| AIDS is an acronym for Acquired
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| | stages of HIV--AIDS. Severe chest
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| Immunodeficiency Syndrome it causes a
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| | infections with high fever are common and
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| destruction of the immune system. It is
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| | survival rate is above 70% but decrease
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| the most advanced stage of the HIV virus
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| | with each recurrence.
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| (HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency
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| | A person is diagnosed with AIDS when he
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| Virus). AIDS is defined by the Centers for
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| | she has one or more positive HIV screening
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| Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) as
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| | and the presence of an AIDS defining
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| the presence of a positive HIV antibody
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| | condition. Some of the common conditions
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| test and one or more of the illnesses
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| | include but are not limited to:
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| known as opportunistic infections.
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| | Meningitis, Encephalitis, Dementia,
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| The HIV virus, type 1 or 2 is widely known
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| | Pneumonia, Kaposi sarcoma, and Lymphoma.
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| to be the cause of AIDS. HIV breaks down
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| | There is also a blood test called an
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| and attacks your T cells so your body is
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| | Immune Profile that can be done. This test
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| unable to defend itself against different
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| | is used to measure the loss of immunity
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| infections. The HIV virus also attacks
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| | and help decide on the best treatment.
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| your peripheral nervous system, this
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| | There is a test that is rarely used due to
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| causes nerve and muscle pain, especially
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| | its high cost, it is known as a Viral
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| in the feet, legs, and hands.
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| | Load: This test detects the virus itself,
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| HIV is spread through direct contact with
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| | and also measures the amount of HIV in the
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| semen or blood of an individual that is
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| | blood. It shows how quickly the HIV
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| infected. This can be transferred in many
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| | infection is likely to advance. A high
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| ways the most common is unprotected sexual
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| | viral load suggests that the person may
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| intercourse. Other means of infection are
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| | progress rapidly to AIDS.
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| infected blood transfusions, mother to
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| | Although there is no cure for AIDS there
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| infant (at time of birth, or through
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| | are medical treatments that aide in
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| breast milk), sharing needles with an
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| | prolonging, and maintaining the best
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| infected person, and rarely a healthcare
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| | quality of life possible. These include
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| worker that gets pricked with an infected
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| | two nucleoside inhibitors, lamivudine and
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| needle.
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| | zidovudine. Actual treatment plans will
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| Often people who are infected with HIV
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| | vary with each patient, along with the
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| have few symptoms and in some cases there
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| | physical aspect of this disease. The
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| are none. Other times, symptoms of HIV are
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| | psychological side has to be addressed in
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| confused with other illnesses such as the
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| | order for a treatment plan to be
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| flu. This may be severe, with swollen
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| | effective.
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| glands in the neck and armpits, tiredness,
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| | The easiest way to escape contracting this
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| fever and night sweats. This is where as
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| | disease is to avoid the risk factors that
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| much as 9 out of 10 of the infected
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| | you are in control of. Such as:
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| individuals will develop AIDS. At this
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| | unprotected sex, not sharing a needle,
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| point the person may feel completely
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| | and if you are in the healthcare field be
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| healthy and not even know that he/she has
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| | sure to use all precautions necessary to
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| the virus. The next stage begins when the
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| | avoid an accidental prick from a possible
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| immune system starts to break down and the
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| | infected needle (remember that in this
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| virus becomes more aggressive in damaging
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| | diseases early stages it is common for the
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| white cells. Several glands in the neck
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| | person not to even know they are
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| and armpits may swell and stay swollen for
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| | infected). Today AIDS is the fifth leading
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| an extended period of time without any
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| | cause of death among all adults aged 25 to
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| explanation. As this disease progresses
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| | 44 in the United States. Among
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| boils or warts may spread over the body.
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| | African-Americans in the 25 to 44 age
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| They may also feel tremendously tired,
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| | group, AIDS is the leading cause of death
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| night sweats, high fevers, chronic
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| | for men and the second leading cause of
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| diarrhea, and they may lose a considerable
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| | death for women. Our society needs to
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| amount of their body weight. Most cases
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| | become aware that by not protecting
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| have shown thrush as a symptom as well. At
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| | ourselves we are killing ourselves and
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| this point the person is in the final
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| | that this has to stop.
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