WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN HIV AND AIDS?
There are two phases in HIV infection after the virus infects a person. In the first phase, the person infected with HIV is asymptomatic, healthy and active, for 8 to 10 years. Only a blood test will tell if one is HIV positive and at least two to three ELISA tests have to be positive. Such a person is infected and is infective to others.
In the second phase, i.e., AIDS phase, the person's immune system becomes weak and as a result they develop other infections or show the symptoms of AIDS white curd-like mouth ulcers, loss of weight, fever on and off, loose motions for more than a month, different kinds of pneumonia, tuberculosis affecting many parts of the body or brain fever. The AIDS phase is the last stage of HIV. Even if a person is in the AIDS phase, by taking antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS, one can live a healthy productive life for a long time, but the medicines have to be taken regularly under the supervision of a qualified medical doctor.
There are two phases in HIV infection after the virus infects a person. In the first phase, the person infected with HIV is asymptomatic, healthy and active, for 8 to 10 years. Only a blood test will tell if one is HIV positive and at least two to three ELISA tests have to be positive. Such a person is infected and is infective to others.
In the second phase, i.e., AIDS phase, the person's immune system becomes weak and as a result they develop other infections or show the symptoms of AIDS white curd-like mouth ulcers, loss of weight, fever on and off, loose motions for more than a month, different kinds of pneumonia, tuberculosis affecting many parts of the body or brain fever. The AIDS phase is the last stage of HIV. Even if a person is in the AIDS phase, by taking antiretroviral therapy for HIV/AIDS, one can live a healthy productive life for a long time, but the medicines have to be taken regularly under the supervision of a qualified medical doctor.
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