2007-01-28 08:57:27 · 8 answers · asked by fashionfreak247 1 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
Yes.
In some places, including one area I work in, AIDS is sometimes referred to as the 'slim disease';
referring of course to the AIDS wasting syndrome, or the severe weight loss from some of the opportunistic infections.
2007-01-29 08:19:14 · answer #1 · answered by Blah? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aids Nicknames
2017-01-16 11:26:22 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AIDS is the nickname. It stands for:
Aquired
Immune
Deficency
Syndrome
2007-01-28 09:05:23 · answer #3 · answered by retrodragonfly 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
honey there is no nickname as such for hiv/aids
but yes if talkin in front of the patients, docs may use the term RVI or retroviral disease/infection to signify hiv infestion
2007-01-28 09:10:55 · answer #4 · answered by green&blue 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
isnt AIDS the nickname?
2007-01-28 09:04:51 · answer #5 · answered by joey 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
AIDS ?
thats all i know
2007-01-28 09:04:36 · answer #6 · answered by xhaleyxcopterx 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
not Kool
2007-01-28 09:08:01 · answer #7 · answered by love words there brain food 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I don't know but you get it from having "the gay".
2007-01-28 09:05:03 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋