HIV/AIDS Guided Notes
1. What is HIV?
HIV stands for: H_________ I____________-D_______________ VIRUS
It is the virus that primarily _______________________ and that causes ______!
HIV __________________________ the disease-fighting cells of the __________
system, leaving the body with a weakened defense
_____________________________________________
2. Where did HIV come from?
It was first discovered in the US in the ________. Scientists believe it came
from ______
(Theory: Researchers believe that HIV was introduced
__________________________ when hunters became exposed to
__________________________________.)
3. What is AIDS?
AIDS is the _______________________________________ of HIV infection.
AIDS is the disease _____________________. Meaning, HIV is the VIRUS that
____________________________
AIDS stands for ____________________________________.
HIV weakens the ___________________ so bad that it can lead to _____.
4. How is HIV spread?
Sexual activity: __________________________
Sharing ________ or other ___________equipment
Mother-to-baby: ____________________________________
Blood Transfusions (rare)
5. What is an HIV antibody test?
A test to ___________________ has been _________. The test checks a
person’s _____________ for _____________. Antibodies are substances
produced in the __________________________________.
When antibodies to HIV are present in a person's bloodstream, it means
_______________________________________.
6. What does HIV do to the body?
HIV destroys important ______________________________. Remember, the
immune system is what ________________ and _________________. Because
the immune system is being ___________, the body isn’t able to fight
______________________ ______________. The immune system can’t do it’s
job, ___________ win!
7. What are signs/symptoms? PHASE ONE: ____________ STAGE.
The __________________ of people with ______________________________.
People are ______________; however, show few signs or symptoms.
Symptoms may not appear for ________! If so, you may not realize you
have it and _________________________!
8. PHASE TWO
People begin to show ____________________:
Swollen lymph glands, Fatigue, Weight loss, _________________, _______,
Diarrhea, Cough, Trouble remembering things/memory problems .
9. PHASE THREE
A person is considered to be in the ________, the ___________, when a
persons T4 cell count is _________________________ per micro liter. (Less than
14% of the ________________ in the blood) This means that they are at
________________________________________________.
The person develops an “________________________”- and usually dies of
that infection. (example: Kaposi’s Sarcoma- a type of cancer,
pneumonia, etc)
10. If I have HIV, then I have AIDS?
Being _______________________________________ does not mean that a
person has AIDS automatically, it means they have the _____________ that
can LEAD to _____________________________________________________ AIDS.
However, if left ____________________, HIV infection damages a person's
______________________________ and can progress to AIDS.
While HIV _________________________________, medications can help a
person to live with HIV and keep it from progressing further though the
virus can ___________________________________________________________!
11. Important to note:
Finding a __________________________________________ in a body fluid does
not necessarily mean that HIV can be transmitted by that body fluid.
Contact with saliva, tears, or sweat has ___________________________ to
result in transmission of HIV.