Infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) may lead to many different signs and symptoms, but none of them are specific. That is, no specific single symptom or symptom complex indicates an HIV infection. According to the Centers for...
AIDS, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, is a chronic, life-threatening disease that can develop after infection with HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Protection, HIV destroys CD4+ T cells,...
HIV Type 2, or HIV-2, was identified in 1986 in a West African AIDS patient, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says. Both HIV types are very similar in terms of mode of infection and symptoms, Avert.org says. However, they differ in...
Of the estimated 1.1 million Americans infected with HIV, approximately 232,000 do not know they have the virus, reports the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HIV testing remains a keystone activity in the effort to provide health...
There is a primary stage of HIV infection. Some persons may experience the symptoms, and some persons don't. It is important that if you have put yourself at risk for HIV to talk to your doctor about getting tested, since sometimes people think...
Infection with the Human Immunodeficiecy Virus (HIV) causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, or AIDS. This disease progresses over many years, weakening and ultimately destroying a patient's immune system. As an AIDS patient's...
In the United States, there are 1,106,400 people living with HIV infection, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Twenty-one percent of that population is unaware of their condition. Finding the most effective treatment that...
The human immunodeficiency virus is a chronic lifelong illness. It is spread through sexual contact with an infected person, contaminated needles, and during childbirth and breast-feeding through mother-to-child transmission. According to...
In 2006 there were an estimated 56,000 new cases of HIV infection reported in the U.S., according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Many of the people who are newly infected were young gay and bisexual males, and African-American...
Night sweats are episodes of perspiration so excessive that it soaks through nightclothes or bedding. They are a common and harmless symptom of women going through menopause. Night sweats in a male, or in a clearly pre-menopausal female, are more...
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV, attacks the immune cells of the infected individual and interferes with the patient's ability to fight infections and certain cancers. Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, is the final stage of an HIV...
HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, is passed through bodily fluids and can lead to the development of AIDS. Symptoms of an initial HIV infection are separate from AIDS symptoms, which sometime develop years after being infected with HIV, when...
The effects of acquired immune deficiency syndrome, or AIDS, are detrimental not only for the individual, but also for society as a whole. AIDS is a life-threatening disease that damages the body's immune system. It is caused by the human...
HIV is a chronic lifelong disease cause by the human immunodeficiency virus. HIV is contracted through sexual intercourse, contaminated needles, infected blood, and during childbirth and breast-feeding through mother to child transmission. Some...
Communicable diseases (also called infectious diseases) are those that can be transmitted from person to person both directly and indirectly. Diseases in this category are a leading cause of the world's morbidity and mortality and strike both the...
HIV, or human immunodeficiency virus, is a chronic, incurable disease affecting a person's immune system. An HIV victim's immune system progressively declines and no longer is able to fight off illnesses and infections caused by viruses and...
