AIDS History

An AIDS is a disease which affects human immune system, the term HIV stands for Human immunodeficiency virus. AIDS through time kills cells that make up our immune system and defend the human body from variety of diseases, tumor cells, different viruses, parasites and other harmful microorganisms. There is a big difference between individuals that are HIV positive and those that have fully developed AIDS disease. Term HIV positive only

HIV and AIDS treatment

There are some standards in AIDS / HIV treatment. It is based on hospitalization, hospital daily treatment and outpatient care. Hospital treatment is indicated in treatment of patients who are infected with some difficult opportunistic infections or tumor, when it is required to apply intravenous therapy, or when some more complicated procedures are required ( like biopsy ). Patients with highly active antiretroviral therapy ( HAART ), and infected patients,

HIV and AIDS in Africa

Statistics predicts continual growth of number of HIV infected people in Africa. There is several reasons for that: lack of money, low level of education, poverty, war conflicts and myths about what causes AIDS ( many of African politicians, even scientists, still deny that HIV causes AIDS – they say it is poverty!!! ). Serious scientists, however, claim that majority of infections comes from unsafe sexual activity, even if, approximately

AIDS in USA

History of AIDS in USA First AIDS patient in USA was infected immigrant from Haiti, back in 1969. AIDS was, in first time, identified as gay infection. First AIDS victims were gays, so, it seemed that unprotected anal sex was cause of this rare and dangerous infection. Shortly, the list of infected included drug users, heterosexuals, bisexuals and even babies. During 1980′s, few actors from porno industry died from AIDS

What Does HIV Stand For?

Shortly, HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus.  This is very dangerous virus that attacks and destroys human cells and antibodies, which, in normal state, serve to defend human organism from various types of infections and viruses.  So, in that way, human organism become weak and unable to defend itself.  HIV is, then, spreading through human body with help of those virus affected antibodies, and body liquors . There is still

What does AIDS stands for?

Term AIDS actually means Acquired immune deficiency syndrome. It’s a disease of immune system of human body. It’s caused by HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) but it’s much more difficult disease than the HIV infection is. HIV attacks large number of cells in human body. Body becomes very weak and it can’t defend itself like it would in health state. So, then comes AIDS and destroys all cells in our body.

AIDS Symptoms

Frequently changing sexual partners can be pretty dangerous game nowadays, especially when sexually active persons don’t care who their partners are. Everybody must have in mind that there are a lot of irresponsible persons out there. I’m sure you don’t want to awake asking yourself: Am I HIV positive? Do I have AIDS? One can easily recognize if he/she have AIDS. This serious disease makes ill persons look really bad