If HIV/AIDS is such a killer?
414755
ok heres the BIG misunderstanding about aids...aids isnt a killer...what it does it this...aids will supress your bodies immune defense system to the point of where your body cant protect itself against anything..even the smalled infection could make someone with aids very very sick..as to where it wouldnt affect a non-aids person at all...so yea, aids isnt really a horrible disease its just it allows other things to kill you much faster and in much less amounts...
145860
No, mosquitoes cannot transmit AIDS. This is because in order for it to transfer, it would have to stay alive inside the mosquito, but it's block by it's salivary glands, so it's like, killed. This is the way for them to survive. Any mosquito that sucks an HIV positive blood, would completely kill the virus so it doesn't harm themselves. Learned this today in Science! I'm so proud I learned something!
185850
He still has AIDS or HIV, whatever, the thing is he's rich enough to afford the medicines he needs.  AIDS itself isn't fatal, it just makes it a lot easier for other diseases and infections to get in and kill a person.
1178526
technically speaking if the government can put money into research i am fairly certain a cure could be around the corner several woman from the ivory coast have become immune to the disease as well as i personally know one woman who's husband was infected she tried for years and never contracted AIDS i know it seems weird but she loved him very much and wanted to die with him ......they are still alive and kicking both of them she is AIDS and HIV free i would think they should study these people who have these natural immunities to see what is so different about them and develop a cure if me an average Jane knows about this i am sure scientists do as well and are working on it
830719
HIV effects each and every person that has it different, if a person takes care of them self then it is possible that they will live a life time and never get AIDS it dose not always mean death.  I have been hiv+ for 13 years i am on a drug cocktail without the cocktail i would live for another 13 years with the cocktail i would say that old age would get me before the virus  would.
297067
How about next to impossible?  Take into consideration, as others have said - HIV dies really quickly once it hits the air.\n\nCooking would absolutely kill the virus.  HIV does not survive above a temp of about 110 degrees.\n\nLastly, what kind of food is it?  Salt (which is in almost everything,) salad dressings, citrus, tomato, sugar, etc. would all kill the virus on contact.\n\nYou may have heard the story about people putting HIV+ blood in ketchup bottles.  That's a myth.  Even if the virus didn't die in the air, the vinegar, sodium and acids in the ketchup would kill HIV right away.\n\nThe only way to be infected would be if the blood was absolutely fresh, and you had a cut in your mouth, the virus didn't degrade from the food or your saliva, & the virus miraculously found it's way in.  Don't worry - food is safe!
15988
This really depends on who you mean by "educated people," if the educated person is a doctor or familiar with public health or medicine at all, then they probably don't think AIDS could never happen to them.  They would also tell you HIV/ AIDS rates are actually worse for black women, not homosexuals or prostitutes.\n\nI think maybe the better way to frame this question is "Why might some people think that HIV/AIDS could never happen to them?"  The simple answer to that question is that they are ignorant of the facts.  If a person doesn't know the trends of HIV/AIDS infection, then I would imagine it would be difficult for them to make an educated guess.\n\nAnother reason why people think that any disease or disaster could never happen to them is because that's human nature.  (i.e, Getting robbed?  That could never happen to me.  Getting a rare cancer?  That could never happen to me).  But the problem with HIV/AIDS is that given the trends and risks for contracting the disease is so real, that people should be made more aware of the issue.  Maybe you should consider writing an op-ed or opinion piece to your local newspaper about it, I bet it would really benefit alot of people.
1146623
Do you know anyone personally who has lived and died from HIV/AIDS?  I DO!  Not funny.... not funny at all.
278881
Not likely. First of all, HIV is not as easy to catch as everyone says, secondly, it's extremely fragile outside of its environment (the body) and dies very quickly.\n\n"HIV is a fragile virus requiring an environment of fluid and cells in order to remain alive and infectious. Outside of this environment, HIV will not survive."
347743
What exactly is your question, whether there are any?  there are people infected with HIV/AIDS everywhere
192523
ummm... if by ******** you mean sexual intercourse, then yes - HIV can be aquired by sex with someone who has it.
68875
Well, I think if you're still here, then somebody's doing something right, but that's really a question you should be asking a doctor, doll.\nUnfortunately, I am not familiar with the specifics of HIV or AIDS.  What I do know is that HIV can lead to AIDS, which stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.\nA deficient immune system is what would keep you from getting better if you did get sick, and would obviously be more likely to result in death.\nSo aside from the HIV-AIDS link there, I don't know what to tell you except ask a doc.
644216
yes it is. i don't remember any details by i heard a scientific report a few years back that basically said that the HIV virus needs the help of a vitamin (i forget which) to get into your cells. if i remember my biochemistry correctly, a virus is only a sort of capsule full of DNA. what it does is it attaches to a cell and feeds it the DNA, so that the cell turns into a virus factory, instead of continuing to fulfil its original function. if the cells aren't doing what they're suppose to be doing, you get sick and eventually die. \nso the virus can't actually do any harm until it can get into the cells and this vitamin opens a doorway. unfortunately, it is one of the vitamins the human body produces naturally. however, there are some people who do not produce this vitamin. they have some helth issues because of it, but because they don't have this vitamin in their body, the HIV virus cannot get into the cells and so they are immune to AIDS. they do however, carry the virus around with them and so they can pass it on.
797103
that would also be the most dangerous std for EVERYONE... which is AIDS because it is the most deadly & widespread STD in the world.
896983
Registered Nurse Here; HIV/AIDS, doesn't have a cure and can kill you.  Syphilis, if left untreated for like 20 to 30 years can kill you, for in the last stage of Syphilis, known as terterary it goes to the brain.  However in this day and age, it is rare that syphilis goes that far untreated, however it does happen.  No cure for HPV, could kill you but not likely. Causes cancer of the cervix, if left untreated, certainly the cancer secondary cause of a STD could kill you.   ALSO DEPNEDS ON WHO ONE GIVES A STD TO, FOR THE PERSON RECEIVING THE STD COULD KILL YOU.  LOL
895065
Hi buddy,\n\nThe HIV virus is a very fragile virus that gets easily killed on drying or contact with ordinary toilet soap or even very dilute spirit.The world wide fear of this infection is not because it gets easily transmitted or that its a tough virus to kill.Its just because the virus attacks the patient's immune system. Death in an HIV infected person comes in the form of other diseases that attack the person when his body's defence mechanisms are in a weak state.\n Human saliva is not demonstrated by research to contain enough load of virus as to cause infection to another person ingesting it. There is a theoretical possibility of the virus getting transmitted thru deep kissing, if the kisser has a mouth ulcer. The virus in that case has a (very small) chance to enter the body of the individual thru this open wound in the mouth. Still the virus may not survive the variable pH levels and salt concentrations of the human saliva.   And all the more, the probability of this type of  transmission is less than 0.01% . In day to day life that kind of probability is considered as ZERO chance...!  Hence we, healthcare workers don't consider saliva as a potential source of infection. Like wise, the chance of a mosquito transmitting the virus is somewhere near 0.004%..!!\n\nRegarding Web sources on AIDS, the United Nations' website is the ultimate knowledge bank ... Log on to www.unaids.org and find a wealth of info and links.\nAll the best.\nBye.
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AIDS is not the cause by a virus called HIV. In Fact, HIV has never been proven that been exists.