• virus that only humans can contract it, and it attacks the immune system.
• spread through exchange of bodily fluid (sex without  protection, shared needles and pregnancy 👶)
• During latency period, HIV patients may not experience symptoms at all
• A blood or saliva test and antigens can detect those antibodies that determine if HIV is present inside the body
• HIV destroys immune cells called CD4 cells
• Medications can control HIV very successfully by interrupting its viral life cycle 💊 

Aids:

• condition or stage 3 of HIV
• develops when HIV has caused serious damage to the immune system. 
• symptoms that vary from person to person; opportunistic infections include tuberculosis, pneumonia, and others if without antiretroviral therapy.
• one way healthcare providers diagnose AIDS is to do a count of those cells as:

• Other way will be the existence of opportunistic infections : diseases caused by viruses, fungi, or bacteria that would not make a person with an undamaged immune system sick
• Adherence to antiretroviral therapy can prevent stage 3 HIV from developing

However 😨😨😨

• An HIV infection doesn’t necessarily progress to stage 3/Aids due to medical advances nowadays
• Because there is no cure, the HIV infection never goes away 😥 , even if AIDS never develops

2nd Stage: Clinical Latency Symptoms

3rd Stage: AIDS Symptoms