STDs have become a widespread and global problem. The effects are serious and highly dangerous. AIDS is also at this point unable to be cured too. Hence, it is important to know the symptoms of STDs and how they can affect the body.
The STD I will be discussing today is AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome) as a result of the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
1. AIDS
The cause of AIDS is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The cause of AIDS includes the spread of the HIV virus via sexual intercourse, contaminated needles, or blood transfusion. Another cause of AIDS is through the transmission of the HIV virus via breast milk, factor VIII concentrates, or accidental inoculation from patient to a health care worker.
Early symptoms include fever, headache, tiredness, nausea, diarrhea and enlarged lymph nodes in the neck, armpits or groin.
Later symptoms include rapid weight loss, dry cough, recurring fever, profuse nights sweats, profound and unexplained fatigue, swollen lymph glands in the armpits, groin, or neck, diarrhea lasting more than a week, blurred vision,white spots or unusual blemishes on the tongue, in the mouth, or in the throat, skin rashes or bumps, pneumonia, red, brown, pink, or purplish blotches on or under the skin or inside the mouth, nose, or eyelids, memory loss, depression, and other neurological disorders.
AIDS will increase the likeliness of complications as the immune system is rendered almost useless. The patient hence will be prone to diseases easily and will be unable to fight back against these diseases. The patients will also have an increased risk of developing various cancers and also cancers of the immune system (lymphomas).
There is no known cure for the disease, but only treatments that can slow the course of the disease.
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