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HIV was found in 1983 by Luc Montagnier's team at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. The virus HIV attacks the immune system. If left untreated HIV can turn into aids. HIV/Aids can kill someone if left untreated as little as eight to ten years. The National Center for Health Statistics says roughly 600,000 people in the United States are living with HIV/Aids.

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HIV if left untreated can turn into a more deadly version named AIDS. Aids just like HIV attack the immune system of the body. Aids is more deadly than HIV even though Aids is HIV simply left untreated. Without medicine people with Aids normally last three years. Once chronic life expectancy drops to one year.

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HIV has many different ways it can be transmitted from one person to another. The number one reason HIV is transmitted is from sexual contact. HIV can be transmitted from mother to child during pregnancy if the mother is infected with the virus. Contaminated needles can also transmit the virus from one person to another. Blood contact can also be a way HIV is transmitted.

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Everyone is at risk of HIV in life. It affects more men than women. The most at risk for the HIV virus are gay and bisexual men. Baby's are also at risk since their mother can pass down the virus through birth. People who do not use protection during sexual contact are more prone to catch the virus.

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HIV can disguise itself as something else. Symptoms of HIV can include a majority of things. Abdominal pain is one of the main symptoms. Along with a bad cough. Fatigue is a symptom that people report.

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The greatest prevention of HIV is condoms when having sexual contact. Limiting the number of sexual partners can help stay away from HIV. Choosing less risky forms of sexual contact. Do not inject drugs or share needles with anyone. Getting tested regularly can help also.

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HIV can not be cured, but medicine can be given to help you live a longer healthy life. Medicine can help control the HIV virus. The treatment of HIV/AIDS with medicines is called antiretroviral therapy (ART). Taking these medicines can help HIV not turn into AIDS. Taking medicines also can help lessen the spreading of HIV.