Paula Couto García

Andrea Rodriguez Miñambres

Patricia Pallas Otero

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AN INFECTIOUS DISEASEHEALTH AND DISEASE:

What are infectious diseases?

THE AIDS

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Acquired means you can get infected with it;

Immune Deficiency means a weakness in the body’s system that fights diseases.

Syndrome means a group of health problems that make up a disease.

To understand what HIV is, let’s break it down:

H – Human – This particular virus can only infect human beings.

I – Immunodeficiency – HIV weakens your immune system by destroying important cells that fight disease and infection. A "deficient" immune system can't protect you.

V – Virus – A virus can only reproduce itself by taking over a cell in the body of its host.

HIV

AIDS SYMPTONS

GLOBAL STATISTICS

TREATMENT

At this time, there is NO CURE for AIDS, but medications are effective in fighting HIV and its complications.

Treatments are designed to reduce HIV in your body, keep your immune system as healthy as possible and decrease the complications you may develop.

FIRST STEPS TO TREATMENT

TREATMENT

Scientists identified a type of chimpanzee in West Africa as the source of HIV infection in humans. The virus most likely jumped to humans when humans hunted these chimpanzees for meat and came into contact with their infected blood

SOCIAL DISCRIMINATION

Say NO to discrimination !!!

FIGHT AIDSNOT PEOLE WITH AIDS

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