AIDS is the acronym used for Acquired Immune
Deficiency Syndrome. It is a disease transmitted through
the blood. It is transmitted from person to person
through sexual intercourse, blood transfusions, I.V. drug
users, and from mothers to babies during birth.
AIDS is a disease which breaks down the human immune
system causing the body to become very susceptible to
infection. The disease is brought about by the HIV-1
virus. HIV-1( Human Immunodeficiency Virus) can remain
dormant for years and then begins to attack the bodies T-
cells and white cells which help fight off infection.
Full-blown AIDS occurs when a person is in the last
stages of his or her battle for life. It is a fatal
disease not because of the disease itself but because of
the fact that other infections attack the body and it has
no way to recover from it. Full-blown AIDS is the stage
of a person's life when their immune system has been
completely destroyed. A person does not usually have......
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