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Flu InformationThe Cause of Aids
by:
padrone desusid
AIDS is noninheritable immuno deficiency syndrome. It is a
fatal sickness caused by a chop-chop change
animal virus
which attacks the immune system and leaves the
patient susceptible to infections, malignancies, and
neurological disorders. It was 1st recognized as a
disease in 1981. The virus was isolated in 1983 and
was ultimately named the human immunological disorder
virus (HIV). There are two forms of the HIV virus, HIV-1
and HIV-2. The majority of cases global are caused
by HIV-1.
It is transmitted primarily by exposure to contaminated
body fluids, especially blood and semen. In 1999 an
international team of genetic scientists rumored
that
HIV-1 can be copied to a closely related strain of virus,
called simian immunological disorder virus (SIV), that infects
a taxonomic category of pan troglodytes (Pan troglodytes
troglodytes) in Africa. Chimpanzees are afraid
for
meat in this region, and it is believed the virus may
have passed from the blood of chimpanzees into
humans through superficial wounds, probably in the
early 1930s.
In a process, HIV infects the CD4 cells of the body's
immune system, cells that are necessary to activate B-
lymphocytes and induce the creation of antibodies.
This is still amiss
understood. The body fights
back producing billions of lymphocytes daily to fight the
billions of copies of the virus. The immune system is
eventually troubled
and the body is left vulnerable to
opportunistic infections and malignancy.
Some folk develop flu like symptoms shortly after
infection, but many an have no symptoms. It may be a few
months or many an years before serious symptoms
develop in adults; symptoms ordinarily develop inside
the
first two years of life in infants infected in the uterus or
at birth. Before serious symptoms occur, an infected
person may experience fever, weight loss, diarrhea,
fatigue, skin rashes, shingles thrush, or memory
problems. Infants may fail to develop normally.
The definition of AIDS has been refined, as much
knowledge has become available. In general it refers to
that period in the infection once
the CD4 count goes
below 200 from a normal count of 1,000 or once
the
characteristic timeserving
infections and cancers
appear. The conditions associated with AIDS include
malignancies such as Kaposi's sarcoma, non-Hodgkin's
lymphoma, primary cancer of the brain, and
invasive cancer of the cervix.
Opportunistic infections characteristic of or much
virulent in AIDS include Pneumocystis carinii
pneumonia, herpes simplex, cytomegalo virus, and
diarrhea diseases caused by cryptosporidium or
isospora. In addition, infectious disease C is rife
in
intravenous drug users and hemophiliacs with AIDS,
and an calculable
4 to 5 million folk who have
tuberculosis are coinfected with HIV, each sickness
hastening the progression of the other.
Children may experience much serious forms of
common childhood ailments such as rubor
and
conjunctivitis. These infections conspire to cause a
wide range of symptoms like coughing, diarrhea, fever
and night sweats, and headaches and may lead to
extreme weight loss, blindness, hallucinations, and
dementia before death occurs.
HIV is not transmitted by casual contact. Transmission
requires a direct exchange of body fluids, such as blood
or blood products, breast milk, semen, or channel
secretions, most unremarkably as a result of sexual work
or the sharing of needles among drug users. Such a
transmission may likewise occur from parent to baby
during physiological condition or at birth. Saliva, tears, urine, feces,
and sweat do not appear to transmit the virus.
Just about the author:
padrone desusid is the owner of
FY Aids
which is a premier resource for aids information.
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