By: Baron Austin | Diseases and Conditions The acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a plague that has taken over the world. Acquired means that people can get infected, immunodeficiency means that it weakens the body's immunity and syndrome means that it causes many health problems once people acquire it. The virus that causes AIDS is known as HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). Once infected, the body attempts to rid the body of this virus and ends up forming antibodies that show in the HIV test. read more
By: Tom Harkenshire | Health & Fitness Is there a person who has not heard HIV (which stands for Human immunodeficiency Virus)? We highly doubt this fact. HIV has been first discovered in 1981, and it is assumed that as of January 2006, it has killed more than 25 million people. Infection with HIV can occur through several different ways, all involving some sort of transfer of bodily fluid (which can be blood, semen and breast milk, to name but a few). read more
By: Shristy Chandran | Health & Fitness The expansion of HIV is Human Immunodeficiency Virus.It is a lentivirus responsible for causing AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome), which is a deadly disease. read more
By: Anne Ahira | Health & Fitness Being diagnosed positive to HIV, you are probably spending a wide array of emotions. This potentially fatal diagnosis has likely been quite destructive to you. HIV is the abbreviation of Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus literally carries out war against the immune system, destroying the natural defenses of the body one section at a time. read more
By: J Mahoney | Health & Fitness Imagine that are diagnosed with the HIV virus, the first thing you have to do is to keep your emotions in check: calm down. This is not going to be the death of you yet! read more
By: bthompsom | Health & Fitness HIV or AIDS is a virus that attacks the immune system. GetSTDtested explains all that you need to know about this deadly STD. Read how HIV testing can be done on GetSTDtested. Know more about the symptoms and confidential HIV Tests on GetSTDtested. read more
By: Vanessa Ford | Diet HIV patients are known to have lower immune system functionality, even the slightest microbe which can cause major bad effects. Thus, although there is still no drug treatment for those who living with HIV, there also exist diet that can help HIV people to maintain healthy bodies. Diet which enhances their immune system weakened by the virus must include lots of minerals and nutrients necessary to keep health. Let’s review the following foods that are best suitable for immune system of HIV people: read more
By: Dr Izharul Hasan | Alternative Medicine Natural remedies for everything from sleep improvement to headaches are prevalent today, and many people swear by them, so the fact that there are natural remedies for hives is not surprising. It seems that we have an earth that's wonderful enough to have put everything on it that we need in order to help combat certain human frailties, even diseases and other ailments. read more
By: Ryan English | Health & Fitness HIV and HSV are all viruses but their affects on the body differ very greatly. The former attacks the immune system itself but the latter hides itself from the immune system. It is not known why HSV viruses, the one responsible for the infection called genital herpes hides itself from our body's immune system. Strange as it may seem but that's the reality behind that elusive virus. Though these two viruses, HIV and HSV have different functions and abilities, they have a very significant impact when these two harbingers of diseases meet insides one body. They can bring about total destruction to the body of the victim if they cannot be treated properly. read more
By: Dr Izharul Hasan | Alternative Medicine AIDS stands for 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.AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV, the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. read more
By: Noman Rajput | Health & Fitness Many of the HIV symptoms can easily be mistaken for other diseases and never paid too much attention. HIV symptoms in men are often confused with the early symptoms of flue, and thus the virus can go undetected. read more
By: Alain Lafeuillade | Medical Business There is a lot of hope for the treatment of the most dangerous virus, HIV. Millions of people could be stabilized by Anti-retroviral therapy (ART) in the future, it is just an access issue. On the contrary, there is little success in the cure effort as of yet... read more