True or False? Hiv and Aids are the same.

The answer is: False

The
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, known as HIV, is the causative factor that may or may not
result in a further development of the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, known as
AIDS.

The breakdown of the HIV virus name is: Human-
because it hosts itself inside human cells;  Immuno deficiency- has he capability to
weaken the natural defenses that are produced in the human body, by invading white blood
cells; Virus- Invader of the CD4 and T-Cells inside our body, which are used also by the
virus to replicate itself.

In the early 1980s scientists
were able to identify and isolate this virus and declared it as the potential cause of
AIDS.

AIDS is not a virus, and it is not diagnosed by
testing. AIDS is a SYNDROME, which means that it is a series of events that occur in the
body through a period of time. Doctors will not determine whether someone has AIDS until
they see the signs of it.

They
include:

• A decrease in CB4 and
  T-Cells


• The invasion of opportunistic
  infections


• Rare or unusual forms of
  cancer


• Persistent illness as a result of a lowered immune
  system


• Fevers, and other indicators.
  

It is said that AIDS is the last stage of HIV
infection. However, we cannot categorize a causative virus with the illness that comes
as a result because not everyone who has HIV develops
AIDS.

There is a lot of controversy among some radical
groups that claim that HIV does not cause AIDS. However, what could be happening in HIV
cases that do not develop into AIDS is either that the virus, itself, is losing strength
through mutation, or that modern treatment has triumphed in the prevention of AIDS in
HIV patients.