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Directions: ANSWER USING COMPLETE SENTENCES! Use the information you have been given to answer questions about: AIDS AND HIV
Level#1: AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS is a type of sexually transmitted infection, or STI. A person develops this disease after first getting the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV. This virus infects and destroys cells in the immune system. The immune system protects the body from disease. When the whole immune system fails, the body has trouble fighting off other diseases.
1. What does AIDS stand for?
2. What is AIDS?
3. How does a person develop AIDS?
Level#2: AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS is a type of sexually transmitted infection, or STI. A person develops this disease after first getting the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV. This virus infects and destroys cells in the immune system. The immune system protects the body from disease. When the whole immune system fails, the body has trouble fighting off other diseases. The symptoms of AIDS include weight loss, fevers, rashes, and swollen lymph nodes. Eventually, people with AIDS usually die of a disease that the body can no longer fight, such as pneumonia or cancer. There is no known cure for AIDS. You can get HIV through sexual contact. You can also get the disease by sharing needles to inject drugs into the body. AIDS is also spread from an infected mother to her fetus.
1. What does AIDS stand for and what is it?
2. How does a person develop AIDS and what does it do to the immune system?
3. What does the immune system do and what happens when it fails?
Level#3: AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS is a type of sexually transmitted infection, or STI. A person develops this disease after first getting the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV. This virus infects and destroys cells in the immune system. The immune system protects the body from disease. When the whole immune system fails, the body has trouble fighting off other diseases. The symptoms of AIDS include weight loss, fevers, rashes, and swollen lymph nodes. Eventually, people with AIDS usually die of a disease that the body can no longer fight, such as pneumonia or cancer. There is no known cure for AIDS. You can get HIV through sexual contact. You can also get the disease by sharing needles to inject drugs into the body. AIDS is also spread from an infected mother to her fetus. AIDS has become an epidemic. This disease was first recognized by doctors in the early 1980's. By the end of 1991, it was estimated that between 1 and 1.5 million Americans had become infected with HIV. Some people think that HIV is only passed between same-sex partners. HIV can be passed between men and women. HIV is not passed from one person to another through casual contact such as hugging or shaking hands.
1. Explain what AIDS stands for, what it is, and how it develops.
2. Explain what the immune system does and what HIV does to it.
3. Explain what happens when the immune system fails.
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