AIDS: Life-threatening set of ailments

AIDS or Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is the life-threatening and final stage of STI or Sexually Transmitted Infection which gives rise to Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD). Hence, it is of utmost importance that we should be aware of STI.

STI as the term suggests gets transmitted through sexual contacts. Such contacts can be vaginal intercourse, anal sex or oral sex. The main agent transmitting the infection is the genital fluid.

Mere physical touch or even deep kissing cannot cause such infection. Nonetheless, the infection strikes silently. But once it takes effect, it assumes dangerous proportions.

If detected early, the infection can be cured. But the fact remains that the symptoms appear only at an advanced stage. In most of the cases, the infection becomes evident only after a significant period of time. So the patient or the kith and kin of the person concerned also fail to initiate the medical steps necessary for the patient. Studies have shown that the infection symptoms emanate after 10 years.

DIFFERENT STAGES OF AIDS

One should know the different stages of AIDS. Actually, a person knows of the symptoms quite late. But, the problem is that a person comes to know that she/he is infected during a sexual act only after the disease has taken full control of the person concerned. That means the STI (sexually transmitted infection) works silently and over a period of time.

Studies have shown that the first instance of a person suffering from STI (Sexually Transmitted Infection) is caused by the HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The symptoms of the infection also surface generally after 10 plus years. By that time, the ailment is full blown. Moreover, the disease reaches a dangerous stage. It is the final stage. It is also life-threatening. This STD (sexually transmitted disease) stage is called by physicians AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome).

However, all HIV cases do not blow into AIDS. But the majority of the AIDS cases have their origin in HIV.
Researches on STD have been carried on since olden times.

HIV & AIDS

In simple words, HIV precedes many cases of AIDS. If the HIV patient is tendered proper medical care, the case may not turn into a full-blown AIDS case. So, the patient should be given the initial medical attention to check HIV.