Aids
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Aids Information gathered from www.aids.org, www.hivinsite.ucsf.edu 1) AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS is caused by the HIV virus, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. Most of the people get the HIV virus by having sexual intercourse with an infected person, sharing syringes (when using drugs or in cheap hospitals) with an infected person, some are also born with the disease or the babies drink the breast milk of an infected woman. Once a body is infected by the HIV virus, the human body produces antibodies to fight the virus. A blood test can reveal if someone has the HIV disease or not, if he or she has the disease, then he or she is HIV-positive. Being HIV-positive is not the same as having AIDS, the disease does not have to make the person sick immediately, it often stays suppressed for many years. Once the disease breaks out, it slowly wears...

