Aids and HIV RYLEE BARRON HIV AND AIDS

Aids and HIV RYLEE BARRON

HIV AND AIDS DEFINITIONS HIV-’’human immunodeficiency virus, a retrovirus which causes AIDS. ’’ AIDS-’’a disease in which there is a severe loss of the body's cellular immunity, greatly lowering the resistance to infection and malignancy. ’’

WHAT IS A VIRUS? HOW DOES A VIRUS REPRODUCE? VIRUS-’’a harmful or corrupting influence. ’’ - A VIRUS MULTIPLAYS BY TAKING OVER THE HOST CELL THEN USE THE CELLS internal machinery TO MAKE NEW VIRUSES. This makes the immune system to weak to fight off infections

WHERE DOES THE VIRUS COME FROM? Most of the different types of hiv came from afric and was brought to eourope then traveled other places

How is it contracted? The virus hiv comes from sexual intercourse, urine, saliva and sweat. You get aids by having hiv.

Where and when was the first recorded case in the world? Where was the first one in the U. S. The first recorded case was in West Africa. The first recorded case in the U. S. was from a man from Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

What are the symptoms of hiv/aids? You will get fever, Headache Muscle aches and joint pain Rash Sore throat Swollen lymph glands, mainly on the neck Soaking night sweats Recurring fever Chronic diarrhea White spots or unusual lesions on tongue or in mouth Fatigue Unexplained weight loss Skin rashes and sh , weight loss,

How long does it take to develop aids? For HIV it takes about three months after you have become infected to develop HIV an it takes about 10 on average to develop aids.

How many people died to date worldwide? More then 200 people die every hour. But over 36 million people have died from hiv aids.

How many people are infected worldwide? 36. 7 million people are diagnosed with hiv aids.

How many people have died in the U. S. ? The amount of people that died from hiv aids in the U. S. is 1. 1 million. But dropped 35% in 2013

There are several celebrity's who have died from this 1) A American model Gia Carangi 2) a musician Freddie Mercury 3) A American actor Rock Hudson 4) A author Isaac Asimov

Here are some celebrities that have aids today. 1) Magic Johnson a Lakers basketball player(point guard) 2) Jerry Herman a Broadway composer 3) Dave Brindale is a news anchor for CBS radio 4) Jim j. bullock a American comedian and actor

What are somethings you can do to avoid this? Use protection during sexual intercourse.

What are some treatments? There are drugs that have that they could inject to weaken this hiv but it will never fully get rid of this. These drugs will elongate your life.

MY CONCLUSION. AIDS is developed by HIV after about ten years and a lot of people are living with this today and a lot of people have died and are dying from it today there are treatments to help with this though.