What is the difference between HIV infected and AIDS infected person?!
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HIV is a virus. It enters a person's body and begins to attack the immune system (specifically the CD4+ T-helper cell).
The body does fight back and the battle lasts for many years, though our immune system cannot keep up with how fast HIV replicates.
Through the years, the person's immune system weakens. At first, there are no symptoms because even a weakened immune system can fight off infections.
But, once the immune system (CD4+ cell count) drops below a certain marker (usually at least 200, most well below 100) and they develop/acquire one or more of 30+ specific illness/cancers (called Opportunistic Infections), they are said to have AIDS
AIDS is a medical diagnosis based on symptoms (HIV positive, CD4 less than 200, AND one or more opportunistic infections). So, there is no such thing as an AIDS-infected person...as AIDS is simply the last stage of HIV disease.
So, a person can be HIV+ and NOT have AIDS, but a person can not have AIDS without being HIV+.
And it is more polite to say HIV- 'positive' than to say HIV-infected. The word 'infected' is very stigmatizing.
Hope this helps
Answers: Here is an accurate answer:
HIV is a virus. It enters a person's body and begins to attack the immune system (specifically the CD4+ T-helper cell).
The body does fight back and the battle lasts for many years, though our immune system cannot keep up with how fast HIV replicates.
Through the years, the person's immune system weakens. At first, there are no symptoms because even a weakened immune system can fight off infections.
But, once the immune system (CD4+ cell count) drops below a certain marker (usually at least 200, most well below 100) and they develop/acquire one or more of 30+ specific illness/cancers (called Opportunistic Infections), they are said to have AIDS
AIDS is a medical diagnosis based on symptoms (HIV positive, CD4 less than 200, AND one or more opportunistic infections). So, there is no such thing as an AIDS-infected person...as AIDS is simply the last stage of HIV disease.
So, a person can be HIV+ and NOT have AIDS, but a person can not have AIDS without being HIV+.
And it is more polite to say HIV- 'positive' than to say HIV-infected. The word 'infected' is very stigmatizing.
Hope this helps
just to keep it simple.
A HIV infected patient is the one who had infected.
A AIDS infected patient is the one whose virus have been fully bloom, and the virus started taken really serious damage.
A AIDS patient also indicated that his/her immune system are almost failed/ or have failed.
Well... HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Aids is the late stage of ontreated HIV infection, when immunity starts to fail.
HIV is Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Infection by HIV makes a person less immune to infections. This results in a condition called AIDS (Acquired Immunity deficiency Syndrome).
All HIV infected patients need not be AIDS patients. AIDS sets in only when the immune system of the person becomes weak.
HIV is the virus causes AIDS. Aids is the late stage of ontreated HIV infection, when immunity starts to fail
HIV is just a virus which is not completely spread in the body AIDS means the virus is completely spread in the body
i am not exace but hiv positive means that person is liable to get AIDS.
hiv infected person can servive for maximum 13years,but aids infected person cannot servive more than 5 years.
hiv infected person can prevent entering in to the aids stage if he recognises and consult the doctor at the starting stage of hiv.
HIV is when the virus is living within the body, but hasn't yet caused much destruction. A person has AIDS when the HIV virus has caused substantial damage to the immune system. Specifically, the T cell count has to fall below 200 for HIV to be considered AIDS. A person with HIV can live for decades with the appropriate drugs. Once someone has full blown AIDS, there's little than anyone can do except take precautions to prevent infection from common microorganisms.
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection results from 1 of 2 similar retroviruses (HIV-1 and HIV-2) that destroy CD4+ lymphocytes and impair cell-mediated immunity, increasing risk of certain infections and cancers. Initial infection may produce nonspecific febrile illness. The risk of subsequent manifestations