OVERVIEW OF AIDS/HIV

1. AIDS
(Acquired immuno- deficiency syndrome)
Done by / HASSAN ALSHAMRANI

2. Introduction
•The immune system is a complex
network of cells and proteins that
Defends the body against
infection.
•The main parts of the immune
system.

3. Common disorders of the immune system:
Allergic diseases
asthma
Autoimmune diseases
Psoriasis.
genetic disorder
autism
Infections diseases
AIDS/HIV

4. WHAT IS THE
AIDS ? • AIDS stand for acquired
immune deficiency syndrome.
• ADIS is caused by virus called
human immunodeficiency
virus (HIV)

5. • (HIV) is an infection that attacks
the body’s immune system, specifically
the white blood cells called CD4 cells.
•It’s pandemic in distribution and
is seen in all around The world.
AIDS/HIV

6. first recognized
•AIDS was first clinically observed
in 1981 in the United States.
•Both HIV-1 and HIV-2 are believed
to have originated in non-human
•A person infected with HIV often
have no symptoms
This Photo by Unknown Author is licensed under CC BY-SA
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi, co-discoverer of
HIV

7. What are the stages of HIV?
Stage 1: Acute HIV
Infection.
.
Stage 2: Chronic
HIV Infection
Stage 3: AIDS

8. TYPES
There are two main
types
HIV – HIV-1
HIV-2

9. COMMAN
SIGN &
SYMPTOMS

10. DIAGNOSIS
❑ BLOOD DETECTION TEST
❑ URINE TEST
❑ ORASURE TESR

11. Complications

12. prognosis
Prognosis of a disease is
defined as the outcome
or the expected course of
the disease.
Factors that affect the outcome of people with HIV
include:
❑ CD4 cell count.
❑ Viral load in blood.
❑ Age of the patient.
❑ infections with hepatitis B or C virus.
❑ Injectable drug abusers
❑ heart disease or liver disease

13. Modes of HIV/AIDS Transmission

14. Treatment

15. Preventive Measures
❑The only sure way to prevent
HIV/AIDS is not to have
sex and not to share IV drugs
or equipment with anyone
❑Avoid blood or blood product transfusions
In unreliable places

16. Take Home messages
• The immune system is Defends the body against infection.
• ADIS is caused by virus called human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)
• (HIV) is attacks the body’s immune system
• HIV/AIDS Transmission by unsafe sex, Avoid blood or blood product transfusions
• People may not have any symptoms or get sick during AIDS INFECTION.

17. • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV#Discovery
• https://www.aids.gov.hk/pdf/g190htm/i_index.htm
• https://www.avert.org/professionals/hiv-science/types-strains
• https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/whatishiv.html
• https://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/health/conditionsandtreatments/immune-system
• https://www.who.int/hiv/data/en/
• https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/whatishiv.html
• Harsh Mohan Textbook of pathology, 7th edition.