Transcription of CHAPTER 1 HIV: The Basics
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CHAPTER 1. HIV: The Basics Contents Page What is HIV? .. 1-2. How is HIV spread? .. 1-2. How does HIV affect a person's health? .. 1-3. How do people know they have HIV? .. 1-4. How does HIV attack a person's immune system?.. 1-5. How is my child's immune system watched? .. 1-7. What are the goals in treating HIV? .. 1-10. How do medicines slow down or stop HIV? .. 1-11. Which HIV medicines are best to take? .. 1-12. Why do HIV medicines stop working? .. 1-12. How are some infections and illnesses prevented or treated? .. 1-14. What other illnesses or problems do children with HIV sometimes get? .. 1-15. How are scientists finding new treatments for HIV?.. 1-17. HIV: The Basics 1 1. 9/03. HIV is a virus that hurts the body's What is HIV? immune system. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a virus that attacks the immune system. (The immune system fights infections and diseases in a person's body.) Over time, HIV weakens a person's immune system so it has a very hard time fighting diseases.
copies find other CD4 cells to get inside and start the cycle again. The immune system tries to control HIV by making more CD4 cells. But when the immune system cannot make CD4 cells fast enough, the amount of virus in the body goes up and the number of CD4 cells goes down. Because the immune system can no longer control HIV, the person can ...
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