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AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. If you get infected with HIV, your body will try to fight the infection. It will make "antibodies," special molecules to fight HIV.
A blood test for HIV looks for these antibodies. If you have them in your blood, it means that you have HIV infection. People who have the HIV antibodies are called "HIV-Positive."
Being HIV-positive, or having HIV disease, is not the same as having AIDS. Many people are HIV-positive but don't get sick for many years. As HIV disease continues, it slowly wears down the immune system. Viruses, parasites, fungi and bacteria that usually don't cause any problems can make you very sick if your immune system is damaged. These are called "opportunistic infections"
Basically the cells that are in your body that fight off infection, get infected and the body is therefore no longer able to fight off illness, one of those being pneumonia.
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Is pneumocystis carini pneumonia also one opportunistic associated with AIDS?
Yes
Why is a person with AIDS may also have pneumonia?
AIDS stands for Autio Immune Deficiency Syndrome. This means that the disease attacks and weakens the human immune system. This system is responsible for keeping you healthy by fighting off infections and viruses, among many other things, that are contantly attacking the human body.In a healthy person, the immune system attacks and destroys viruses and such, but in a person with AIDS the immune system is too weak or almost non-existent and as a result, these viruses take hold; such as pneumonia. Actually, people with AIDS usually end up dying from such relatively simple things like pneumonia and not actually the disease (AIDS) itself.
Can you get aids from whiping someone?
aids can be sexually transmitted but you can also catch it from the blood of a person infected by aids (hiv)
What is M. pneumoniae also called?
This type of pneumonia is also called atypical pneumonia, walking pneumonia, or community-acquired pneumonia
Which type of pneumonia is also known as mycoplasma pneumonia?
walking pneumonia
How does aids spread through razors?
Well, if a person infected with AIDS cuts herself with a razor and doesn't clean it up by disinfection, the next person that cuts herself with the same razor can definitelly get AIDS, since aids also spreads through blood.
HIV and AIDS does not affect only familiesits also affect?
also affects the person, friends, and your life
Can you get aids from a dead person?
No. Subsequently you also are not able to get AIDS from a live person because AIDS is not a contagious disease. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is caused by HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). HIV is transmitted through contact with infected blood, semen, vaginal fluid and breast milk.
How long could A long time methamphetamine user have been infected with HIV andaids when they go to hospital with pneumonia and they find out they have full blown AIDS and only has days to live?
Well, the chances that someone has ONLY used meth in their life is very slim. AIDs can be obtained by sharing needles. Also, if you are in a high drug rush due to methamphetamine and you cannot recall your actions, you may have unknowingly had sexual intercourse with an infected person. Also, HIV and AIDs lowers the body's defense mechanisms by depleting the white blood cells which fight off pathogens and harmful microbes. So pneumonia can cause someone to only live for a few days if their body is unable to fight off the illness. Sorry about your luck.
At what point does a person have aids?
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a diagnosis given to HIV positive individuals when they have reached certain clinical criteria. Once a person's CD4 counts dip below 200 and AIDS diagnosis will be issued. There are also specific AIDS defining illnesses called "opportunistic infections." An HIV positive person can have a CD4 count above 200 but be diagnosed with AIDS if they are infected with one of those diseases.
Is pneumonia caused by a prokaryotic organism or a eukaryotic organism?
It depends on what is causing the pneumonia. There are bacterial causes of pneumonia such as streptococcus pneumoniae and bacteria are prokaryotic. Viruses can also cause pneumonia and are not really considered prokaryotes or eukaryotes. Fungi are eukaryotes and can also cause pneumonia.
What does claritromicina treat?
Clarithromycin is an antibiotic used to treat bacterial ailments like strep throat, tonsillitis, bronchitis, pneumonia, and skin infections. It is also used to treat serious AIDS related infections.
