The purpose of this write-up is to give up-to-date report on HIV/AIDS and of course HIV/AIDS LATEST report since it is very popular and known all over the world as one of the major cause of death all over the world and perhaps the greatest threat to mankind which has kept scientist at work for decades and still no proved scientific cure yet. But unfortunately, according to UK Health Protection Agency, it is estimated that up to a quarter of all people with HIV are unaware that they are infected.

If you have ever had sex with someone whose HIV status was not known from blood test, you might have contracted HIV without realizing it – people that look very healthy may have HIV without knowing it.

Though HIV and AIDS are used interchangeably, it will be nice to state the difference between the two. HIV- means, Human Immunodeficiency Virus while AIDS means, Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. AIDS is as a result of continual attack on the body’s immune system by HIV.

Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a retrovirus and they enter the body through direct contact with blood or other body fluids and when it enters the body, it weakens the body immune system (it attacks or kills the T Lymphocytes and CD4 cells which provides body protection against different kinds of incoming infections) making it weak to fight against disease causing agents.

When the immune system becomes highly weak to fight back any infection in the body, that means that the patient can suffer great illness due to minor infection and thus may result to death (from AIDS related illnesses) – at this stage (according HIV/AIDS LATEST report), when the body immune system is very weak, the patient is said to be suffering from AIDS. So, AIDS is said to be an opportunistic infection (An opportunistic infection is an infection that would not normally affect an otherwise healthy person. Oftentimes, it’s these infections that are the cause of illness or death in HIV-positive individuals – not the virus itself). But according to HIV/AIDS Latest report from Centers for Disease Control and prevention, a CD4 cell count below 200 means that the person is having AIDS. When HIV enters the body, it infects T cells and takes over the activities of these white blood cells so that the virus can replicate. Eventually, HIV infection compromises the entire immune system and causes AIDS.

People often ignore the important of HIV home tests. There is a common misconception among people that HIV Aids only attack specific patients and show specific symptoms of HIV. The HIV statistics reveal that people of any age, race, sexual preference, background or lifestyle can affected this disease while some people still believe that the disease only attack people in prostitutes, homosexuals, and drug users.

Many people have misunderstanding of this disease that the symptoms only appear when someone gets infected. That is why most people HIV testing if the symptoms begin to show. Being sick continuously is do not means that someone get infected to this disease. It is important to know that many people do not show the symptoms at all for months or even years. Symptoms of HIV do have numerous kinds which seem different each other. While diseases such as herpes and gonorrhea have specific symptoms, HIV is an immune deficiency which has no specific symptoms.

HIV Aids is very dangerous illness because any contact with the blood or fluids of an infected person can result in transmitting symptoms of HIV. It often develops within a few days after infection but it may occur several weeks after the person is infected. General symptoms of HIV may include abdominal cramps, nausea, or vomiting, diarrhea, enlarged lymph nodes in the neck and armpits, fever, headache, muscle pain, skin rash, sore throat, weight loss. These first symptoms can range from mild to severe and usually disappear on their own after 2 to 3 weeks.