i want 2 know that what is 'AIDS' & HOW IT IS CAUSED???????????

Answer 1

it is called AIDS for short, that stands for Acquired Immunodifficiency Syndrome. you can contract aids by being in contact with an infected persons blood or body fluids (semen, vaginal fluid, breastmilk) it affects mainly your immune system, making it impossible for your body to fight off even the mildest cold. it is a huge problem and affects a great number of people in the world (not just homosexual men) if you have come in contact with blood or body fluid you should have an HIV test. HIV is the virus that causes full blown AIDS. however, it takes 6 months for your body to develop the anti-bodies to HIV, so if someone gets tested 2 months after unprotected sex with a person who has HIV or AIDS their test will be negative.

check out http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS for more information

p.s. md_gal is mistaken - there does NOT have to be an open wound! exposure to mucuous membranes such as vaginal tissue, opening the the eye or rectum could result in contraction of the HIV virus.

Answer 2

AIDS is a disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, better known by the acronym HIV.
AIDS (acronym) means Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It can also be written Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome
Acquired means that people get the disease from others who already have it.
Immune or Immuno- talks about the immune system. The immune system is the part of the body that fights infectious disease.
Deficiency means not enough. An immuno-deficiency is a problem where the immune system is damaged and cannot fight disease well.
Syndrome is a disease that makes many different problems in your body
HIV hurts the immune system. This is how the body fights infections. This is also how the body helps stop cancers. So people with HIV have more infections and cancers.
Not every person who has HIV has AIDS. When people first get HIV they are not very sick. They can be healthy for years. When they get sick from HIV is it called AIDS.

If someone has HIV they are called HIV positive.

Someone has AIDS if they have HIV and either:

Blood tests that show very low numbers of special cells that fight infections
AIDS defining illnesses (illness is another word for disease.)
Some AIDS defining illnesses are:

Kaposi's sarcoma – a cancer that usually is on the skin
CMV retinitis – a virus that infects the back of the eye
Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (acronym PCP) – an infectious disease of the lung. PCP is the most common infection in AIDS patients.
Toxoplasmosis – an infectious disease that can be in the brain
Invasive cervical cancer – this is cancer of the bottom part of a woman's uterus. Invasive means the cancer has spread.

There are medicines that help people with AIDS. These are called antiretroviral medicines (or antiretrovirals.) Anti- means against. HIV is a retrovirus. So antiretroviral means fights retroviruses.People with HIV/AIDS who take antiretroviral medicines live longer. They live more years without getting AIDS defining illnesses. But after a long time, the HIV virus learns how to fight the antiretrovirals. The HIV learns to not be killed by the medicines. HIV that learns this is resistant to the medicine. Then the resistant HIV hurts the immune system and the person gets AIDS

Answer 3

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a disease caused by viral infection (HIV). This is a chronic disease which currently has no cure! There are treatments (medications) out there to slow the progression of the disease and control the signs and symptoms.
The infection is acquired by Sexual contact, contact with open wound (needle stick pricks) Infected blood transfusions etc). This disease is not transmitted by sharing towels, casual contact, tears, urine or saliva....there should be open wound for penetration of the virus!
Once this disease is acquired the immune system is weakened thus, patients have multiple infections! Fungal, Bacterial, Viral etc etc....which eventually leads to death at an early age!

Answer 4

AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It is a condition where your immune system is unable to protect you against infects. One of the MANY causes of AIDS is the HIV virus, but there are many others.
HIV is the infection, AIDS is the condition.

Answer 5

AIDS is acqiured immune deficiency syndrome, which is a collection of infections which will affect ur immune system caused by HIV virus( human immunodeficiency virus), this virus is spreaded through the direct contact of a mucous membrane or the blood stream with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, presemenil fluid and breast milk..

This transmission can come in the form of anal, vaginal or oral sex, blood transfusion, contaminated hypodermic needles, exchange between mother and baby during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding, or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.

Answer 6

AIDS is a virus that attacks the immune system, causing the infected person to catch any contageous virus or sickness going around. It is caused by having sex with, sharing needles or blood with an infected person.

Answer 7

aquired immune defeciancy cendroms,caused only by doing unsafe sex with a patient of same precaution of condom is must if doing sex with a unknown person or otherwise

Answer 8

aids is a s,t,d it destroys your red cells and it never goes a way but try to eat healthy.

Answer 9

black people?