AIDS or Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome is a disease that renders the immune system totally incapacitated to combat any infection in the body. The human body is first attacked by HIV, which ultimately results into AIDS over a number of years.

The disease was first diagnosed in the year 1981. Since then over the decades, ample research has been conducted to study the details of the disease including its cause, its mode of transmission and its cure. However, even today there is no cure for saving an AIDS victim from his or her potential death. A shocking number of 25 million people have lost their lives to this fatal disease since its identification in 1981. The year 2008 alone witnessed 2 million people being engulfed with this deadly illness. An approximate number of 33.4 million people are affected with HIV and AIDS even today. The only possible solution to stall this epidemic is to either take all measures to prevent contracting an HIV infection or taking the antiretroviral treatment for HIV, which can help buy some time before one crosses the threshold.

One of the major causes of AIDS is one’s lifestyle. HIV or AIDS is known to be the 6th most common reason of death amongst the age group of 15 to 24 years. Unprotected sex is one of the prime causes of spreading the HIV infection. Vaginal, anal or oral sex with a victim of HIV or AIDS can result in an infection to the other partner. The other two most potent ways of contracting this disease is through transfusion of HIV/AIDS contaminated blood or from the HIV/AIDS infected mother to the child. Certain misconceptions related to the spread of the disease are prevalent in society. Acts such as kissing, touching, coughing, sneezing, contact with things touched by an infected person or being in the vicinity of the victim do not transmit the disease. Also, teardrops, saliva and sweat are not carriers of this virus.

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