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HIV attacks the immune system. The name itself tells you when it is written in full form. HIV stands for Human immunodeficiency virus.
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∙ 6y agoAIDS attacks your entire system actually. Given that the person with AIDS already had HIV, then their immune system is already shot.
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∙ 13y agoHIV is a virus that attacks the DNA of the immune system.
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∙ 13y agoIt attacks the T-Cells of the immune system
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∙ 11y agoyour immune system, the system in your body that is responsible for fighting diseases and infections.
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∙ 9y agoHIV attacks and kills crucial immune system cells, known as T-helper cells.
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Can AIDS attack the circulatory system?
No. The virus is HIV and the disease is AIDs. It only attacks the immune system but that causes the immune system from destroying other invaders that cause various opportunistic infections.
How does aids attack?
HIV "attacks" the cells in the immune system that dehibilitate their ability to fight infections and protect organs.
Does AIDs occurs when HIV destroys the immune system?
Yes, AIDS is the end-stage of HIV infection. It occurs when HIV weakens the immune system.
Does HIV or aids cause you to have missed periods?
Yes, there's no direct link between your reproductive system and your HIV status.
What makes AIDS AIDS?
AIDS is a lead of HIV. AIDS occurs when HIV has defeated your immune system. And now, the disease will be worse. AIDS is like HIV, except without an immune system.
And does he have hiv are aid-?
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS whereas AIDS is the end result of the virus after the immune system is destroyed, and therefore HIV will precede AIDS.
Is HIV most likely to attack B cells?
No, it attacks the T-Helper cells which are critical in establishing and maximizing the capabilities of the immune system. This is why your immune system becomes weaker when you have contracted HIV/AIDS.
What STD attacks the immune system?
The HIV virus attacks the immune system and can lead to AIDS.
What are the myths surrounding HIV and AIDS in South Africa?
eagles that attack you
Would you die if you had AIDS?
this can be likely. AIDS is the last stage of HIV, but differs from Hiv in the Fact that AIDS has the ability to directly attack white blood cells because they have an natural resistance to them ( somehow). HIV rarely kills and People with Hiv live normal lives and may never contract AIDS ( since viruses are sometime unpredictable). you usually dont die from aids though, you usually die from complications of AIDS because your immune system and parts of your liver have been riddled away
Can HIV infect the nervous system?
HIV does not infect the nervous system but affects it. Since HIV suppresses the immune system, pathogens can attack the nervous system. The virus does not directly attack the nerves.
Which results when HIV weakens the immune system?
symptomatic infections
