what is the real cause of HIV/AIDS?

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AIDS--Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome--is caused by HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. HIV weakens your body's immune system, making it less able to fight against diseases and infections. HIV passes from one person to another through contact with the bodily fluids of someone infected with the virus. Most often, the virus spreads through oral, vaginal, or anal sex during which a condom is not used, or by sharing a needle. Mothers can pass the virus on to their babies during pregnancy or birth or by breast-feeding.

It's not a "gay thing." Many persons who become infected are heterosexual. In a recent study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, more females than males ages 13-19 tested positive for HIV.1 The most common source of infection for females of all ages is heterosexual sex.2

Using alcohol and drugs increases your risk. Alcohol and drugs affect your judgment and lower your inhibitions. As a result, drinking or taking drugs can lead you to take risks you are less likely to take when sober, such as having unprotected sex.

Injected drug use was the cause of at least 11 percent of infections for young people ages 13-24.3 Any drug use, however, contributes to the spread of HIV/AIDS when users trade sex for drugs or when they engage in risky behaviors while under the influence of drugs.

Get the facts. Not having sexual intercourse is the most effective way to avoid STDs, including HIV/AIDS. For teens who choose to be sexually active, these prevention measures lower your risk of an HIV infection.

Avoid alcohol and drugs. Their use can cause you to make sexual choices you wouldn't make sober.
Only engage in sexual activity that does not involve vaginal, anal, or oral sex.
Have intercourse with only one uninfected partner.
Use a latex condom every time you have sexual intercourse of any kind.
Know the risks. The majority of young people who have HIV are infected sexually. As more teens have become aware of the risk, fewer are having sex and more teens who are sexually active are using condoms.4 The second most common source of HIV is intravenous drug use, but any activity where blood exchange is possible is risky. Teens should not share needles for any activity, including steroid drug injection, tattooing, or body piercing.5

Stay informed. While most people who have the disease now live much longer due to medical research and new drugs, there is no cure.

How can you tell if you or someone else may already have HIV? If you have not had unprotected sex or shared a needle, it is very unlikely that you have HIV. The only way to know if you are infected is to be tested. The following may be warning signs of HIV infection:

Weight loss
Frequent fevers and sweats
Lack of energy
Swollen lymph glands in the armpits, groin, or neck
Persistent skin rashes
Severe herpes infections that cause mouth, genital, or anal sores
Short-term memory loss
No one should assume they are infected if they have these symptoms. Any of these symptoms can be related to other illnesses. Again, the only way to find out if you are infected with HIV is to be tested.

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infidelity, promiscuity a man having sex with a monkey or ape same thing

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What causes Aids is:
- Sexual contact
- Exposure to infected body fluids
- Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT)

Cause of this disease is still a mystery.

unprotected multiple seduction. Causing the blood to mix with other kinds of blood type. a, b, ab, o.
o can recieve all other blood types, while ab can recieve a and b, but not o. while b cannot recieve o and ab, while can recieve a, but a should not have any other bloodtype mix then probably cause aids and HIV. It is a very unmistakeable figure of how we're made. Causing animal blood and human blood put together can mean aids. unkowingly or knowingly.

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It's a simian virus that crossed species (like the bird flu) in Africa. It may have crossed over in "bush meat" - monket meat. The Human Immuno-deficiency Virus. This virus is very similar to the Simian (monkey) Immuno-deficiency Virus. Scientists are still trying to find out how the Simian virus mutated and crossed over to humans, and they are currently very close to discovering it.

HIV and AIDS are two related but different things.

A person can be infected with the HI Virus but not have AIDS (Acquired immuno-deficiency Syndrome). Not everyone who gets HIV gets AIDS.

AIDS is determined CLINICALLY while HIV is determined SEROLOGICALLY.

This means that you can have a blood test and check for the HI Virus. If positive it DOES NOT mean that you have AIDS.

AIDS is diagnosed if a person is HIV positive and has certain other diseases/conditions. This means that it is determined CLINICALLY., IE by examining the patient. These conditions are callled AIDS DEFINING CONDITIONS and a list of these conditions was officially released by the World Health Organization.

AIDS may take from months to YEARS to develop, and it differs from person to person. It is not known why.

HIV is transmitted by blood to blood contact and sexual intercourse. It can also be passed from a mother to her foetus in utero or during actual childbirth.

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