2007-04-25 06:13:38 · 9 answers · asked by Dia 3 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
ten years ago i was diagnosed with HIV. that meant i had the virus that attacks your immune system. two years ago i was diagnosed with aids ,that meant the virus had taken such a toll on my immune system that my body had not been able to fight off infections that a person with a normal immune system would be able to. so at one time, my immune system became so weak that i got very sick. now my immune system is back to normal. but once you are aids defined you stay aids defined.
2007-04-25 07:03:45 · answer #1 · answered by torilynn242000 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
HIV is a virus: Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It is transmitted via blood, semen, vaginal secretions, and breast milk. Once a person has been infected with the virus he/she is considered to be HIV+.
AIDS is a syndrome: Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome. A syndrome is a cluster of symptoms that characterize a disease. In this case, it might be the development of certain infections due to HIV attacking the immune system.
AIDS is merely the clinical diagnosis of the progression of HIV in a body. Once someone with HIV has battled a few opportunistic infections and his/her blood work shows CD4 cells below 200 (health adult CD4 count runs about 600-1000+), then a doctor will make an AIDS diagnosis. No matter how healthy one becomes after an AIDS diagnosis, no matter how high the CD4 count, once AIDS, always AIDS.
2007-04-25 17:32:29 · answer #2 · answered by tdb_at_asp 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HIV is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus that causes AIDS - Aquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.
There is a set group of symptoms that have to be present to be said to have AIDS, I think. Having AIDS means you have the HIV virus in your body. But having the virus doesn't mean you have AIDS yet - only that you are HIV-positive, and could develop AIDS at some point.
2007-04-25 13:23:43 · answer #3 · answered by Ralfcoder 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. You can be HIV positive and yet not develop Aids. Unfortunatly you can spread the virus with out having yet developed Aids.
2007-04-25 13:19:49 · answer #4 · answered by GI 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus - its just a virus and AIDS stands for Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome - its a disease. People can have the virus but still not have the disease. It takes on an average about 7-10 years to have the disease after getting infected with the virus.
2007-04-25 13:19:43 · answer #5 · answered by spring 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. If you have AIDS, it means you are sick. If you have HIV it just means that the virus is in your body. You may not be sick, but you could pass it on to others, and you may eventually develop the symptoms of full-blown AIDS.
2007-04-25 13:19:21 · answer #6 · answered by MOM KNOWS EVERYTHING 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
HIV is considered AIDS when your white blood cell count falls below a certain level.
2007-04-25 14:28:25 · answer #7 · answered by New York 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Aids is a disease which there is no cure for (yet), and HIV is a virus. They are both bad, but only one can be cured.
2007-04-25 13:53:47 · answer #8 · answered by jnicole.x3 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
hiv is the virus and aids is the disease
2007-04-25 13:45:34 · answer #9 · answered by marinewifey_05 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋