❤AIDSWhatisAIDS?AIDSstandsfor:AcquiredImmuneDeficiencySyndromeAIDSisamedicalcondition.ApersonisdiagnosedwithAIDSwhentheirimmunesystemistooweaktofightoffinfections.WhatcausesAIDS?AIDSiscausedbyHIV.HIVisavirusthatgraduallyattacksimmunesystemcells.AsHIVprogressivelydamagesthesecells,thebodybecomesmorevulnerabletoinfections,whichitwillhavedifficultyinfightingoff.ItisatthepointofveryadvancedHIVinfectionthatapersonissaidtohaveAIDS.ItcanbeyearsbeforeHIVhasdamagedtheimmunesystemenoughforAIDStodevelop.ThespreadofAIDSway1.Mother-to-childtransmission2.Sexuallytransmitted3.Transmittedthroughblood1.Mother-to-childtransmissionthroughtheplacenta,childbirth,lactation,etc.2.Sexuallytransmitted3.Transmittedthroughblood.thesamesyringedrugs,inputcontainingtheAIDSvirusbloodandproducts,etcWhatarethesymptomsofAIDS?ApersonisdiagnosedwithAIDSwhentheyhavedevelopedanAIDSrelatedconditionorsymptom,calledanopportunisticinfection,oranAIDSrelatedcancer.Theinfectionsarecalled‘opportunistic’becausetheytakeadvantageoftheopportunityofferedbyaweakenedimmunesystem.ItispossibleforsomeonetobediagnosedwithAIDSeveniftheyhavenotdevelopedanopportunisticinfection.AIDScanbediagnosedwhenthenumberofimmunesystemcells(CD4cells)inthebloodofanHIVpositivepersondropsbelowacertainlevel.AttitudestoAIDSsuffersLikenootherplaguebefore,theAIDSepidemicthreatenstowipeoutanentiregenerationandleaveanotherwithoutparents.Wemustnotletcultural,racial,orsocialbarriersdistractusfromthejobthatmustbedone.Norcanweletpoliticalinefficiencystopusfromourtask.Thisisanundeclaredwarthateveryonemustsignupforinorderforustowin.Wesimplycannotletpeoplecontinuetodiebecausewedon'tfeelcomfortabletalkingaboutAIDS.Everyonemustbecomeaneducatorandlearntolive.Thanksforwatching!