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AIDS – Definition and Diagnosis

Definition and Diagnosis of AIDS - What is AIDS? What is the definition of AIDS? How is an AIDS usually diagnosed? Learn more about definition, clinical features, and diagnosis of AIDS.

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<p><strong>Definition and Diagnosis of AIDS<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>New York &lpar;USA&rpar;&comma; November 28&comma; 2014<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What is AIDS&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>What is the definition of AIDS&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>How is an AIDS usually diagnosed&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>How is an AIDS diagnosed clinically&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Why it can sometimes be difficult to diagnose an AIDS&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>How to establish the correct diagnosis of AIDS in its initial stage&quest;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Learn more about the definition&comma; clinical features&comma; and diagnosis of AIDS&period;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>AIDS &&num;8211&semi; Definition and Diagnosis<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Definition of AIDS<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS is a disease of the human immune system caused by human immunodeficiency virus or HIV&period; Research indicates that HIV first originated in west-central Africa in late nineteenth or early twentieth century&period; Centers for Disease Control and Prevention &lpar;CDC&rpar; recognized AIDS in 1981&period; AIDS exists across the globe and it is fast spreading&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>When you first contract the infection&comma; you suffer influenza-like illness for a brief period&period; Thereafter you do not have any symptoms at all&period; Slowly your body loses its immunity ability and you remain prone to frequent infections and tumors that do not normally affect people with a strong immune system&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><strong>Diagnosis of AIDS<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>AIDS is a chronic condition&period; HIV destroys your body immune system and your body is unable to fight away organisms that cause diseases&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>HIV virus is found in body fluids like vaginal fluids&comma; semen&comma; breast milk&comma; and blood of infected person&period; Virus passes either through sexual contact like oral sex&comma; vaginal sex&comma; anal sex&comma; through blood transfusion&comma; or through contaminated hypodermic needles&period; Infected women can pass on infection to their children during childbirth or through breast-feeding&period; Saliva and tears do not transmit HIV&period; There is no cure or vaccine for AIDS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p>There are various misconceptions regarding AIDS&period; It has a huge social and economic impact and often acts as the source of discrimination in society&period; Numerous controversies rage around AIDS&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theteamwork&period;com&sol;health&sol;2016-150431-aids-causes-evaluation&period;html"><strong><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; underline&semi;">AIDS &&num;8211&semi; Causes and Evaluation<&sol;span><&sol;strong><&sol;a><br &sol;>&NewLine;Causes and Evaluation of AIDS<&sol;p>&NewLine;<p><a href&equals;"http&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;theteamwork&period;com&sol;health&sol;2016-150432-aids-signs-symptoms&period;html"><strong><span style&equals;"text-decoration&colon; 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Dr. Marilyn Thompson