Introduction to AIDS
AIDS is a disease of most concern to the global society today. This is mainly because very little is known about methods to control the virus, besides that the evil is spreading throughout the world at an alarming rate.
Every 10 minutes someone is infected by this disease. For this reason it is extremely important to know more about what HIV/AIDS, how it spreads and how they can prevent.
Syndrome = set of signs and symptoms.
Immune Deficiency = significant depletion of the immune system.
Acquired = due to a virus contracted by the patient during his lifetime. The disease is not hereditary.
When HIV enters the bloodstream, it attaches to the cell, and transcribes viral RNA into DNA, which enters the cell nucleus to form part of the cell’s genetic code.
When this happens, the virus is slowly destroying T4 cells, but the immune system is strong and can go even regenerating cells destroyed, at this stage the symptoms are not presented in person. (more…)
