Why does HIV cause the immune system to stop working?

Answer 1

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HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infects the T helper cells, the ones that are super crucial for activating T killer cells and B cells for a full-blown adaptive immune system response against a disease that can be dealt with easily. Without the T helper cells, the HIV infected person will suffer from the measliest of diseases, and also get cancer, especially Kaposi's sarcoma (a type of nasty herpesvirus).

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Answer 2

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) gets incorporated into the T-lymphocytes, which are white blood cells that produce antibodies. Hence, the lymphocytes fail to produce antibodies, which are essential to the immune system.

Answer 3

Viruses alter the support structures of affected cells, enabling them to enter the cells more easily. The cell structure element actin, which also gives muscles their mobility, aids in the motility of immune cells. This is necessary for immune cells to be able to establish contact with each other and combat the virus. After each movement, actin must be returned to its original state in order to be available once again. HIV especially attacks immune cells of the T-helper type. These cells support not only direct "defense against the enemy", but are also necessary for building sufficient antibodies against the invader. For this, they must rely on their mobility. Moreover cell mobility is inhibited by the HIV Nef protein.

Answer 4

HIV stands for Human immunodeficiency virus. As the name suggests it causes your immune system to begin to fail. Your immune system is what protects your body from microbial attacks and so you are no longer capable of fighting off infections and sicknesses.

Answer 5

It duplicates over 30 billion hiv virus off your immune system all so know as cd4 count.

Answer 6

the HIV virus attacks the body's t-cells, and then turns those t-cells 'bad' and they make other cells that attack more t-cells and so on until the HIV virus turned into AIDS.

Answer 7

Because HIV is the virus that attacks the immune system itself.