You would get HIV 1st, then it would develop into AIDS, right?
2006-06-24 07:36:42 · 10 answers · asked by J♥dida 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Right. Technically, AIDS is not sexually transmitted. The virus that causes it, HIV, is sexually transmitted, though.
2006-06-24 07:40:48 · answer #1 · answered by calivane07 3 · 11⤊ 2⤋
Much the same way that you need to catch a virus to get the flu, you need to get HIV to get AIDS.
HIV can be transmitted in many ways, so we do have to be careful. Here are some ways that it can be caught.
1. Unprotected Sex - women are more vulnerable than men in this retrospect due to the fact that the man's semen (a bodily fluid) remains inside the vagina (a mucus membrane) for a longer period of time. Oral sex, Anal sex are both dangerous as well.
2. Sharing needles - drug addicts sharing needles will share bodily fluids (blood) when sharing needles.
3. Between mother and child - through the placenta and the breastmilk.
You cannot catch HIV from going to the same bathroom, breathing the same air, or simply by touching someone with HIV.
HIV will develop into AIDS at a later point as the virus attacks the imune system.
2006-06-24 14:59:05 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right, but since there's no cure for HIV yet, it doesn't just go away. You might carry the virus for years and pass it on to others without even knowing you have it, but eventually it will turn into AIDS.
2006-06-24 19:44:27 · answer #3 · answered by NannyMcPhee 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The HIV Virus causes the disease known as AIDS
You dont get one without the other
2006-06-24 14:42:03 · answer #4 · answered by cat38skip 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
That's technically true. It's the same thing, AIDS is just an administrative term for when your CD4 count is under 200 or some othe marker. Whether or not you recover from that doesn't matter your clinical diagnosis is now AIDS instead of symptomatic or asymptomatic HIV.
In summary, they're the same thing, AIDS just marks the progression of the virus.
2006-06-25 02:36:57 · answer #5 · answered by gypsynuke 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes that's right. but HIV is the virus that causes aids
2006-06-24 20:18:06 · answer #6 · answered by just m 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes,hiv is the virus that will soon develop to aids.you can go years without knowing you have it.so know your status protect yourself and get tested.three people in my family have aids.2 of them found out about it to late.
2006-06-24 18:58:46 · answer #7 · answered by tender 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You can ge HIV from someone with AIDS (through sex, blood, etc. but not from just the air, or shaking hands.)
2006-06-24 14:43:16 · answer #8 · answered by billybetters2 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Right, and you can't catch a cold, only the viruses that are likely to give you a cold.
2006-06-24 14:41:41 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
right.
2006-06-24 14:41:59 · answer #10 · answered by Rachel 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋