What are the symptoms of AIDS and how can you get it?

and if u can get it from sex does the other person have to have it....this is for a school project!!!thanx!!

HIV is the virus that causes AIDS. Only a doctor can diagnose someone with AIDS when an HIV+ person has a CD4 count below 200 and/or one of the 26 AIDS defining conditions.

HIV is transmitted through infected blood, sexual fluids (including pre-***), and breast milk coming into contact with a skin cut or a mucous membrane (anus, vagina, penis, mouth, nose, ears, nose, or eyes).

and yes, the other person has to be HIV+ for you to contract it.

duhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh......

rash, high fever, diarriah, loss weight, and you get it after 2 weeks from exposure to a month but sometimes you cant show any

AIDS isn't really a disease..HIV IS.
AIDS is what it is called when the immune system has shut down for people with HIV and they contract a common usually non threatening disease like the flu or measles,with no immune system to fight the disease...it kills them.
i am HIV+ and I had no systems till I went to my doctor for a blood test and found out.

yes the other person has to have it.

it doesn't just magically appear out of nowhere.

you get it from the transfer of infected bodily fluids.

Come on people... lets learn something shall we? AIDS is a condition... it is a not a disease. HIV is a disease. AIDS is the condition that you get once you have been infected with HIV for a long time. HIV attacks the immune system and destroys the cells that protect our body from infections. Once the immune system has been damaged to the point of being almost gone, this is when a person has AIDS (Aquired Immune Deficiancy Syndrome). In a person suffereing from AIDS, opportunistic infections start to infect the body. These infections are diseases which normally do not affect a healthy person, but thrive in an AIDS patient because they have very little immune system protecting them.

I know that doesn't answer your question, but your question also isn't asking what you really want to know. What you want to know is what are the symptoms of HIV and how can you get it. And the answer to that has been drilled in everyone's head for 20+ freaking years and you should know it by now. If you don't, go back to BFE and go back to school.

AIDS is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It is when HIV has progressed enough and your immune system is almost completely destroyed.

A common symptom of AIDS would be gettick sick a lot, indicating a poor immune system. However, a blood test can confirm that.

You can get AIDS by sexual intercourse or by touching infected fluid or blood (especially when you have an open wound yourself) or even by using infected needles. And yes, the other person must have it if you get it through sexual contact with them...Good luck in your project!