all about hiv/aids
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HIV/AIDS.By Joseph Mekhamer
Will Kos and Brayden Deland.
A disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to
infection and malignancy.
There are many different strains of HIV – someone who is infected may carry various different strains in
their body. These are classified into types, with lots of groups and subtypes. The two main types are:
1. HIV-1: the most common type found worldwide
2. HIV-2: this is found mainly in Western Africa, with some cases in India and Europe.
You don't actually "get" AIDS. You might get infected with HIV, and later you might develop AIDS.
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and is caused by HIV.
What is AIDS?
TRADITIONAL MEDICAL TREATMENTThere is no cure for HIV, but there are numerous drugs that can be
used to control the virus.
These medicines are designed to reduce the HIV level in the body, trying to keep the immune system as healthy as possible and decrease the complications their victims may develop.
The diseases’ Medicines can differ due to what stage of the illness the victims are up too.
There are also other AIDs medicational practises which include fusion inhibitors, highly active antiretroviral therapy and other alternative medicines.
treatments antiretroviral therapy (art)- art is not a cure but it
helps you to live a longer healthier life.non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors
(NNRTIs)-helps prevent hiv turning rna into dna and in turn prevents cells creating a new virus.
● Is it possible to administer these treatments at once. Would it be more beneficial to do this?