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BY:TIMMY HAGERTY. HIV. HIV is a sexually transmitted disease. It can also be spread by contact with infected blood, or from mother to child during pregnancy. It can take years before HIV weakens your immune system to the point that you have AIDS. . What are the two types of HIV.

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BY:TIMMY HAGERTY

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  1. BY:TIMMY HAGERTY

  2. HIV HIV is a sexually transmitted disease. It can also be spread by contact with infected blood, or from mother to child during pregnancy. It can take years before HIV weakens your immune system to the point that you have AIDS.

  3. What are the two types of HIV HIV-1 is associated with infection in most parts of Africa, America, Europe and the rest of the world, while HIV-2 occurs mostly in West-Africa. There are many subtypes of HIV-1.

  4. Where did aids come from The first recognized cases of Aids occurred in America in the summer of 1981, and soon afterwards in Africa. In the beginning doctors did not know what caused this disease, and it was only in 1983 that scientists discovered that Aids is caused by a virus - now known as HIV-1

  5. symptoms The majority people infected by HIV develop a flu-like illness within a month or two after the virus enters the body. This illness, known as primary or acute HIV infection, may last for a few weeks. Possible symptoms include: Fever Muscle soreness Rash Headache Sore throat Mouth or genital ulcers Swollen lymph glands, mainly on the neck Joint pain Night sweats

  6. cure There's no cure for HIV/AIDS, but there are medications that can dramatically slow the progression of the disease. These drugs have reduced AIDS deaths in many developed nations. But HIV continues to decimate populations in Africa, Haiti and parts of Asia

  7. WHAT HAPPENS WHEN YOU ARE INFECTED WITH HIV HIV destroys a type of defense cell in the body called a CD4 helper lymphocyte. These lymphocytes are part of the body's immune system, the defense system that fights infections. When HIV destroys these lymphocytes, the immune system becomes weak and people can get serious infections that they normally wouldn't.

  8. How Do People Get It? Thousands of U.S. teens and young adults get infected with HIV each year. HIV can be transmitted from an infected person to another person through blood, semen etc.

  9. Other risk factors People who have another sexually transmitted disease (STD) (such as syphilis, genital herpes, Chlamydia, or gonorrhea are at greater risk for getting HIV during sex with infected partners. If a woman with HIV is pregnant, her newborn baby can catch the virus from her before birth, during the birthing process, or from breastfeeding. If doctors know a mom-to-be has HIV, they can usually prevent the spread of the virus from mother to baby. So all pregnant women should be tested for HIV so they can begin treatment if necessary.

  10. Work cited http://kidshealth.org/teen/sexual_health/stds/std_hiv.html http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hiv-aids/DS00005

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