- About the causative agent of AIDS
- Brief history of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- How does the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) occur?
- How does HIV / AIDS work within the body?
- References
The causative agent of AIDS is the human immunodeficiency virus, commonly known as HIV. AIDS is the terminal phase that results from the disease of a person who is a carrier of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
The very treatment of these diseases is affected by the presence of the HIV virus in the body. The immune system is responsible for protecting the human body from any infection, virus or bacteria that enters it. They are the body's defenses that fight a foreign agent trying to harm the body.
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About the causative agent of AIDS
Our body, through the immune system, detects and fights external agents. Some are not strong enough and the immune system repels them, therefore they do not cause disease or damage to the body.
AIDS is characterized by the weakening of the body's immune system. That is why the weakening of the immune system is risky for the body because it has no way to defend itself.
A simple flu or a mild cold can lead to a more complicated respiratory illness such as pneumonia, in many cases death.
Here are more details about the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), the causative agent of AIDS:
Brief history of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
The first cases of people infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the causative agent of AIDS, were reported in the late 1970s.
At first it was not known for sure that it was killing more and more people in many countries of the world.
In the 1980s, scientists began to study and gradually discover everything related to the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS).
How does the spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) occur?
The spread of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) occurs from person to person through different bodily fluids.
The most common way is from the semen of the man when he has sex. Semen is loaded with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and lodges in the other body when it comes into contact with it without any type of protection, such as condoms or condoms.
Another way is by blood. If a person who receives a blood transfusion gets blood infected with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) into her body, it will also become infected.
In the maternal case, the mother can infect her child during the lactation process through breast milk, when the child is breastfed by her mother.
How does HIV / AIDS work within the body?
The HIV virus begins to attack white blood cells, the main agent of the immune system.
Inside each globule, the virus feeds and destroys it, thus reducing the response capacity of the body's defenses to any disease.
References
- Or what is it or AIDS? Life Incentive Group. Recovered from: giv.org.br
- A Epidemic of AIDS through the tempo. Oswaldo Cruz Institute. Recovered from the site: ioc.fiocruz.br
- What is HIV? Infosida. Recovered from the site: infosida.es
- HIV AIDS. Ministry of Health of the Argentine Republic. Recovered from the site: msal.gob.ar
- Image N1. Author: Teyssier Gwenaelle. Recovered from the site: pixabay.com