What is AIDS

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AIDS is now recognized as one of the three major infectious diseases in the world. The number of people infected with AIDS is increasing every year. Let's share the knowledge about AIDS with you.

What is AIDS

First of all, AIDS is a very harmful infectious disease, caused by HIV infection. HIV is a virus that attacks the body's immune system. It takes the most important T lymphocytes in the human immune system as the main target of attack, and destroys a large number of these cells, making the human body lose its immune function. Therefore, the human body is easy to be infected with various diseases, and malignant tumors can occur, with high mortality. The average incubation period of HIV in the human body is 8-9 years. Before suffering from AIDS, we can live and work for many years without any symptoms. The infectivity of AIDS is very strong, and the mode of transmission is also very wide. Blood, mother and child and sexual life almost affect all our lives.

Then the incidence of young adults more, 80% of the age of onset in 18-45 years old, that is, more active age of sexual life. After HIV infection, they often suffer from some rare diseases, such as Pneumocystis pneumonia, toxoplasmosis, atypical mycobacterium and fungal infection.

Finally, after HIV infection, the first few years to more than 10 years without any clinical manifestations. Once the development of AIDS, patients can appear a variety of clinical manifestations. In general, the initial symptoms are like common cold and influenza, such as fatigue and weakness, loss of appetite, fever, etc. with the aggravation of the disease, the symptoms are increasing day by day, such as Candida albicans infection in skin and mucous membrane, herpes simplex, herpes zoster, purple spots, blood blisters, blood stasis spots, etc. later, the internal organs are gradually invaded, and the unexplained persistent fever can last for up to 3 years In addition, cough, shortness of breath, dyspnea, persistent diarrhea, hematochezia, hepatosplenomegaly and malignant tumor may also occur. The clinical symptoms are complex and changeable, but not all of the above symptoms appear in every patient. Invasion of the lung often causes dyspnea, chest pain, cough, etc.; invasion of the gastrointestinal tract can cause persistent diarrhea, abdominal pain, emaciation, etc.; it can also invade the nervous system and cardiovascular system.

matters needing attention

People with AIDS in life do not eat stimulating food, eat more fresh fruits and vegetables, but also actively participate in physical exercise, keep a good sleep, do not do very tired physical labor, do not have sex, and do not donate blood.