Q: i want to know what is the difference between being hiv positive and having full blown aids?

HIV+ & AIDS: Hiv+ means the virus has invaded a person's body & is in their cells. Aids means the virus has caused often irreversible damage to that person. Aids means the person is very ill and can die from even the simplest infection. Hiv+ people, with early treatment can often live normal lives with the virus for decades.

Q: what is the difference of hiv and aids?

Infection vs disease: Hiv = human immunodeficiency virus aids = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome . You get aids only if you were infected with hiv. However, there are other immunodeficiency syndromes that are rare and unassociated with hiv.

Q: what are the differences between hiv and aids?

CD4 count, illnesses: Hiv (human immunodeficiency virus) is the virus that causes aids (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The amount of cd4+ t cells decreases over the course of HIV infection. When the CD4 count falls below 200 cells/mm3, the patient is considered to have aids. Also, if the patient has an "aids defining illness, " such as pcp (a type of pneumonia), they are considered to have progressed to aids.

Question 1

what is the difference between aids and hiv in gays?

Accepted Answer

Virus v disease: Aids is the manifestation of advanced HIV infection. The HIV virus destroys certain immune cells, cd4+ t-cells, and when those t-cell numbers get too low, the infected person begins to get unusual illnesses. This syndrome of illnesses is called aids. Straight people get HIV too.

Question 2

what's the difference between being hiv positve and having aids?

Accepted Answer

AIDS=advanced stage: Being hiv+ means you have HIV infection, the name of the overall condition.  If your HIV remains untreated, you will eventually progress to aids, which means you either have a CD4 count below 200 or have developed one of many "aids-defining" opportunistic conditions.  There's no reason someone with HIV should ever have to develop aids anymore.

Question 3

what is the difference between hiv and full-blown aids?

Accepted Answer

Virus v disease: Aids is the manifestation of advanced HIV infection. The HIV virus destroys certain immune cells, cd4+ t-cells, and when those t-cell numbers get too low, the infected person begins to get unusual illnesses. This syndrome of illnesses is called aids.

Question 4

need advice on what is the the difference between hiv and aids?

Accepted Answer

Infection severity: There are several differences between HIV and aids.  Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that causes progressive destruction of the immune system.  As the immune system declines, a person can get one of 20+ opportunistic infections associated with acquired immund deficiency syndrome (aids).  A person can also have aids if their CD4 or t-cell count (marker of immune function) is.

Question 5

is there any difference between people with hiv and people with aids?

Accepted Answer

Yes: Hiv is a virus.  You have it or you don't.  You can be infected with HIV and have a normally functioning immune system, either because the infection isn't active or it's controlled by medicines.  If you have aids you have an immune system that's not working.  You don't have aids unless you have the characteristic dysfunctional immune system, even if you are infected with the virus.

Question 6

i want to know what is the difference between hiv and aids and what are they?

Accepted Answer

Virus vs syndrome: Hiv is the human immunodeficiency virus.  Without diagnosis and treatment, this virus slowly destroys a person's cellular immune response, predisposing the patient to infections, certain malignant tumors, and dementia.  Aids is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.  Aids is the group of illnesses caused by hiv.  Hiv is the cause of the condition aids.

Question 7

i want to know what is the difference between people with hiv and people with aids?

Accepted Answer

Infection severity: There are several differences between HIV and aids.  Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is the virus that causes progressive destruction of the immune system.  As the immune system declines, a person can get one of 20+ opportunistic infections associated with acquired immund deficiency syndrome (aids).  A person can also have aids if their CD4 or t-cell count (marker of immune function) is <200.

Question 8

i want to know what is the difference between being hiv positive and having full blown aids?

Accepted Answer

HIV+ & AIDS: Hiv+ means the virus has invaded a person's body & is in their cells. Aids means the virus has caused often irreversible damage to that person. Aids means the person is very ill and can die from even the simplest infection. Hiv+ people, with early treatment can often live normal lives with the virus for decades.

Question 9

what is the difference of hiv and aids?

Accepted Answer

Infection vs disease: Hiv = human immunodeficiency virus
aids = acquired immunodeficiency syndrome .  You get aids only if you were infected with hiv.  However, there are other immunodeficiency syndromes that are rare and unassociated with hiv.

Question 10

what are the differences between hiv and aids?

Accepted Answer

CD4 count, illnesses: Hiv (human immunodeficiency virus) is the virus that causes aids (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). The amount of cd4+ t cells decreases over the course of HIV infection. When the CD4 count falls below 200 cells/mm3, the patient is considered to have aids. Also, if the patient has an "aids defining illness, " such as pcp (a type of pneumonia), they are considered to have progressed to aids.

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