Question 1

what is aids ?

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Decreased immunity: Aids stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. It is caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus), which can be contracted through exchange of bodily fluids such as semen, vaginal secretions, blood, and breast milk. Hiv/aids causes a progressive decline in the function of the immune system, which leave the body susceptible to life-threatening infections.

Question 2

what causes aids?

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Immune Destruction: Immune destruction caused by the death or weakening on the immune cells by a chronic infection caused by the HIV virus. At some point, usually years after infection, the immune system cannot keep up with the chronic destruction of its cells and weakens to  a point where it can no longer fight off infections, even simple ones.

Question 3

do aids get qured?

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Not typically: But the medications available today can keep it very well under control.

Question 4

how did aids start?

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Monkey blood: Most likely through contact with the blood of infected monkeys during the hunting and butchering process in africa.  In the latter half of the 20th century, improved transportation systems in africa allowed more travel within and outside of the continent, allowing it to spread beyond the small villages where it probably existed for decades before the actual aids pandemic began.

Question 5

what's aids cause by?

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HIV : This virus, which originated in central africa, is clearly the culprit.

Question 6

how can aids be treated?

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Antivirals: Proper treatment with antiviral medications has made living with HIV infection much easier.  I care for more than 250 HIV infected people and almost all are doing really well.  I go to my patients' funerals and over the past 10 years, there haven't been many at all.

Question 7

where did aids come from?

Accepted Answer

Monkey virus: It was passed from monkeys (probably chimpanzees) to humans through blood exposure in the process of hunting and butchering.  This occurred in sub-saharan africa in the early part of the 20th century.

Question 8

can children inherit aids?

Accepted Answer

? inherit ?: AIDS is not a genetic trait or condition you inherit. It is an infectious disease that a mother can pass to her baby during or after pregnancy. With proper prenatal care, doctors can limit that possibility to less than 5% transfer, while untreated cases transfer around 30% or more of the time.

Question 9

what are the tests for aids?

Accepted Answer

Blood test: for screening we usually do a blood test called:
HIV rapid screening test (antibody screening test)

Question 10

how do people contract aids?

Accepted Answer

Sex and drugs: By having unprotected sex (especially receptive anal or vaginal intercourse) with an infected partner or partner of unknown HIV status.  You can also get it by sharing needles or syringes if you're injecting drugs.

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