What is the full form of AIDS

AIDS: Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome.

AIDS is a disease of human immune system caused by the infection with human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The initial symptoms of this disease may be a brief period of influenza-like illness. AIDS is a disease which may progress for a long period of time without any symptoms. As the infection progresses, it interferes more and more with the immune system and makes the infected person too weak and thus susceptible to common infections like Tuberculosis, tumors, asthma, etc.

What is HIV ?

HIV is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that attacks the human immune system. HIV destroys the immunity cells present in the human body. It is a cause that patient develops Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS). It is spread by contact with certain bodily fluids of a person with HIV, most commonly during unprotected sex (sex without a condom or HIV medicine to prevent or treat HIV), or through sharing injection drug equipment.

Reasons for HIV infection

The HIV can be found in saliva, tears, blood, semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk and nervous system tissue. However, only the HIV that is found in blood, semen, vaginal fluid and breast milk has been found to transmit the infection to others.

Aids can be transmitted from person to person in many ways:

By unprotected intercourse with an infected person
By Blood transfusion
From mother to a child (By birth), it can also be spread by breastfeeding
Through oral sex, in some cases it can possible by deep kissing
Through a donated organ received from an infected donor
By the use of hypodermic needles
Artificial insemination with denoted semen infected with HIV