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HIV/AIDS is chronic potentially life-threatening condition caused by Human immune deficiency virus (HIV). After infection, the virus invades and damages the immune system making susceptible for various infections.
HIV/AIDS is a sexually transmitted infection and transmits through blood and body fluids. Therefore, the other modes of transmission can be by contact with infected blood or from mother to child during pregnancy, childbirth or breast-feeding.
An individual after infection with HIV will pass through 4 phases/stages of disease
Usually the symptoms of primary HIV infection appear in 2 weeks to a month or two months after infection/contact.
Early symptoms of HIV resembles any of the viral infections like
The symptoms are body’s natural response to virus infection and often very difficult to distinguish from any other viral infection.
Usually the second phase lasts for about a decade if an infected individual is not on treatment.
As the name indicates, the individual may not have any specific signs and symptoms. Some individuals may develop persistent lymph node swelling.
Untreated HIV infection will typically progress to acquired immune deficiency syndrome. However, with better antiviral treatment this phase of infection is delayed or may not be seen. Untreated HIV will progress to AIDS in about 10 years.
Common signs and symptoms of AIDS are:
Diagnosis done based on history of exposure to infected body fluid, signs and symptoms and blood tests
There is no cure for HIV; however, it can be controlled using anti-retroviral therapy (ARV). There are about five classes of ARV. As recommended three drugs from two classes are used to avoid drug-resistant strains of HIV. The five classes of ARV are:
Monitoring CD4 T Cell count every 3 to 6 months Viral load test: Viral load with treatment may reach undetectable levels. This does not mean that that HIV is cured. It only means the load is so low to be detected
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