Hca 240 Infections Disease

Infectious Disease

Infectious Disease

The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) is a kind of sexually transmitted disease that may be passed on to anybody coming into contact with one that is infected of the same, through coming into contact with a blood that is infected by the HIV, or even through the act of breast-feeding, upon entering and attacking the immune system of a person. Although it takes a couple of years for HIV to be felt by a person, it is also source of another permanent, life-threatening disease known as AIDS. Upon targeting the immune system of a person, it weakens one's immunity, thereafter evolving into AIDS (HIV/AIDS, 2011).

The most common symptoms that arise upon those who suffer AIDS/HIV are: night sweats, swollen lymph glands particularly...