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AIDS/HIV has two different names depending on the stage of the STI. The first one, HIV, is an abbreviation of the term human immunodeficiency virus. The second stage know as AIDS is short for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.

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As the name implies, HIV is caused by a virus.

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Some of the first symptoms caused by this STI are often quite similar to the flu due to the fact it attacks the immune system. Some of the most common symptoms involve things such ass rashes, fevers, chills, and many other symptoms.

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Unfortunately those who contract HIV cannot get rid of it like many others who have an STI and instead much depend on methods that prevent and slow down the virus. This involves a cocktail of medications along with treatments that simply slow the disease and weaken symptoms. They also help the individual lower their chances of spreading it to their partners.

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In addition to the effects normally associated with HIV infants who contract the disease often have their development slowed. This can be apparent in things such as failure to gain weight and slowed growth. In addition, it can also lead to slower development of motor skills such as walking and crawling along with things such as speech.

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Unfortunately, in the long term HIV/AIDS can often be fatal especially without proper treatment. With proper treatment many can slow the progression of the disease and try and prevent it from becoming AIDS but it is a constant battle. Without proper treatment and medications it is often so serious that many who's HIV progresses to AIDS will die within three years.

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Regions Of The United States Most Effected

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Regions Of The United States Most Effected

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HIV tends to effect certain parts of the country more than others with the southern part of the country boasting some of the highest numbers of cases.

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HIV tends to effect certain groups far more than other. The most prominent of these groups being either bisexual or gay men. It also tends to effect those of Latino and African American descent far more than their white counterparts. This led to the HIV epidemic being widely joked about and mocked in the late twentieth century.