| HIV is a kind of virus that destroys the immune | | | | People with HIV positive can no longer fight off |
| system gradually. This virus affects a type of white | | | | infections when HIV virus has destroyed most of |
| blood cell called the T lymphocyte or T cell in the | | | | white blood cells. They get very sick when the |
| blood. As we know that white blood cells function as | | | | person's immune system has weakened. When the |
| fighter cells that helps the body fight off all kinds of | | | | person has a very low number of T cells and shows |
| germs and diseases. People who have been tested | | | | several signs of a serious infection, a doctor can |
| and found to have several symptoms of HIV or | | | | diagnose them get infected by AIDS. |
| human immunodeficiency virus in their blood are | | | | Most people do not feel any change in their body |
| diagnosed as having HIV positive. | | | | after they are get infected by HIV virus. That is why |
| People with HIV positive certainly have HIV virus in | | | | people with HIV virus do not show any symptoms of |
| their blood. HIV virus may take a long period of time | | | | HIV-AIDS for years. Some people develop common |
| to damage immune system for that person to get | | | | illness like flu, cold or fever for a few days to a few |
| sick and develop AIDS. The HIV virus is silently | | | | weeks after being infected but these symptoms of |
| reproducing itself and destroying T cells although the | | | | HIV usually go away after several days. The person |
| HIV positive person may feel fine. This is very | | | | with symptoms of HIV might begin to have swollen |
| dangerous because we can not distinguish HIV | | | | lymph nodes, weight loss, infections in the mouth, |
| positive person with other health person. The HIV | | | | diarrhea, or they might feel tired and weakness all of |
| positive person is still contagious during this time | | | | the time. |
| which means they can infect others too. | | | | |