HIV Speech

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HIV Speech It kills over 300,000 people a year. It can affect anyone regardless of your race, sex, or age. It cannot be seen, treated, readily detected or destroyed. It is capable of destroying millions of people without wars or violence. This thing is AIDS caused by the virus HIV-1. What would you do if you found out tomorrow you had AIDS? How would you react if a family member contracted the disease and was diagnosed with one to three years left to live? The HIV virus that causes AIDS began to affect the nation many years ago and was first discovered and documented by the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia in 1979. It is an increasingly frightening disease for which no cure has yet been created. It is important to know however that methods are currently available which can prevent the transfer of this virus, and even slow down its malicious effects before they become fatal. It is equally important to know how to avoid getting the virus and also the symptoms in case you might run across them. I have researched this topic through various sources and compiled pertinent information to provide adequate information on this topic. First of all, AIDS is caused by the retrovirus HIV. HIV stands for human immunodef- iciency virus. AIDS itself stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. As its name implies, AIDS is a virus that is acquired and attacks the immune system making it useless in the event of other viral or bacterial attacks on the human body. After the HIV virus is initially contracted, the person may live a perfectly normal life for several years before sign of the virus appear. At this time, these p... ... middle of paper ... ... thing that can be done for a patient is to make him comfortable with easing drugs. The drug azidothymidine has proved very useful in the war against AIDS. Scientists all over the globe are currently working on a cure for AIDS and perhaps one day they will succeed. All these symptoms, causes, and treatments describe the deadly AIDS virus. AIDS is a fatal disease which renders the body helpless against other diseases. Patients lose the ability to defend themselves against virii and die from infections. AIDS is caused by the HIV-1 virus which is transferred to the body through blood and other bodily fluids. There is currently no cure for AIDS, but treatments do exist which can slow the progress of AIDS. Now that you know all this about AIDS, don't you really feel like you need to be more careful out in the world?

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