What is AIDS? AIDS is the more evolved, life threatening, form of HIV. AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. The name comes from the fact that HIV severely damages the immune system, the body's most important defense against disease. History of AIDS Scientists are not certain how, ...
Category N- Not symptomatic (no signs or only one of category A) Category A- Mildly symptomatic (two or more from the list below, none from B or C) o Lymphadenopathy o Hempatomegaly o Splenomegaly o Dermatitis o Parotitis o Recurrent or persistent upper respiratory infection, sinusitis, or obitis media Category B- Moderately symptomatic (other than the ones in A or C) o Anemia, neutropenia, thrombocytopenia o Bacterial meningitis, pneumonia, sepsis - Candidiasis, oropharyngeal o Cardiomyopathy o Diarrhea, recurrent or chronic o Hepatitis o Herpes simplex...