2007-01-29 23:48:22 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome:
Acquired means you can get infected with it;
Immune Deficiency means a weakness in the body's system that fights diseases.
Syndrome means a group of health problems that make up a disease.
AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. If you get infected with HIV, your body will try to fight the infection. It will make "antibodies," special molecules to fight HIV.
A blood test for HIV looks for these antibodies. If you have them in your blood, it means that you have HIV infection. People who have the HIV antibodies are called "HIV-Positive."
2007-01-29 23:50:57 · answer #1 · answered by ♥..::Amy::..♥ 3 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
2007-01-29 23:51:10 · answer #2 · answered by cutiepie 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
2007-01-29 23:49:51 · answer #3 · answered by Nikkers 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aids is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome not to be confused with HIV which is the condition before aids sets in
2007-01-30 07:55:53 · answer #4 · answered by thunderchild67 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome
2007-01-29 23:51:45 · answer #5 · answered by darwin m 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acquired Deficiency Syndrome
2007-01-29 23:51:34 · answer #6 · answered by smiley 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Aids is a STD, which stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and it makes it very hard for someone to recover from illness, prevent illness. Aids comes after a person gets HIV, and as it progresses. HIV attacks the immune system, killing the helpful cells. HIV/AIDS shortens a person's lifespan.
2007-01-29 23:54:45 · answer #7 · answered by Andrea 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections, as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and candidiasis, to certain cancers, as Kaposi's sarcoma, and to neurological disorders: caused by a retrovirus and transmitted chiefly through blood or blood products that enter the body's bloodstream, esp. by sexual contact or contaminated hypodermic needles.
2007-01-29 23:51:15 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus HIV. Basically, HIV knocks out your immune system so your body can no longer fight simple infections & diseases (which is why it is call 'Acquired' IDS).
2007-01-29 23:53:34 · answer #9 · answered by Well, said Alberto 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome.
2007-01-29 23:52:09 · answer #10 · answered by Faithful 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋