Disease Information for Immune deficiency , acquired (AIDS/HIV)

Synonyms:

Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome Virus, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome Virus, AIDS virus, AIDS Viruses, HIV, HIV Human immunodefic virus, HIV Human immunodeficiency virus, HIV Human Immunodeficiency Virus, HTLV III, HTLV WIII, HUMAN IMMUNODEFIC VIRUS, HUMAN IMMUNODEFIC VIRUSES, Human immunodeficiency virus, Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Human immunodeficiency virus (organism), Human Immunodeficiency Viruses, HUMAN LYMPHOTROPIC VIRUS TYPE III A T, Human T Cell Leukemia Virus Type III, Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus Type III, Human T Lymphotropic Virus Type III, Human T lymphotropic virus type III (HTLV III), IMMUNODEFIC VIRUS HUMAN, IMMUNODEFIC VIRUSES HUMAN, Immunodeficiency Virus Human, Immunodeficiency Viruses Human, LAV, LAV HTLV III, Lymphadenopathy Associated Virus, Lymphadenopathy associated virus (LAV), Lymphadenopathy associated virus type I (LAV I), Lymphadenopathy Associated Viruses, Virus (HIV) human immunodeficiency, Virus AIDS, Virus HIV, VIRUS HUMAN IMMUNODEFIC, Virus Human Immunodeficiency, Virus Lymphadenopathy Associated, Viruses AIDS, VIRUSES HUMAN IMMUNODEFIC, Viruses Human Immunodeficiency, Viruses Lymphadenopathy Associated

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Definition:

Immune deficiency state with relentless loss of T4 immune cells caused by the HIV agent;an RNA virus with tribal subtypes;all tissues are involved especially nerve,lymph tissue and immune cells; complications are myriad with unusual opportunistic infections such as pneumocystis, MAC, and all fungi and unusual tumors;chronic disease treated with newer (expensive) anti-viral agents;it can be arrested but not cured;long latency after blood product,iv drug use or sexual transmission (homosexual OR heterosexual);often transmitted by mother to offspring;----------------------------------------------NORD 2005---------(Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome)Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome

Disorder Subdivisions include: AIDS Prodrome; AIDS related complex; AIDS-Related Complex (ARC); ARC; Mini-AIDS;

Wasting/Lymph Node Syndrome; AIDS is an infectious disorder that suppresses the normal function of the immune system; It is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), which destroys the body"s ability to fight infections; Specific cells of the immune system that are responsible for the proper response to infections (T cells) are destroyed by this virus; Characteristically a person infected with HIV initially experiences no symptoms for a variable period of time; This may be followed by the development of persistent generalized swelling of the lymph nodes (AIDS-related lymphadenopathy); Eventually most patients infected with HIV experience a syndrome of symptoms that includes excessive fatigue, weight loss, and/or skin rashes;

The later stages of HIV infection are characterized by the progressive depression of T cells and repeated infections that can even occur during a course of antibiotic therapy for another infection (superinfections); People with AIDS are particularly vulnerable to "opportunistic infections" from bacteria that other people normally fight off; Pneumocystis carinii, which causes severe inflammation of the lungs (pneumonia), is a common infection that effects people with AIDS; Cancers (malignant neoplasms), and a wide variety of neurological abnormalities, most notably the AIDS dementia complex, may also occur; These neurological symptoms when of HIV infects the nervous system---------[NORD 2005]----------

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