What is the differnce between HIV and AIDS?!
Question: HIV is the virus that may causes AIDS. HIV belongs to a subset of viruses called retroviruses or slow virus.
Once you get the virus it slowly begins to attack the immune system, killing off healthy immune system cells. The deterioration and destruction of immune function leads to AIDS.
AIDS is the final stage of the HIV infection. A person is said to have AIDS when the cd4 counts drops below 200 and or a person has 1 or more opportunistic infections. The OIs, as they are called, are normal infections that a healthy person would be able to fight off.
The four stages of the HIV infection are as follows:
1) The period following infection is called the window. It is called this because it reflect the window of time between infection and that which antibodies are devlop in a person. The HIV test looks for antibodies not the virus.
2) The second stage is called seroconversion. This is when the body begins to develop lots of antibodies to fight off the virus in the body. During this period a person may have flu like sympton. Also during this period is said to be very infectious.
3) The third stage is called symptom free. During this period a person may have no symptoms what so ever. This can last any where from 6 months to well over ten years. The medical world is not sure why some people are living symptom free for so long.
4) The final stage is called AIDS. This is the period when TCELL drop to below 200 and the OI"S are present.
Answers: HIV is the virus that may causes AIDS. HIV belongs to a subset of viruses called retroviruses or slow virus.
Once you get the virus it slowly begins to attack the immune system, killing off healthy immune system cells. The deterioration and destruction of immune function leads to AIDS.
AIDS is the final stage of the HIV infection. A person is said to have AIDS when the cd4 counts drops below 200 and or a person has 1 or more opportunistic infections. The OIs, as they are called, are normal infections that a healthy person would be able to fight off.
The four stages of the HIV infection are as follows:
1) The period following infection is called the window. It is called this because it reflect the window of time between infection and that which antibodies are devlop in a person. The HIV test looks for antibodies not the virus.
2) The second stage is called seroconversion. This is when the body begins to develop lots of antibodies to fight off the virus in the body. During this period a person may have flu like sympton. Also during this period is said to be very infectious.
3) The third stage is called symptom free. During this period a person may have no symptoms what so ever. This can last any where from 6 months to well over ten years. The medical world is not sure why some people are living symptom free for so long.
4) The final stage is called AIDS. This is the period when TCELL drop to below 200 and the OI"S are present.
Well for one thing, they are spelt differently.
hiv is the virus that leads to aids
HIV is the virus that causes the AIDS disease.
If you have AIDS, you are probably also HIV positive but you can be HIV+without having AIDS.
HIV is the virus causing AIDS.
HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. When you contract HIV, you don't have AIDS right away. Most people nowadays live with HIV and it never leads to AIDS.
HIV is the virus which causes AIDS. A preson may have HIV, but not have devloped AIDS yet. HIV can take many years to deteriorate an immune system to the point the patient has AIDS. Early treatment can delay or even prevent the onset of AIDS.
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus which is acquired through blood or sexual contact. If left untreated it will develop into AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency disease).
So a person needs to be infected with the virus HIV in order to develop the disease of AIDS.
Many people seem to be confused about these two!