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    The document discusses AIDS, HIV, and how HIV is transmitted. It notes that AIDS is caused by severe damage to the immune system by HIV. While AIDS cannot be transmitted between people, HIV can be transmitted via bodily fluids like semen, vaginal fluids, blood, and breast milk. Common ways of transmission include unprotected sex and sharing needles. Early diagnosis and treatment can allow those with HIV to live a normal lifespan without developing AIDS.

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    The document discusses AIDS, HIV, and how HIV is transmitted. It notes that AIDS is caused by severe damage to the immune system by HIV. While AIDS cannot be transmitted between people, HIV can be transmitted via bodily fluids like semen, vaginal fluids, blood, and breast milk. Common ways of transmission include unprotected sex and sharing needles. Early diagnosis and treatment can allow those with HIV to live a normal lifespan without developing AIDS.

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    The document discusses AIDS, HIV, and how HIV is transmitted. It notes that AIDS is caused by severe damage to the immune system by HIV. While AIDS cannot be transmitted between people, HIV can be transmitted via bodily fluids like semen, vaginal fluids, blood, and breast milk. Common ways of transmission include unprotected sex and sharing needles. Early diagnosis and treatment can allow those with HIV to live a normal lifespan without developing AIDS.

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    AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the name used to describe a number

    of potentially life-threatening infections and illnesses that happen when your immune
    system has been severely damaged by the HIV virus.

    While AIDS can't be transmitted from one person to another, the HIV virus can.

    There's currently no cure for HIV, but there are very effective drug treatments that
    enable most people with the virus to live a long and healthy life.

    With an early diagnosis and effective treatments, most people with HIV won't develop
    any AIDS-related illnesses and will live a near-normal lifespan.

    Symptoms of HIV infection


    Most people experience a short, flu-like illness 2-6 weeks after HIV infection, which lasts
    for a week or two.

    After these symptoms disappear, HIV may not cause any symptoms for many years,
    although the virus continues to damage your immune system. This means many people
    with HIV don't know they're infected.

    Anyone who thinks they could have HIV should get tested. Certain groups of people are
    advised to have regular tests as they're at particularly high risk, including:
     men who have sex with men
     Black African heterosexuals
     people who share needles, syringes or other injecting equipment

    Read about symptoms of HIV.

    Causes of HIV infection


    HIV is found in the body fluids of an infected person. This includes semen, vaginal and
    anal fluids, blood, and breast milk.
    It's a fragile virus and doesn't survive outside the body for long. HIV can't be transmitted
    through sweat, urine or saliva.

    The most common way of getting HIV in the UK is through having anal or vaginal sex
    without a condom.

    Other ways of getting HIV include:


     sharing needles, syringes or other injecting equipment
     transmission from mother to baby during pregnancy, birth or breastfeeding

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