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HIV weakens the immune system, it makes an infected person very susceptible to various opportunistic diseases, cancers, and viruses, for example: tuberculosis, salmonella food poisoning, cytomegalovirus (can lead to blindness), candidiasis (also known as "thrush" ), toxoplasmosis passed by cats (can cause brain defects, blindness, and damage to the central nervous system), Kaposi's sarcoma (a tumor of the blood vessel walls), lymphoma, wasting syndrome and lastly dementia.
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∙ 9y ago
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∙ 11y agoPeople with AIDS are more likely to get other diseases. AIDS wrecks the immune system. No one ever died from AIDS. Instead, People with AIDS died because they lost the ability to fight other diseases or to fight cancer.
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∙ 13y agoYes; they do develop other health problems.
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What problems lead to millions of people getting HIV?
* The fact that partners aren't loyal to one another in telling them that they have HIV * the don't know if they have HIV, because they haven't gone for a test * people don't take the necessary precautions
Is HIV caused by air problems?
No, you must have contact with bodily fluids that are infected with HIV.
Can you be a teacher if you have HIV?
There are no laws in the United States that prohibit people infected with HIV from performing in any capacity. However, HIV infected persons may experience discrimination as a result of their infection. The legal protection against discrimination varies according to where you live.
What are the problems of budgeting?
Many people experience budgeting problems when they try to keep track of the money that they spend.
What do people think about HIV AIDS?
What do you think about people who have HIV
Community health problems in Long Beach ny?
There are many community health problems in Long Beach, CA. The main health problems that some people have include HIV or AIDS and Hepatitis C.
What problems did Martin Luther King jr experience?
the problems that he had to ovecome is how he talk about how his people had the right to vote too.
How many people have HIV/AIDS in the us?
17,000,000,000 people have HIV in the us.
How many people die from HIV in a year in Niger?
about million of people are die from hiv
What to see how prophet heal HIV people?
HIV is not curable.
Who is infected by HIV in Brazil?
those people who got hiv
Can people who is not hIV positive can stay with hIV positive?
Yes they can.
