<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.01 Transitional//EN"><html><head> <meta content="text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1" http-equiv="content-type"> <title>AIDS</title></head><body><table style="text-align: left; width: 717px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 707px;"> <table style="text-align: left; width: 705px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 695px; background-color: rgb(247, 7, 100);"><br> <br> <br> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> <table style="text-align: left; width: 717px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="width: 107px;"><br> <div style="text-align: center;"><img style="width: 68px; height: 55px;" alt="tlf logo" src="logoiinkscape.png"><br> </div> <br> </td> <td style="width: 592px;"><font size="+2"><br> <span style="font-family: Arial;">The LibraryFoundation</span></font></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> <table style="text-align: left; width: 698px;" border="1" cellpadding="2" cellspacing="2"> <tbody> <tr> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 204); width: 100px; text-align: center; color: rgb(247, 7, 100);"><a style="color: rgb(247, 7, 100);" href="Pink%20Tagindex.html" target="_top">Home</a><br> </td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 204); width: 100px; text-align: center; color: rgb(247, 7, 100);"><a style="color: rgb(247, 7, 100);" href="About%20us.html" target="_parent">About us</a></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 204); width: 102px; text-align: center; color: rgb(247, 7, 100);"><a style="color: rgb(247, 7, 100);" href="AIDS.html" target="_parent">HIV/AIDS</a></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 204); width: 145px; text-align: center; color: rgb(247, 7, 100);"><a style="color: rgb(247, 7, 100);" href="News%20and%20Events.html" target="_self">News and Events</a></td> <td style="background-color: rgb(255, 204, 204); width: 100px; text-align: center; color: rgb(247, 7, 100);"><a style="color: rgb(247, 7, 100);" href="Join%20us.html" target="_parent">Joinus</a></td> <td style="width: 101px; background-color: rgb(255, 204, 204); text-align: center; color: rgb(247, 7, 100);"><a style="color: rgb(247, 7, 100);" href="Contact%20us.html" target="_top">Contactus</a></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> <tr style="font-family: Arial;"> <td style="width: 695px;"><span style=""><br>AIDS (acquired immunodeficiencysyndrome) is caused by the virus HIV or commonly known as the humanimmunodeficiency virus. These two viral infections are life threateningthatattacks the body’s immune system. The body’s immunesystemthat always producesT-cell lymphocytes or infection fighting cells will be destroyed oncethe virusgot through the body. When this happens, the body can no longer defenditselfto diseases and tumors. Once the body is weakening, various infectionscalledopportunistic infections takes advantage of the body. This infectioncausesdeath when the body is already disabled to protect itself. AIDS is thestate ofthe body when being controlled by an opportunistic infection.</span> <br> <br> <br> <font style="color: rgb(247, 7, 100);" size="+1">Causes</font><br> <br> <span style="">AIDSvirus can only be passedwhenan infected person’s blood or body fluids be mix with theotherperson’s bodyfluids. The mixing of the body fluids will occur when transactingactivities such as unprotected sexual activity, giving birth of an HIVinfected woman, and blood transfusions. The following people who are athigh risk ofgetting HIV infection and possible development to AIDS are homosexualmen withmore than one sexual partner; bisexual men and their partners; drugusers andtheir sexual partners; people who shares needle for drug use, tattoo,andpiercing; heterosexuals with more than one sexual partner; people whoget bloodtransfusion, unscreened blood get passed when urgent blood transfusionareneeded. <br> <br> <br> <span style=""></span></span><font style="color: rgb(247, 7, 100);" size="+1">Symptoms </font><br> <p><b>-</b><span style="">Feverthat last for a month,with no obvious cause <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="">-Prolonged periods of chills,sweatsand fatigue with no obvious cause<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="">-Lost of appetite and weight<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p><span style="">-Unexplained muscle and jointpain <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p>-Unexplainedintervals of having sore throat</p> <p>-Prolonged swellingof the lymph nodes </p> <p>-Continousunexplained diarrhea for a month orso</p> <p><span style="">-</span>Mouthor vaginainfection for a month</p> <p style="width: 706px;">Severalfrequentopportunistic diseases that affects someone with AIDS are Kaposi'ssarcoma, Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP), tuberculosis,meningitis, and herpes simplex infections.</p> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <span style=""><o:p></o:p></span></td> </tr> </tbody> </table> </td> </tr> </tbody></table><br><br><font size="+1"><br></font></body></html>