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- What is AIDS?
- Symptoms of AIDS
- Causes of AIDS
- Prevention of AIDS
- Risk factors for AIDS
- Complications of AIDS
- When to see a doctor about AIDS
- Diagnosis of AIDS
- Conventional treatment of AIDS
- Alternative/complementary treatment of AIDS
- Living with AIDS
- Caring for someone with AIDS
AIDS is an opportunistic disease, which severely impairs the body's immune system and allows other opportunistic diseases (such as cancer) to invade the body and ultimately kill it.
It is much more preferable to diagnose and treat the AIDS before it has come into full effect, just after the human immunodeficiency virus has infected the body, to give the best chance of a positive outcome.
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If AIDS is not diagnosed and treated early, before it gets to the point where the opportunistic diseases can get into the body, then the ultimate complication is death.
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< 5: risk factors for AIDS 7: when to see a doctor > Last reviewed: 24 August 2007 || Last updated: 15 March 2009
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Disclaimer: This guide is not intended to be used for diagnostic or prescriptive purposes. For any treatment or diagnosis of illness, please see your doctor.
