How do you get AIDS?

Ways of acquiring AIDS   HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) and AIDS (Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome) are blood borne diseases. These conditions exist in the whole system, no particular area, not localized to a certain system, but may and can involve all systems of the body. One definite way of acquiring HIV and AIDS is through contact to body fluids from infected individuals.   Infected body fluids   There are certain body fluids excreted or secreted by the human body that can carry the virus of HIV or AIDS. These include the blood, semen, breast milk, vaginal fluids, and rectal mucus. Other fluids that contain high infectivity of HIV virus are those not commonly exposed to the environment but rather most commonly encountered and handled in hospitals such as the cerebrospinal fluid or the fluid present in the vertebra and the brain, the amniotic fluid which cushions the baby inside the womb, and synovial fluid or the fluid in synovial joints.   The body fluids have different levels of infectivity. The blood definitely has the highest infectivity among others. Urine, feces, sweat, saliva, and other excretions from the body, according to studies, do not contain the virus, unless they have blood in it. For instance, in the case of hematuria or the presence of blood in the urine caused by infection in the urinary tract, this makes the urine infected with the virus if it comes from an infected individual.   How is the virus transmitted through the fl...
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