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World AIDS Day 2020 - What is AIDS and Its Symptoms?


World AIDS Day takes place on 1 December each year. It's an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness. Founded in 1988, World AIDS Day was the first-ever global health day.


World AIDS Day is celebrated on December 1 every year to raise awareness about AIDS / HIV and to raise awareness globally. People from all over the world come together to show support for people living with HIV and to remember those who died of AIDS.

This Day focuses on a specific theme, which this year will be one of global solidarity and shared responsibility. This year’s theme joins the growing list of challenges that World AIDS Day has brought for people globally.

AIDS is a chronic disease caused by the HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) virus. The disease weakens the immune system and makes people vulnerable to infections and diseases.

What is AIDS?

Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a chronic, life-threatening disease caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). It destroys the human immune system and the body’s ability to fight disease.

We can tell you that HIV is a sexually transmitted disease (STI).

How does it spread?

1. During pregnancy, there is contact with infected blood from mother to child.

2. During childbirth or breastfeeding.

Until now, there is no cure for HIV / AIDS, but drugs can slow the progression of the disease.

About the immune system in our body

The count of CD4 cells can determine how strong the body’s immune system is. In healthy humans, the number of CD4 cells ranges from 500 to 1600 per cubic millimeter. In an AIDS patient, the number of these cells decreases below 500 per cubic millimeter, so infection in the human body is caused by bacteria, viruses, fungi, or protozoa.

SYMPTOMS

Symptoms of AIDS / HIV depend on the stage of infection.

In primary infection (acute HIV), people develop an influenza-like illness within a month or two after the virus enters the body. This will last for a few weeks.

1. Fever

2. Headache

3. Rash

4. Muscle aches and joint pains

5. Sore throat

6. Inflammation of the lymph nodes, mainly in the neck.

Note: These symptoms are very mild and usually not noticed by a person. However, the level of the virus in the bloodstream is high and the infection can easily spread from the primary infection to the next stage.

Chronic HIV is a clinically latent infection

About symptomatic HIV infection

The virus multiplies in the body and destroys the immune cells. Signs and symptoms include:

1. Fever

2. Fatigue

3. Swollen lymph nodes

4. Diarrhea

5. Weight loss

6. Oral yeast infection

7. Herpes zoster or ringworm

Therefore, there is no cure for AIDS, but some medications can reduce it. 


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