HIV which stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus and AIDS which stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. Most people confused the two; but they both go hand-in-hand. HIV is a virus that can lead to a condition called AIDS. HIV infects humans only and it can attack and destroy the Immune System. However, AIDS develops when HIV has caused tremendous damage to the immune system causing the body to become weak, in resulting the body to stop fighting off infections. My goal in this paper is to educate and explain the difference between HIV/AIDS, some brief scientific facts about the virus, some of the risks factors, how the virus can be transmitted, and how you can treat it. I am going to use statics to support the outcomes of having HIV/AIDS.
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According a source, our body has CD4 cells also known as “T-cells” or “helper cells.” CD4 cells are white blood cells, which protects our body from getting an infection. Once HIV virus infects the immune system it then begins to destroy the CD4 cells. A healthy person has a range of 500 mm cells to 1200 mm cells. When CD4 cells dropped to certain level such as 200 mm cells the HIV patient is then considered to have stage 3, which is AIDS. HIV is transmitted from one person to another through the exchange of bodily fluids. This includes having unprotected sex such as oral, anal, vaginal sharing needles, blood transfusions and from mother to child meaning a mother who has HIV can give the baby HIV through breastfeeding. If a person has HIV they sometimes may develop symptoms or sometimes they may not develop any. They may develop flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, mouth sores, yeast infections, night sweats, rashes, sore throat, swollen lymph glands, and diarrhea. However, people that developed AIDS have a higher risk of more infections because of having a damaged immune system. These common symptoms may include chills, fever, and rash, sweats, and weakness, weight loss. You can only develop AIDS if you were contracted with the HIV virus first. It takes two to four weeks to be tested positive for HIV. Whereas, if you have AIDS and have not been treated …show more content…
According to Wanda Lopez, in 1995 approximately 50, 489 people died of AIDS because of the lack of technology, research, and treatments. In comparison to 1996 to now the number has declined and has been stable for sometime. The drug that is used to treat HIV patients is called antiretroviral and HAART. Unfortunately, these drugs are not a cure for the virus but if taken correctly, everyday, for the same time you can have a better chance to living longer years. According to the line graph below in figure 1, it shows that after using HAART, there has been an increase in people being able to live longer with this drug. However, according to CDC, African Americans are the ones that suffered the most burden of having HIV because they represent 41% of people living with HIV, in comparison to other races.
If you have been diagnosed with HIV early, you have a better chance of living for ten plus years or more depending on if you received the correct treatment and you take good care of your body. However, you can still give someone HIV because there is no cure, so it maybe a chronic disease but with today’s break through, it can be a manageable
According a source, our body has CD4 cells also known as “T-cells” or “helper cells.” CD4 cells are white blood cells, which protects our body from getting an infection. Once HIV virus infects the immune system it then begins to destroy the CD4 cells. A healthy person has a range of 500 mm cells to 1200 mm cells. When CD4 cells dropped to certain level such as 200 mm cells the HIV patient is then considered to have stage 3, which is AIDS. HIV is transmitted from one person to another through the exchange of bodily fluids. This includes having unprotected sex such as oral, anal, vaginal sharing needles, blood transfusions and from mother to child meaning a mother who has HIV can give the baby HIV through breastfeeding. If a person has HIV they sometimes may develop symptoms or sometimes they may not develop any. They may develop flu-like symptoms such as fever, headache, mouth sores, yeast infections, night sweats, rashes, sore throat, swollen lymph glands, and diarrhea. However, people that developed AIDS have a higher risk of more infections because of having a damaged immune system. These common symptoms may include chills, fever, and rash, sweats, and weakness, weight loss. You can only develop AIDS if you were contracted with the HIV virus first. It takes two to four weeks to be tested positive for HIV. Whereas, if you have AIDS and have not been treated …show more content…
According to Wanda Lopez, in 1995 approximately 50, 489 people died of AIDS because of the lack of technology, research, and treatments. In comparison to 1996 to now the number has declined and has been stable for sometime. The drug that is used to treat HIV patients is called antiretroviral and HAART. Unfortunately, these drugs are not a cure for the virus but if taken correctly, everyday, for the same time you can have a better chance to living longer years. According to the line graph below in figure 1, it shows that after using HAART, there has been an increase in people being able to live longer with this drug. However, according to CDC, African Americans are the ones that suffered the most burden of having HIV because they represent 41% of people living with HIV, in comparison to other races.
If you have been diagnosed with HIV early, you have a better chance of living for ten plus years or more depending on if you received the correct treatment and you take good care of your body. However, you can still give someone HIV because there is no cure, so it maybe a chronic disease but with today’s break through, it can be a manageable