Name the virus that causes AIDS. List any two ways through which this virus is transmitted from an infected person to a healthy person? (b) Is it right to blame a woman for the birth of a girl child? Justify your response with the help of a diagram.
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A Comprehensive Guide to HIV and AIDS
Medically reviewed by Joseph Vinetz, MD — Written by Ann Pietrangelo — Updated on November 6, 2020
What is AIDS?
HIV and AIDS
Transmission
Causes of HIV
Causes of AIDS
Diagnosis
Window period
Early symptoms
Symptoms
Rash
In men
In women
AIDS symptoms
Treatment
Medications
Prevention
Coping
Life expectancy
Vaccine
Statistics
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What is HIV?
HIV is a virus that damages the immune system. Untreated HIV affects and kills CD4 cells, which are a type of immune cell called T cell.
Over time, as HIV kills more CD4 cells, the body is more likely to get various types of conditions and cancers.
HIV is transmitted through bodily fluids that include:
blood
semen
vaginal and rectal fluids
breast milk
The virus isn’t transferred in air or water, or through casual contact.
Because HIV inserts itself into the DNA of cells, it’s a lifelong condition and currently there’s no drug that eliminates HIV from the body, although many scientists are working to find one.
However, with medical care, including treatment called antiretroviral therapy, it’s possible to manage HIV and live with the virus for many years.
Without treatment, a person with HIV is likely to develop a serious condition called the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, known as AIDS.
At that point, the immune system is too weak to successfully respond against other diseases, infections, and conditions.
Untreated, life expectancy with end stage AIDS is about 3 yearsTrusted Source. With antiretroviral therapy, HIV can be well-managed, and life expectancy can be nearly the same as someone who has not contracted HIV.
It’s estimated that 1.2 million Americans are currently living with HIV. Of those people, 1 in 7 don’t know they have the virus.
HIV can cause changes throughout the body.
Answer:
HIV virus causes aids.
Explanation:
by using infected hiv virus blades in barber shop .
by eating chicken which is infected by hiv virus