[vc_row full_width=”stretch_row” equal_height=”yes” css=”.vc_custom_1516822770946{padding-top: 80px !important;padding-bottom: 80px !important;}” min_height=”600″][vc_column][vc_tta_tabs style=”engage_boxed” shape=”square” alignment=”center” active_section=”1″][vc_tta_section title=”Difference of AIDS and HIV” tab_id=”1516819540166-48f81bda-5217494d-e168″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Human Immunodeficiency Virus (\u201cHIV\u201d) destroys people\u2019s immune system, making the infected vulnerable to virus and bacteria, and eventually, leads to \u201cAcquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome,\u201d or AIDS.<\/p>\n
HIV is incapable of causing direct symptoms, but once the virus enters the body through blood vessels, it will begin to attack the \u201cT4 Lymphocytes\u201d (white blood cells and macrophages) which reside within the immune system, weakening the immune system\u2019s ability to self-repair. Meanwhile, some harmless diseases such as tuberculosis, pneumocystis carinii pneumonia (PCP) and fungal infections, which normally do not affect a healthy person, begin their infection and thus turn the HIV positive individual into an AIDS patient. Most opportunistic infections can be prevented and treated. However, there is not yet a cure for HIV itself.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”How does the virus get into the human body?” tab_id=”1516819540186-b9ce80ae-423a494d-e168″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]HIV exists within the carrier\u2019s bodily fluids, such as semen, blood and vaginal\/prostate secretion. The virus can be transmitted through the contact between bodily fluids and wounds, or mucous tissue (for example, vagina, glans, large intestine, etc)<\/p>\n
The virus can also be spread by sharing needles and mother-to-child transmission.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][vc_tta_section title=”What are the symptoms of HIV?” tab_id=”1516819540208-96688566-3863494d-e168″][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]Symptoms at early stage of HIV include: fever, swollen lymph nodes, throat infection, rash, joint and muscle pain. An HIV carrier may not have any initial symptoms and they cannot be identified by any external features. The most accurate way is to perform an HIV screening test.[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_tta_section][\/vc_tta_tabs][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]