What is AIDS?

A - stand for Acquired: You are exposed to HIV and get infected. The HIV has to enter your blood stream to infect you.

I - stand for Immuno: This is the part of our body that fights diseases and infections. HIV weakens your immune system.

D - stand for Deficiency: It causes a deficiency in our immune sustem where the body can no longer fight diseases properly.

S - stand for Syndrome: The AIDS syndrome occurs when you have tested positive for HIV antibodies and you have at least on opportunistic infections. only doctor can diagnose that disease AIDS.

There for AIDS or the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome - is a disease you get when HIV destroys your body’s immune system. Normally, your immune system helps you fight off illness. When your immune system fails you can become very sick and can die.

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