The most common cause of AIDS is considered to be the unprotected sex. Sex without taking proper precaution like condom is very much responsible for AIDS. AIDS is generally transmitted through the semen. It is estimated that more than three million people round the globe had died through AIDS. During the prenatal stage also it is found that the mother will transmit the disease to the fetus before it is born. AIDS is transferred to the blood through the means of transfusion of blood into another’s body cell. Besides these, AIDS can also be caused through the use of injections which are not properly sterilized in the process of taking drugs or blood into the veins.Symptoms of AIDS are not visible at the early stage. But at least after a period of 3 to 6 weeks the symptoms of AIDS can be noticed through certain flu like sickness. Besides these, symptoms like headache, nausea, fever, fatigue, diarrhea, etc. are also considered as other AIDS symptoms. But it can be mentioned out here though these symptoms occur in an AIDS patient; it lasts for only a temporary period of time after which it disappears. Sometimes acute AIDS symptoms also cannot be considered as the symptoms of AIDS, as they may also be found to be very much common to other forms of diseases.
Thus symptoms either mild or severe cannot be considered as solely the symptoms of AIDS as other forms of sickness or diseases also witness the similar symptoms. But however, when the disease reaches its critical stage, the symptoms become very much acute thus leading to loss of weight, recurrent fever and also occurrence of certain fatal diseases. AIDS thus totally destroys the immune system of the body totally. AIDS is thus a deadly disease which is the result of unprotected sex, hence to prevent it is to avoid unprotected sex.Twenty-five million people have already died of AIDS since the virus first appeared. There are approximately 38.6 million people who are afflicted with HIV (or human immunodeficiency virus), which is also the main cause of AIDS. HIV damages the cells that make up the immune system, thus resulting in the body's inability to ward off fungi, viruses and bacteria that set off diseases. Upon the first infection of HIV, there might not immediately be AIDS symptoms at all. In fact, there are even cases of HIV infections that show absolutely zero symptoms of any kind. However, it is also common for those with HIV infections to experience flu-like symptoms that commonly appear up to six weeks after the initial infection. But, as these symptoms like swollen lymph glands, headaches, rashes, fever and sore throat are similar to those exhibited by other illnesses, a person may not realize that they have been infected with HIV until it is too late.
Even if a person does not have AIDS or show HIV symptoms yet, he is still capable of transmitting this illness to persons that he might come in contact with sexually. It has to be remembered that once this virus gets into the body, there really is no turning back because it will immediately attack the body's immune system. While a person who has contracted HIV infection could experience no symptoms at all for as long as ten years or more, this does not mean that the virus has stopped in growing in numbers and in destroying the immune cells of the body. The person may only experience some chronic symptoms or mild infections that they may only see as not serious. These include diarrhea, fever, shortness of breath or cough and swollen lymph nodes.
