HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus Aids stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome

HIV invades the bodies immune system and shuts down the production of cells that help fight against diseases Once HIV has started destroying those cells they will not be produced thus the destruction of your immune system

AIDS essentially shuts down your immune system thus allowing any disease to invade your body Without your immune system you are vulnerable to possibly any disease AIDS can affect any part of the body because it allows other diseases to attack your body

Fever , muscle soreness, rash, headache Sore throat, mouth or genital ulcers Swollen lymph glands, joint pains Night sweats, and diarrhea

There are currently no known cures to AIDS/HIV There are some drugs that can stop the spreading of Aids momentarily There is also a drug that will lower the chances of Mother to child spreading of Aids

Abstinence Drugs that stop the passing of the disease, momentarily Condom Dont ever share your needles Know who you are having sex with

Aids is fairly common, especially in parts of the Caribbean In the Bahamas every 3 out of 100 are diagnosed with AIDS (3.3%) Nearly 2.3 million people were infected with aids in 2009

First case of AIDS was in 1981 Dr. Robert Gallo announced the discovery of the disease in 1984 AIDS, believe it or not, came from monkeys

Contact with aerosol droplets from things such as sneezing, coughing, talking, kissing, and even singing Animals may also carry diseases or germs Food can also carry e-coli and salmonella Misquotes also are known for spreading many dangerous diseases Some of the things you touch such as door knobs can also carry damaging germs

WASH HANDS!!! HAND SANITIZER!!! COVER WHEN YOU COUGH/SNEEZE!!! EXERCISE!!! AVOID CONTACT WITH THE SICK!!!

Vaccines often times give you a small sample of the disease that usually is dead so your body can defeat it. If you were to get the actual disease your body would know how to defeat it. Vaccines essentially make sure you dont get it so then you cant give it to anybody else

"KidsHealth." HIV and AIDS. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://kidshealth.org/parent/infections/ std/hiv.html>. "AIDS Information, Education, Action, Awareness | HIV, AIDS Facts." AIDS Information, Education, Action, Awareness. Web. 27 Feb. 2012. <http://www.aids.org/>.

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