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Causes Of Aids Virus

Health Encyclopedia: Aids

Definition

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is the final and most serious stage of HIV disease, which causes severe damage to the immune system.

According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, AIDS begins when a person with HIV infection has a CD4 cell count below 200. CD4 cells are also called "T-cells" or "helper cells"; they are a type of immune cell. AIDS is also defined by numerous opportunistic infections and cancers that occur in the presence of HIV infect...

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Expert & Community Posts

How Does HIV/AIDS Dementia Differ from Alzheimer's?

By Christine Kennard , Health Expert

Infection used to be the main cause of dementia. Treatment for infections and inflammation of the... Read more »

Nobel Awards This Year Goes to AIDS and HPV Research

By healthgal , Health Expert

It was 2 French researchers who discovered the AIDs virus and thanks to them we had a name for a... Read more »

HIV as Routine Screening?

By Amy Hendel , Health Expert

Last week on World AIDS Day, the American College of Physicians announced a new position on AIDS... Read more »

Why is ADHD a Syndrome?

By Dr. Ballas , Health Expert

Once the diagnosis of Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is suggested in a child, many... Read more »

Pulmonary Hypertension - What You Need to Know

By Alvin Hopkinson , Health Expert

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Gene Increases HIV Risk

(Ivanhoe Newswire) Your genetics may increase your chances of having human immunodeficiency virus (HIV-1). New research shows a variant of a gene found only in people of African ancestry increases... Read more »

Sexual Practices and AIDS

...Practices and STDs Different sexual practices carry different degrees of risk of contracting the AIDS virus. Receptive (passive) anal intercourse is the riskiest, because this may damage the... Read more »

Herpes Simplex: Risk Factors

Everyone is at risk for herpes simplex virus. According to the latest U.S. data from 1999 - 2004, 57.7% of Americans ages 14 49 years are infected with the HSV-1 virus, the main cause of... Read more »

The Truth About a Cure

For many years, HIV and AIDS were synonymous with a death sentence, yet now there's lots of talk of a possible cure. What truth, if any, lies behind this? The truth is that there still is no cure for... Read more »

Bypass Surgery Patient Guide: Heart Bypass Information

...well-known tennis player and activist who ultimately died of AIDS-related pneumonia. He acquired the AIDS virus from a transfusion received during a bypass procedure performed in 1983. Although... Read more »

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