Not necessarily. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) if left untreated. AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection in which the immune system is severely compromised.
No, a fever blister (cold sore) is caused by the herpes simplex virus, not HIV or AIDS. HIV and AIDS weaken the immune system, making individuals more susceptible to infections like herpes, but having a cold sore does not mean you have HIV or AIDS.
There is no cure for HIV or AIDS but it can be treated so that patients can have a better quality of life. The treatment for HIV and AIDS is a combination of drugs, known as a cocktail. These drugs can help prevent HIV from turning into AIDS or they can ease the symptoms of the AIDS virus.
Yes, AIDS can be transmitted through breast milk from an HIV-positive mother to her child.
AZT, also known as zidovudine, is a type of antiretroviral medication that works by blocking an enzyme called reverse transcriptase, which is needed by the HIV virus to replicate. By inhibiting this enzyme, AZT helps to slow down the progression of HIV/AIDS and reduce the amount of virus in the body.
No, HIV can be transmitted through breast milk, but the risk of contracting AIDS through breastfeeding is low if the mother is receiving proper treatment.
The dividing line between HIV and AIDS is CD4 count of 200. Anything below is considered AIDS.
Yes, but they can give the HIV onto someone else, and they could get AIDs too.
HIV/AIDS
No No, to get AIDS you must have physical contact with another person who has AIDS. You cannot get AIDS if you did not have physical contact with another person who has AIDS. Hope this helped !
HIV/AIDS
unprotected sex with someone else that has it
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.
the majority of people who get HIV aids are in ledcs especially southern Africa this is because countries dont have the right amount of money for medicines which would cure HIV. Aids is developed into HIV. someone who has hiv aids has a sexually transmitted disease.
what celebritys have aids or hiv?im doing research on them and i need to find someone other then will smith and magic Johnson
aids can be sexually transmitted but you can also catch it from the blood of a person infected by aids (hiv)
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is a diagnosis. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is the virus that causes someone to develop the condition known as AIDS. HIV is not curable. Once someone is infected with the virus and tests HIV+, the infection can be treated, but not cured.
HIV can be transmitted from mother to child. It can also be trasmitted through sexual contact or shared needles. Just huggibg or kissing someone with HIV will not give you it. AIDS is an advanced stage of HIV.