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AIDS known as Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome is caused by HIV(Human immunodeficiency virus). It occurs at the final stage of HIV, thus referred to as advanced HIV infection. At this point the immune system is too weak to fight infections. When HIV is left untreated for a long while it develops into AIDS. Currently their is no known cure for HIV/AIDS but we have ways we prevent and thus maintaining it if infected. HIV/AIDS is known to have similar symptoms with many other diseases, so the best way to be sure is to go for a test and this should be done every 3 months because the virus has the ability to stay in the body for 3 months without being noticed. In order to prevent AIDS, HIV patients are advised to undergo anti retroviral therapy which involves the taking of anti retroviral drugs but to avoid this I would advice those with a higher risk of contacting the virus to undergo prEP(pre-exposure prophylaxis) which lowers the risk of contacting HIV drastically. Maximum protection can be achieved after 3-4 weeks of being on prEP.read my post on prEP here
We have more than 100 thousand cases of AIDS in Nigeria per year. AIDS is no respecter of man, legends have bowed to it.
PROTECT YOURSELF ALWAYS
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Good article. HIV test is free in all hospital. We should all endeavor to know our status by doing HIV test in any hospital. AIDS is real.
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