying your immune system.

HIV is a sexually transmitted illness that affects both men and women (STI). It can also be passed from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth or breastfeeding by contact with infected blood. It could take years without medicine for HIV to damage your immune system to the point where you develop AIDS. Although there is no cure for HIV/AIDS, there are drugs that significantly decrease the disease's course. In many developed countries, medications have lowered AIDS death. HIV and AIDS symptoms differs depending on the stage of the infection.

Infection form the start (Acute HIV )within a month or two of the virus entering the body, most people infected with HIV suffer a flu like disease. Primary or acute HIV infection is a short term sickness that can last a few weeks.

The following are examples of possible indications and symptoms:- 

Fever

Headache

Rash

Muscle Pain

Joint Pain

Painful oral sores and sore throat

Lymph glands swollen, mostly in the neck. 
thumb_up_off_alt 0 like thumb_down_off_alt 0 dislike
more_vert
AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) is a viral infection caused by the HIV virus. Symptoms include fever, fatigue, weight loss, and opportunistic infections. It affects the immune system and can damage various organs over time.
thumb_up_off_alt 0 like thumb_down_off_alt 0 dislike
more_vert
AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the name used to describe a number of potentially life-threatening infections and illnesses that happen when your immune system has been severely damaged by the HIV virus.
thumb_up_off_alt 0 like thumb_down_off_alt 0 dislike
Welcome to Answeree, where you can ask questions and receive answers from other members of the community.
...