TEMPO.CO, Jakarta – Many find it difficult to distinguish between HIV and HIV AIDS. In fact HIV is a virus that can cause a condition called AIDS or also known as stage 3 HIV.
Reported from the healthline.com page, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that can cause a decrease in the immune system and destroy CD4 cells.
This virus can only be transmitted from human to human and attacks the immune system. As a result, the immune system cannot work as effectively as it should, including clearing many viruses from the body such as HIV.
While Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a symptom or condition that arises due to damage to the immune system due to infection with the HIV virus.
In other words, HIV transmission can lead to the development of AIDS or HIV stage 3 and can then develop when HIV has caused serious damage to the immune system.
In other cases, people with HIV can live for years without developing AIDS. In addition, anyone diagnosed with AIDS has contracted HIV. In other words, AIDS is a condition that a person acquires only after they contract HIV.
Virus it can be transmitted through the exchange of body fluids. Generally, HIV is transmitted through unprotected sex or sharing needles.
RAUDATUL ADAWIYAH NASUTION
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