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Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIDS is an insidious and up to the present moment incurable disease. The disease occurs in all age groups. The number of AIDS cases grows at a rapid rate. 70 per cent of all people with AIDS die within 2 years of diagnosis.

AIDS is caused by a virus that invades white blood cells (lymphocytes) and some other body cells. This virus is called «human immunodeficiency virus» or HIV. AIDS is one of the several clinical manifestations of HIV infection. HIV infection damages the immune system and weakens the body’s ability to fight off infections and diseases. HIV may remain latent in the body, and most people infected with the virus remain in good health. The onset of symptoms ranges from 6 months to 5 years or more. They may include tiredness, fever, loss of appetite and weight, diarrhea, night sweat and swollen glands. Some people infected with HIV have many of these symptoms but do not develop the characteristics of AIDS. The diagnosis of AIDS depends on the presence of certain life threatening opportunistic diseases (a type of cancer known as Kaposi’ sarcoma) and a positive test for antibody to HIV.

HIV, AIDS virus, passes from person through the exchange of body fluids. «Body fluids» include blood, semen, women’s genital secretions. HIV infection is spread by direct sexual contact, the sharing of drug needles among drug users, through transfusion of infected blood.

At present, there is no cure for AIDS. Little can be done to restore the body’s immune system to normal. But scientists and medical workers continue the efforts to produce vaccines and drugs against AIDS. Doctors learn more about the treatment of the infections which affect AIDS patients. Doctors use drugs, radiation and surgery to treat the various diseases of AIDS patients. This treatment helps to block action of the virus.

AIDS is a serious global health problem. People from all over the world unite their forces in fighting AIDS. They initiate public campaigns to educate and inform young people about AIDS. They also support AIDS victims who suffer not only from pain of diseases but also from social discrimination. Everybody can help fighting AIDS by taking precautions, getting facts about AIDS and its transmission, supporting AIDS victims.

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