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Causes and Evaluation of AIDS
New York (USA), November 28, 2014
What causes an AIDS?
What are the most common causes of AIDS?
How is an AIDS usually evaluated?
What are the practice parameters for the evaluation of AIDS?
What are the practice guidelines for the evaluation of AIDS clinically?
What issues are most important in the initial evaluation AIDS?
Learn more about the causes and evaluation of AIDS.
AIDS – Causes and Evaluation
Causes of AIDS
HIV infection is possible through:
Sexual Contact: If you have vaginal, oral, or anal sex with an infected partner, you develop AIDS. It is common for small tears to develop in vagina or rectum during sexual activity. Virus present in vaginal secretions, blood, or semen enters through these or through mouth sores.
Sharing Needles: If you share syringes or needles, HIV may spread through such contamination.
Blood Transfusions: Virus can be transmitted if blood is not screened before transfusion. Most hospitals now screen blood for HIV antibodies before transfusion.
Mother to Child: Infected mother passes infection to her child during childbirth or breast-feeding. However, if pregnant women receive treatment for HIV infection, risk to babies is greatly reduced.
HIV is not transmitted through water, air, or insect bites.
Evaluation of AIDS
Scientists believe probably a similar virus as HIV was present in some monkeys or chimpanzees in Africa. Some men while hunting such monkeys could have been exposed to infected blood during cooking and thereby the virus started affecting humans.
CD4 cells are specific type of white blood cells in your body that help fight away all types of infection. HIV destroys these cells gradually and your body immune system weakens progressively. When CD4 count falls below 200, you develop various complications like tuberculosis, pneumocystis pneumonia, cytomegalovirus, toxoplasmosis, cryptosporidiosis, and others. Eventually it develops into AIDS.
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