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AIDS doesn't cause death. AIDS is the diagnosis of a condition that results from HIV infection. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV affects the part of the body that fights disease, the immune system. Broadly speaking, the immune system is comprised of white blood cells that help the body fight infections. HIV uses these cells to reproduce, turning them into virus making factories.
Over time, an HIV+ person will have increasingly lower immune function that will make fighting diseases more difficult. When immune function reaches a certain level of deficiency, they receive an AIDS diagnosis indicating their lowered immunity. The longer someone is infected the fewer healthy white blood cells they have. Eventually a person may encounter a disease they are unable to overcome. Often these infections would not have been fatal had the person had a fully functioning immune system.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 12y agoHIV is an immune deficiency disease. This basically means it destroys a persons immune system which effectively protects your from everything else i.e bacteria and same virsuses.
Techinically HIV doesn't cause death, what causes death is the cold, flu or any number of diseases that the patient next encounters, simply because the person doesn't have that microscopic work force defending them.
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∙ 11y agoThe virus kills lymphnodes and depletes the immune system causing persistned or periodically repeating fevers, night sweats, weight loss, chronic fatigue, persistent diarrhea or bloody stools, easy bruising, persitent headaches, a chronic dry cough, and oral candidiasis.
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∙ 12y agoHIV, the virus that causes AIDS, does not kill directly.
It destroy's the immune system's ability to fight disease. When the body can no longer fight off infections, the infections take their toll on the body.
Ultimately, people will die of what are known as "opportunistic" infections, such as PCP or Kaposi's sarcoma. Both are relatively rare infections. However, in AIDS patients, with a poor or non-existent immune system, these infections have the ability to make people very sick.
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How many people die from HIV in a year in Niger?
about million of people are die from hiv
Do routine autopsy's show if someone had HIV?
No. An autopsy is performed to determine the cause of death. If a person's HIV status is unkown and they did not die from HIV related causes, the cadaver would most likely not be tested.
People die from the disease HIV and not from other complications?
People do not die specifically from the virus HIV, but complications from the infection such as AIDS.
How do people get diseases from sex?
yes, one of the most common diseases is AIDS which can happen when one of the people is HIV positive. Most people die from this, magic Johnson has this.
What can you do if people die of HIV?
Watch and learn.
Is HIV influenza infectious or noninfectious?
These are two different viruses. HIV causes AIDS and it is infectious. Influenza causes a severe upper respiratory infection. It is also infectious. People with HIV have a problem with fighting off any other infection and they are prone to get influenza. You can't get HIV from some one with influenza. HIV is only passed by sexual contact.You can not get HIV from someone who has HIV and influenza by getting influenza from that person.These are two different viruses. HIV causes AIDS and it is infectious. Influenza causes a severe upper respiratory infection. It is also infectious. People with HIV have a problem with fighting off any other infection and they are prone to get influenza. You can't get HIV from some one with influenza. HIV is only passed by sexual contact. You can not get HIV from someone who has HIV and influenza by getting influenza from that person.
One of the distinguishing characteristics between HIV and AIDS is?
HIV is a virus. AIDS is a diagnosis. HIV is contagious and causes a person to develop AIDS. AIDS is not contagious and only occurs in people who are HIV+.
Do people with HIV never get aids?
HIV is an infection that LEADS to AIDS. So, most likely, people with HIV are very likely to get AIDS.
Is HIV a trisomy?
HIV is the virus that causes HIV. It is not a genetic abnormality.
What does Magic Johnson have to do with AIDS?
Magic Johnson announced in 1991 that he was HIV-positive. How he's survived 18 years with HIV is a mystery to basically everyone. I seriously wonder if he was misdiagnosed, because most people who contract HIV die of AIDS within 2 years or so, tops.
What is the difference between having HIV and Aids?
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Hence, HIV in the virus and AIDS is the disease that results from the virus.
What is the causative organism of HIV?
HIV is a virus that causes AIDS
