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It affects your immune system, what happens is HIV only likes one particular cell in your immune system that is the T Cells (CD4 Cells) and it kills the T Cells off and the more T Cells that die from the virus the more likely you are to get other diseases, cancers, and illnesses. HIV affects the brain also, it can cause memory and cognitive issues regardless of CD4 count and viral load......HIV can also cause problems with balance and walking.......It is different wirh all people depending on the severity and progression. I unfortunatly suffer cognitive damage due to the disease...
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∙ 14y agoAIDS doesn't affect any part of the body. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a diagnosis, not a disease. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV attacks the part of the body that fights disease, the immune system. There are many cells involved with the body's immune function, but HIV primarily targets CD4 cells.
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∙ 14y agoHIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) attacks the part of the body that fights disease, the immune system. Broadly speaking, white blood cells. HIV uses the cells for reproduction and disables their disease fighting capabilities.
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∙ 13y agoHIV is the virus that affects the immune system! It makes more and more of the virus as you keep living and it can take up to 10 years to get AIDS if at all. AIDS is when your immune system has been trying really hard to fight the virus but it can't make anymore t-cells so it kinda gives up in a way. But aids can cause many other complications in your body.
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∙ 12y agoyour mouth skin brain and even your weight. Or your white blood cells
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∙ 14y agoHIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) affects the body's immune system (white blood cells.) It uses cells associated with immune function to reproduce.
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∙ 9y agoHIV attacks the immune system of the body by destroying the T helper cells.
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What parts of the body does AIDS effect?
AIDS doesnt affect a specific part of the body. AIDS is a diagnosis given to an HIV+ person who exhibits qualifying clinical criteria. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS and attacks cells associated with immune function, broadly speaking, white blood cells.
Bodyparts are afftected by AIDS and HIVs?
yes body parts are affected by hiv/aids.
How does aids destroys your bodies?
"AIDS" has no effect on the body. It is a diagnosis that is a representation of the immune function of HIV positive individuals. HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. HIV attacks cells associated with immune function and uses them to replicate more virus. In doing so, it weakens your body's ability to fight disease.
What is the cause and effect of HIV AIDS?
Asthma.
Where was AIDS and HIV discovered?
It was discovered in the body.
Are AIDS and HIV the same things and I mean are they similar to each other?
HIV is the virus and AIDS is the disease. You get HIV and once it starts attacking your body you get AIDS. In lucky people, they can have HIV without ever getting AIDS but sadly, this is not true for everyone.
How does aids enter the human body?
if three person who are not HIV positive/AIDS have sexual relation ship with each other, any possibility of HIV/ AIds?
When is a person said to have AIDS?
No. Aids isn't actually a sickness, but hiv is. You can have hiv in your body in a long time (several years) without feeling sick or anything. What the hiv viruses do is that they infect your body's immune system and cells, and "program" them to make more hiv viruses, which infect new cells. And when they reach a certain point, your body will "give up", and you'll have what we call aids. At the moment there are no kind of medication that can get rid of aids, so there's no way to go from aids to hiv.
What disease suppresses the body's immune system?
HIV-AIDS
What is the causative agents of AIDS?
HIV is the causative agent for AIDS. It attacks the T Cells of the body.
How does aids enter the body?
You can NOT feel HIV or AIDS in the body. A person can look and feel perfectly healthy for years and you won't be able to tell if that person has HIV or AIDS. If you have been sexually active or shared needles from doing drugs, you may want to get an HIV test done. It's best to get tested to start treatment so that the virus doesn't form into AIDS.
HIV is the virus that causes what disease?
A very high percentage of people that are infected with the HIV virus develope aids. There are a few exceptions. There are some people that develope aids that do not have the HIv virus and vice versa. The test for HIV is not the same as testing for AIDS. The percentages are so high though that they use the HIV test as an indicator.
