what is aids?

Answer 1

AIDS

Definition

Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the final and most serious stage of the disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. Symptoms begin when an HIV-positive person presents a CD4-cell (also called T cell, a type of immune cell) count below 200. AIDS happens concurrently with numerous opportunistic infections and tumors that are normally associated with the HIV infection.

The most common neurological complications of AIDS involve opportunistic infections of the brain such as progressive multifocal leucoencephalopathy (PML) and meningitis, other opportunistic infections such as herpes zoster (shingles), peripheral neuropathy, depression, and AIDS-related dementia.

Answer 2

Kert people can be right B***ard's and ignorant when it comes to topics like Aid's. Some people think you can get it from physical contact. Recently i was asked by a person i worked with why i did not give blood i informed them that i cannot give blood because gay people are not allowed. Another person who i no longer talk to said to us Gay men are not allowed to give blood because they all have Aid's. He went on to say that It was Natures way of sorting us out. Ignorance like this is pathetic and unfortunately it will stay until people are educated on the matter and treat us all equally. I work as a social care worker in Ireland and I've had my fair share of homophobic comments from the kids i work with and there families, even teachers at school, and like you I have helped people pass on. Its a hard thing to do and you should be commended for it. Don't let this person get you down or pissed off if he (I'm going to persume its a him) is your friend or whatever and you want him to stay in your life talk it out with him. But don't let him get to you!!! You are right though he is a Phucker

Answer 3

Aids stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. People with HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) can look and feel well.

As the virus attacks the immune system, an infected person will be open to a large number of illnesses. This means there are a wide variety of symptoms.

HIV usually leads to Aids, which is diagnosed when a person has developed one of several opportunistic diseases associated with the virus as well as underlying immune problems.

The diseases include pneumonia, Kaposi's sarcoma - a form of purplish skin cancer not normally seen in young people before the advent of Aids - and dementia.

Answer 4

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

Answer 5

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome?

Answer 6

A = acquired, which means not from heredity. I =immuno, means control; D = deficiency, means reduced, S =syndrome, means symptoms. In short it means that the patient's body has acquired (obtained) some viral (known as HIV) by which his resistance to all diseases (including ordinary cough) is reduced, which can not be made up by any medicines.

Answer 7

aids is a disease you catch from sexual intercourse or sharing of a needle and it is a disease that kills. usually it takes a couple years until you actually die but it depends. aids all started in Africa and somehow this disease jumped from an animal to people. also if a woman that has aids gives birth that child will have that disease too.

Answer 8

Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a retrovirus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS, a condition in humans in which the immune system begins to fail, leading to life-threatening opportunistic infections). Previous names for the virus include human T-lymphotropic virus-III (HTLV-III), lymphadenopathy-associated virus (LAV), and AIDS-associated retrovirus (ARV).

Answer 9

It basically destroys your body's white blood cells and immune system so that your body can't fight infection and disease. A simple cold could kill you.

You can get it from sex, passed fluids (you use a needle of someone esle who has it), or you can inherit it from your mother. Druggies tend to get AIDS from using needles.

Answer 10

it is a disease-it first came as proven from green monkeys in Africa-which a male guy had sex with and brought it back to the USA in the early 1980's-it ravaged the homosexual world and those who shared needles with them in drug shooting-blood to blood contact as well as sexual blood to blood.

today it has crossed into the sexual world male and female too and in africa is more devisting to males and femalse due to lack of believing in Jesus and marriage.

it breaks down ones immune system coming in the form of HIV and turns into full blown aids when not treated.

John 3 is the antidote-repenting of sins and letting Jesus into ones heart to forgive and help them, and become their friend. Works for me happily and I have shared Jesus with many dying of Aids-most at that point will listen and pray to come to Jesus.