Sunday, 15 January 2012

AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)

AIDS:-
      AIDS is a disease in which the body's immune system,the system which protects our body againts infections,is destroyed. The body became unable to protect itself from many other diseases.
Causative Organism:-
      The causative organism is virus called HIV (human Immune system deficiency Virus).
Signs and Symptoms:-
      The word syndrome is used in AIDS because it is a disease with many symptoms occurring at the same time.The patient may suffer from chronic fever,severe diarrhea lasting for mouths, pneumonia etc.and even cancer.
AIDS is usually transmitted by
     1)-Sexual relationship with an infected person.
     2)-Blood transfusion from infected person.
     3)-By sharing contaminated injection needles . for example when drug addicts share there used syringes.
     4)-By using contaminated razors,surgical and dental instruments etc.
     5)-Virus may pass from the infected mother to the foetus during pregnancy.

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