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AIDS and Infections
Having AIDS deteriorates your body's
immune system. Your immune system generally
fights germs that enter your body.
When AIDS makes it feeble,
it can't fight germs well. This can result to serious
infections that don't often affect fit people. These
are known as opportunistic infections (OIs).
There are a lot of types of OIs. Tuberculosis
and a severe related disease, mycobacterium avium complex
(MAC) are bacterial infections. Viral infections comprise
cytomegalovirus (CMV) and hepatitis C. Fungi cause thrush
(candidiasis), cryptococcal meningitis, pneumocystis
carinii pneumonia (PCP) and histoplasmosis, and parasites
cause crypto (cryptosporidiosis) and toxo (toxoplasmosis).
Having AIDS can make any infection
difficult to treat. People with AIDS
are also more probable to suffer complications of general
illnesses such as the flu.
The good news is that you can assist
preventing infections by taking your AIDS medicines.
Other things that can help comprise practicing safe
sex, washing your hands well and frequently and cooking
your food well.
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