AIDS+(example)

// AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome) //

//What causes it? How is it transmitted?//
Caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which is a form of retrovirus that attacks the bodies immune system. It is transmitted through contact with contaminated blood, semen, and vaginal fluid (but not saliva). As a result, the major ways in which it is spread are through unsafe sex, the sharing of needles for drug use, and from a pregnant mother to her child.

//What are the symptoms? How long do they it last? Is it deadly?//
Full blown AIDS develops over time, as the human body is slowly weakened by HIV. People can live for many years without noticing symptoms, but once AIDS has developed, the infected person will eventually die due to complications associated with opportunistic infections (OIs). These infections would not normally be a problem, however, the bodies weakened immune system is not able to fight them off as a healthy person could.

===//Can it be cured? If so, how? If not, is there any way that we can at least treat it?//=== Not curable, but it can be treated through a series of drugs called antiretrovirals.

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