Health Matters: Your Guide to a Healthy Life

                                                    CAUSES OF HIV/AIDS, SYMPTOMS, DIAGNOSIS AND TREATMENT - BY ABDUL RAUF INTRODUCTION OF HIV and AIDS The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a virus that affects the immune system of humans. If HIV is not treated, AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) can develop. Studying the basics about HIV can help you stay healthy and prevent the spread of the virus. There is currently no effective cure. People who contract HIV are affected for the rest of their lives. HIV, on the other hand, can be treated with proper medical treatment. HIV-positive people who get proper treatment can live long, healthy lives while also protect their relationships. The presence of HIV does not always mean that AIDS is present. People infected with the virus can develop AIDS over some long period of time. HIV and AIDS are incurable diseases. When a person's T cells are extraordinarily low and/or they get specific diseases or cancers, they are consider