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AIDS patients are vulnerable to infections that would have been stopped by a healthy immune system.?
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Yes. AIDS patients are infected with a virus (HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus) that attacks the part of the body that fights disease. As a person progresses through their HIV infection, their immune system becomes less-able to fight infection.
When they reach a certain point of vulnerability, an HIV+ person will receive an AIDS diagnosis. People with lower functioning immune systems are susceptible to being infected with dieases that are of no concern to those with healthy immune function. These diseases are called opportunistic infections.
The good news is that opportunistic infections pose no threat to the general population because a healthy immune system will not allow infection by these otherwise weak infections.
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