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Why is AIDS considered to be a ‘Syndrome’ and not a disease?

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AIDS is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) and is transmitted by sexual contact, blood-to-blood contact (blood transfusion) with an infected person where the body fluids are exchanged with the non-infected person.

When an individual is HIV positive, the virus weakens and blocks our immune system which results in the body’s inability to fight against common infections such as cold or gut infection. Due to this inability, a minor infection of a cold can turn into Pneumonia and gut infection can lead to diarrhoea resulting in blood loss.

AIDS does not show any specific symptoms but can turn minor diseases into major resulting in an individual’s demise. Therefore, due to the complexity of this disease and its symptoms which cannot be related to a single disease or identifiable pathogens, it is termed a Syndrome.

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