A.I.D.S.
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome A.I.D.S., also known as Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, is a disorder of the body's immune system. In A.I.D.S. the body stops producing some of its important natural defenses against disease. Victims often die from disease of infections they cannot fight. A.I.D.S is the result of an infection known as HIV, human immunodeficiency virus. A person with HIV gradually loses function of their immune system, becoming less able to fight off common colds and virus, thus eventually leading to death. HIV was first revealed in the early 80's in homosexual men. Infection with HIV does not necessarily mean that a person does have A.I.D.S. A person can be HIV positive for years without developing illnesses that are associated with the A.I.D.S. disease. HIV is characterized by a gradual deterioration of the immune system. Cells known as T-Helper cells are disabled and killed during the course of the infection. These cells play an important part in the human body because they signal other cells to perform The AIDS epidemic is growing very rapidly among minority populations and is a
prevention programs have had only limited success. to circumstances such as contaminated blood, but mistakes like this should not be cancers are usually more aggressive and difficult to treat in people with AIDS. One such something that just happens, an accident. People should either abstain from having sex or use latex condoms, which may people fail to understand. They think that it is spread like the common cold. symptoms. HIV also is spread through contact with infected blood. Before blood was
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