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❤AIDSWhatisAIDS?AIDSstandsfor:AcquiredImmuneDeficiencySyndromeAIDSisamedicalcondition.ApersonisdiagnosedwithAIDSwhentheirimmunesystemistooweaktofightoffinfections.WhatcausesAIDS?AIDSiscausedbyHIV.HIVisavirusthatgraduallyattacksimmunesystemcells.AsHIVprogressivelydamagesthesecells,thebodybecomesmorevulnerabletoinfections,whichitwillhavedifficultyinfightingoff.ItisatthepointofveryadvancedHIVinfectionthatapersonissaidtohaveAIDS.ItcanbeyearsbeforeHIVhasdamagedtheimmunesystemenoughforAIDStodevelop.WhatarethesymptomsofAIDS?ApersonisdiagnosedwithAIDSwhentheyhavedevelopedanAIDSrelatedconditionorsymptom,calledanopportunisticinfection,oranAIDSrelatedcancer.Theinfectionsarecalled‘opportunistic’becausetheytakeadvantageoftheopportunityofferedbyaweakenedimmunesystem.ItispossibleforsomeonetobediagnosedwithAIDSeveniftheyhavenotdevelopedanopportunisticinfection.AIDScanbediagnosedwhenthenumberofimmunesystemcells(CD4cells)inthebloodofanHIVpositivepersondropsbelowacertainlevel.ThespreadofAIDSway1.Mother-to-childtransmission2.Sexuallytransmitted3.Transmittedthroughblood1.Mother-to-childtransmissionthroughtheplacenta,childbirth,lactation,etc.2.Sexuallytransmitted3.Transmittedthroughblood.thesamesyringedrugs,inputcontainingtheAIDSvirusbloodandproducts,etcLikenootherplaguebefore,theAIDSepidemicthreatenstowipeoutanentiregenerationandleaveanotherwithoutparents.Wemustnotletcultural,racial,orsocialbarriersdistractusfromthejobthatmustbedone.Norcanweletpoliticalinefficiencystopusfromourtask.Thisisanundeclaredwarthateveryonemustsignupforinorderforustowin.Wesimplycannotletpeoplecontinuetodiebecausewedon'tfeelcomfortabletalkingaboutAIDS.Everyonemustbecomeaneducatorandlearntolive.Thanksforwatching!