AIDS
AIDS(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)
is a deadly
disease for
which there is no cure. This disease was first
recognized in the
mid 1980's. The cause of AIDS is the HIV
virus, and is
most commonly spread by venereal routes or exposure
to contaminated
blood or blood products. This disease
weakens
the body's immune
system, allowing other diseases to occur.
The
most common
treatments available for this virus are the drugs
called AZT, DDI,
and DDC which interfere with HIV'S ability to
reproduce itself.
These are the only known ways to slow down the
production of the
virus.
This virus is spread through the exchange
of body fluids
{semen, blood,
and blood products} this virus can stay in the
body for as long
as a decade with no symptoms. People who
have
AIDS have to go
through a lot of complications and anxiety.The
most common
anxiety is that they have to go through their life
knowing that they
are going to die from this disease, another is
the pain and
suffering they know they will have to go through.
The difference
between HIV and AIDS is that HIV is the virus that
causes AIDS, and
AIDS is a disease of the immune system and
unfortunately at
this time there is no cure for.
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