Is there any difference between HIV & AIDS?

HIV develope to become AIDS???????????

HIV is the name of a virus -- the human immunodeficiency virus. When this virus infects a person it begins to slowly attack their immune system. Over the years as the immune system function drops to lower levels people are at serious risk of getting sick from many different infections because their immune system is not working.

AIDS is the last stage of HIV disease. It occurs when a person's immune system drops so low that it is barely functioning and that person is at SERIOUS risk of life threatening illnesses (that would rarely affect anyone with a healthy immune system). It is these "AIDS-defining" illnesses that actually result in death. The virus just weakens the immune system allowing other things to actually cause death.

You can be HIV+ and have AIDS but you can't have AIDS and not be HIV+

HIV - a virus, AIDS - a desease caused by the virus. If u have HIV in your blood, probably you will be ill - you'll have AIDS, but not necessarily fast..

yep hiv does turn into aids!
sady most don't get to aids status tho!
most die from HIV

Dont listen to Mad Love, they obviously don't know what theyre talking about. no one dies from HIV. HIV can lead to AIDS and they usually die from something else like the flu because the AIDS virus destroys your immune system which means a simple cold can be extremely dangerous. The other scary thing is that it is possible for someone to go as long as 10 years with HIV and not show any symptoms. HIV leads to AIDS if left untreated.

HIV = Human immunodefficiency virus
AIDS = Acquired immunodeficiency state

AIDS is the final stages of HIV infection , the stage that will be recognized by low CD4 cells , fungal infections & . . .