hi wat do u guys know bout aids?
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It can be transmitted by any body fluid in a number of different ways. Sex, sharing needles, etc. Some people respond to drug treatment better than others. Sooner they catch and treat it, the better you chances to live longer. Not cure for it yet.
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almost all with hiv !!\n\n:> peace
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Aids is a disease that is spread through intercourse with different partners during sexual acts, or sharing dirty infected needles for drug useage, or even from bodily fluids being exchanged...
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Well, there's a big difference with being HIV positive and having AID's. Simply put, HIV will cause AID's. HIV is the virus that attacks your immune system and AID's is the resulting condition of health (i.e. being susceptible to disease and unable to fight common bacterial invaders). It can take as long as a decade from acquiring HIV to finally having full blown AID's. \n\nPeople like Magic Johnson are able to repress the onset of AID's through a complex and expensive regimen of medical treatments. Even though he seems to be perfectly healthy, he requires many types of medicine off-screen. The fact that he can afford them differentiates his health care than with that of a non-celebrity. \n\nCelebrities may have a lot of STD's but many STD's aren't really a big as deal as you would think. Gonorrhea can be cured  with a pill a day for as short as a five days. Chlamydia can be cured with a single dose of anti-biotics. Herpes can be repressed, though never cured, but have periods of dormancy so a person's lifestyle is not really heavily affected. \n\nThe only celebrity I know with a serious disease is Pamela Anderson with, I think, Hepatitis C? But she claims to have gotten it from a dirty tattoo gun.\n\nBut anway, an STD is a loosely associated word. It can be easily used as a scare tactic but in reality, STD's are more common than you think but less serious than you think IF treated early. I believe the HIV virus cannot live outside of the body for more than a few moments as well, so contamination from spilled blood is not too likely. If you could catch a common cold from sex, then a cold would be an STD. Not so scary huh? \nWell, it shouldn't be taken likely but not be used as a scare tactic. \n\nMy bad, kinda rambled on, huh?\n\nWell, I'm a nurse, hope that helped :)
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AIDS is not a virus....HIV is a virus that is known to cause AIDS....You can't have AIDS, if you don't have HIV.  A person may go a long time know they have HIV and having no symptoms.  This does not mean that they won't later have symptoms or that they won't get AIDS.  She could possibly harm people she has sex with.  This is a weird question.  Why are you asking this?
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Human immunodeficiency virus, commonly known by the initialism HIV, formerly known as HTLV-III and lymphadenopathy-associated virus, is a retrovirus that primarily infects vital components of the human immune system such as CD4+ T cells, macrophages and dendritic cells. It also directly and indirectly destroys CD4+ T cells. As CD4+ T cells are required for the proper functioning of the immune system, when enough CD4+ T cells have been destroyed by HIV, the immune system functions poorly, leading to the syndrome known as AIDS. HIV also directly attacks organs, such as the kidneys, the heart and the brain leading to acute renal failure, cardiomyopathy, dementia and encephalopathy. Many of the problems faced by people infected with HIV result from failure of the immune system to protect from opportunistic infections and cancers.\n\nHIV is transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane with a bodily fluid containing HIV, such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid, preseminal fluid or breast milk. This transmission can come in the form of: penetrative (anal or vaginal) sex; oral sex; blood transfusion; contaminated needles; exchange between mother and infant during pregnancy, childbirth, or breastfeeding; or other exposure to one of the above bodily fluids.\n\nAIDS is thought to have originated in sub-Saharan Africa during the twentieth century [13] and is now a pandemic. At the end of 2004, UNAIDS estimated that nearly 40 million people were currently living with HIV [14]. The World Health Organization estimated that the AIDS epidemic had claimed more than 3 million people and that 5 million people had acquired HIV in the same year. Currently it is estimated that 28 million people have died and that it is set to infect 90 million people in Africa, resulting in a minimum estimate of 18 million orphans in Africa alone
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AIDS is STD (Sexually trasmitted disease).. there are chances of you getting infected with HIV virus if condom breaks while having sex with HIV infected girl.....but that also depends upon the state of virus in that girl...if the HIV virus is in dormant stage in HIV infected person, then there may be very less chances you getting infected by that virus....\n\ncheers!!!
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Symptoms:\nThe symptoms of AIDS are primarily the result of infections that do not normally develop in individuals with healthy immune systems. These are called opportunistic infections.\n\nPatients with AIDS have had their immune system depleted by HIV and are very susceptible to such opportunistic infections. Common symptoms are fevers, sweats (particularly at night), swollen glands, chills, weakness, and weight loss.\n\nSee the signs and tests section below for a list of common opportunistic infections and major symptoms associated with them.\n\nNote: Initial infection may produce no symptoms. Some people with HIV infection remain without symptoms for years between the time of exposure and development of AIDS. However, some people develop what feels like flu about two weeks after contracting the virus.\n\nSigns and tests:\nThe following is a list of AIDS-related infections and cancers that people with AIDS acquire as their CD4 count decreases. Previously, having AIDS was defined by having HIV infection and acquiring one of these additional diseases, but now it is simply defined as a CD4 count below 200. Many other illnesses and corresponding symptoms may develop in addition to those listed here.\n\n\nPrevention:\nThe following steps may seem personally restrictive, but they are effective and can save your life.\n\n1.See the article on safe sex to learn how to reduce the chance of acquiring or spreading HIV and other sexually transmitted diseases.\n2.Do not use intravenous drugs. If IV drugs are used, do not share needles or syringes. Many communities now have needle exchange programs where used syringes can be disposed of and new, sterile needles obtained for free. 3.These programs can also provide referrals to addiction treatment.\n4.Avoid contacting blood from injuries or nosebleeds where the HIV status of the bleeding individual is unknown. 5.Protective clothing, masks, and goggles may be appropriate when caring for people who are injured.\n6.Anyone who tests positive for HIV may pass the disease on to others and should not donate blood, plasma, body organs, or sperm. An infected person should warn any prospective sexual partner of their HIV-positive status, should not exchange body fluids during sexual activity, and must use whatever preventative measures (such as condoms) will afford the partner the most protection.\n7.HIV-positive women who wish to become pregnant should seek counseling about the risk to unborn children and medical advances which may help prevent the fetus from becoming infected. Use of certain medications can dramatically reduce the chances that the baby will become infected during pregnancy.\n8.Mothers who are HIV-positive should not breast feed their babies.\n9.Safe-sex practices, such as latex condoms, are highly effective in preventing HIV transmission. HOWEVER, there remains a risk of acquiring the infection even with the use of condoms. Abstinence is the only sure way to prevent sexual transmission of HIV.\n\n=)
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yes AIDS is transmitted through body fluids, including vaginal secretions.
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Stop worrying.  Absolutely not.  HIV dies as soon as it hits the air.  Water kills it.
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sexual education, aids and STD's, sexuality, eating habits and hygiene issues
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Here is the planned parenthood's, parents guide to teaching kids about AIDS.\n\nhttp://www.plannedparenthood.org/pp2/portal/files/portal/medicalinfo/parenting/pub-aids-kids.xml
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It can transmit HIV, the virus that can lead to AIDs.
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there is no cure for AIDS. none that the gov. would let people know about. only medication that would slow the process. HIV could just go way with out any explanation.
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Right.  Technically, AIDS is not sexually transmitted.  The virus that causes it, HIV, is sexually transmitted, though.
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Take A Look At The Sickness That Pervades Our Society Today, Theres Aids An Other Seual Diseases. Thats An Good Reason
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Have you ever watched a loved one wither away in their hospital bed from a common cold because the AIDS virus made their immune system so weak? If not, you should be grateful. I watched my uncle sit there and wither away to skin and bones because of AIDS. Please educate yourself more on this subject and be more respectful about it.