HIV/AIDS IS IT REAL?
By bigvic28
@bigvic28 (6)
Nigeria
September 5, 2006 1:46pm CST
Am not sure about this HIV/AIDS if it is real or not because they said it cannot show on the face.how true is it?
13 responses
@aquarian83 (1944)
• United States
19 Oct 06
of course it is real... i have seen quiet afew suffering from this deadly diseas and it shows up after few years of contact..
@moneymind (10510)
• Philippines
4 Oct 06
very true and can only be detected when laready at its worst state. greetings. : )
@zigs774 (3)
• United States
7 Sep 06
What is it that you find on TV that could be more important than you children...Don't you have VCR/tivo???
Better get a Tivo good deals now..I don't have one I don't have kids either...just furry ones.And I believe this will be her last week on earth..she's 20..All my babies 20 are gone.. ever try playing cards,board games, reading books.creating a special night for each kid even for just an hour /30 mins????To let them know they are special??? Why did you have them if you can't finf the time for them????
@bentimo1978 (3)
• Papua New Guinea
1 Oct 06
HIV or AIDS is no joke...many ignorant people try to confuse people about this life threating issue...science has proved it clearly that this HIV thing can kill...it can be in the blood system of a person up to more than 5 to 10 years...this people can look healthy during this peroid and continue to spread this deadly virus..then after this, the syptoms start to show clear on the infected person...HIV does not kill but it destroys the immune system of the body then makes it vunerable to various common diseases like TB, flu, malaria etc...people then die from this common disease because their body's defensive cannot stand up against these common diseases...HIV is no joke...it is life threating...am from a developing third world country and people are dying from this HIV thing, around my country at an alarming rate...
@bentimo1978 (3)
• Papua New Guinea
1 Oct 06
HIV or AIDS is no joke...many ignorant people try to confuse people about this life threating issue...science has proved it clearly that is HIV thing can kill...it can be in the blood system of a people up to more than 5 to 10 years...this people can look healthy during this peroid and continue to spread this deadly virus..then after this, the syptoms start to show clear on the infected person...HIV does not kill but it destroys the immune system of the body then makes it vunerable to various common diseases like TB, flu, malaria etc...people then die from this common disease because their body's defensive cannot stand up against these common diseases...HIV is no joke...it is life threating...am from a developing third world country and people are dying from this HIV thing, around my country at an alarming rate...
@classicaljazz (1628)
• United States
5 Sep 06
Can you tell by looking at someone that they have cancer or a sexually transmitted disease? No, that doesn't they aren't real.
@sedel1027 (17846)
• Cupertino, California
5 Sep 06
HIV/AIDS is not always "shown on the face" as you, but many people who have HIV/Aids do have a certian sickly look to them. There cheek bones are sunken in, they are pale and unhealthy. They may alos have an odd rash. However, these not not 100% tell tale signs. The only way to know 100% for sure is to have a blood test done.
@Lauraleigh99 (4718)
• United States
5 Sep 06
It has nothing to do with the look on your face. It is a virus in your blood system that completely destroys your immune system over time. And it makes it harder for your body to fight off diseases or illnesses.
@browneyes (395)
• United States
5 Sep 06
wasnt aides made for chemical war far. was used on a monkey that got away.. seems like i read someting about it. but not sure.
@y2ksuprio (853)
• India
5 Sep 06
yes it is real. AIDS is the most severe manifestation of infection with HIV. HIV is a retrovirus that primarily infects vital components of the human immune system such as CD4+ T cells (a subset of T cells), macrophages and dendritic cells. It directly and indirectly destroys CD4+ T cells. CD4+ T cells are required for the proper functioning of the immune system. When HIV kills CD4+ T cells so that there are fewer than 200 CD4+ T cells per microliter (µL) of blood, cellular immunity is lost, leading to the condition known as AIDS. Acute HIV infection progresses over time to clinical latent HIV infection and then to early symptomatic HIV infection and later, to AIDS, which is identified on the basis of the amount of CD4+ T cells in the blood and the presence of certain infections.
In the absence of antiretroviral therapy, the median time of progression from HIV infection to AIDS is nine to ten years, and the median survival time after developing AIDS is only 9.2 months. However, the rate of clinical disease progression varies widely between individuals, from two weeks up to 20 years. Many factors affect the rate of progression. These include factors that influence the body's ability to defend against HIV such as the infected person's general immune function. Older people have weaker immune systems, and therefore have a greater risk of rapid disease progression than younger people. Poor access to health care and the existence of coexisting infections such as tuberculosis also may predispose people to faster disease progression.The infected person's genetic inheritance plays an important role and some people are resistant to certain strains of HIV.[An example of this is people with the CCR5-?32 mutation are resistant to infection with certain strains of HIV. HIV is genetically variable and exists as different strains, which cause different rates of clinical disease progression The use of highly active antiretroviral therapy prolongs both the median time of progression to AIDS and the median survival time.
@donceejayn (8)
• United States
5 Sep 06
HIV/AIDS is real,as you can see is very real all over the world HIV/AIDS is very real, so i advise you all to be carefull about it because is real.