How does the HIV virus lead to AIDS?

Answer 1

Depends on what topic and/or sub-topic your talking about.

But HIV leads to AIDS, but they effect differently on the two sexes of a male or female.

This disease symptoms for Men are:

• Fever
• Headache
• Tiredness
• Nausea
• Diarrhea
• Enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, armpits or groin.

The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) says the following signs and symptoms may be warning signs of late-stage HIV infection:

• rapid weight loss
• dry cough
• recurring fever or profuse night sweats
• profound and unexplained fatigue
• swollen lymph glands in the armpits, groin, or neck
• diarrhea lasting more than a week
• white spots or unusual blemishes on the tongue, in the mouth, or in the throat
• pneumonia
• red, brown, pink, or purplish blotches on or under the skin or inside the mouth, nose, or eyelids
• memory loss, depression, and other neurological disorders

For Women they are:

1. Frequent or severe vaginal infections
2. Abnormal Pap smears
3. Pelvic infections such as PID that are difficult to treat

Other signs and symptoms of HIV infection include:

• Recurrent vaginal yeast infections
• Pelvic inflammatory disease or PID
• Pap smears that indicate abnormal changes or dysplasia
• Genital ulcers
• Genital warts
• Severe mucosal herpes infections

Frequently, women exposed to HIV experience flu-like symptoms within a couple of weeks of becoming infected. In other cases, there are no symptoms for many years.

As the infection progresses, it is not uncommon to experience symptoms such as:

• Swollen lymph glands in the neck, underarm area, or groin
• Frequent fevers that include night sweats
• Rapid weight loss without dieting
• Constant fatigue
• Decreased appetite and diarrhea
• White spots or abnormal blemishes in the mouth

Answer 2

A person who is infected with the HIV virus has a virus that will attack the immune system. Over time, the body will be left unable to fight off infections.

A person is classified as having AIDS when they meet several medical criteria:

1) Their CD4 cell count drops to 200 or below: CD4 cells are a specific type of white blood cells that come under attack by the virus. Once these cells are depleted, it is an indicator that the immune system is no longer functioning (or functioning very poorly). People with healthy immune systems will have CD4 counts of anywhere between 500-1500/milliliter of blood.

2) The appearance of "opportunistic infections":These are infections not normally seen in people with healthy immune sytems, but do appear in people with compromised immune systems, as in the case of HIV infection. Opportunistic infections include Kaposi's Sarcoma, Pneumocystisis carinii pneumonia, and Thrush.

3) High viral load: The viral load is a measurement of how much of the virus the person has circulating in their system. The higher the count, the more virus there is to cause damage.

Answer 3

Once the T cell count is down to 200 T cells or less, HIV is officially known as AIDS.

Answer 4

HIV/AIDS can lead to increase in poverty in our country

Answer 5

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) refers to the virus that can infect a person possibly eventually resulting in AIDS (Acquired ImmunoDeficiency Syndrome)