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| HIV infection is
a long turm illness that attacks the immune system, the body's natural defence against
disease. At present, there no cure. When HIV infect the body, the body makes antibodies. Antibodies help fight germs. But the HIV antibodies can't keep up with HIV. People may not know they have HIV. They may look and feel healthy for years. But they can still pass HIV to others |
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| SYMPTOMS | Symptoms may take years
to appear. Most people have a period of flu-like symptoms within weeks of being infected.
Later, people may have symptoms such as:
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| AIDS | AIDS
is the last stage of HIV infection. The immune system becomes so weak it can no longer
defend the body agains certain illnesses. A person has AIDS when certain disease-fighting cells in the body reach low levels and /or the person gets certain illnesses. Theses illnesses include:
These illnesses are normally mild or rare. But, they are life-threatening for a person with AIDS |