2023’s World AIDS Day: Can AIDS Be Treated If Found in the Final Stage? How Is AIDS Caused? Physician Responses

World AIDS Day is a worldwide campaign that raises awareness about the origins, symptoms, and treatment of AIDS, a sexually transmitted illness, on December 1st of each year. The last or late stage of HIV infection, known as AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, happens when the body’s immune system is severely weakened and infected by the virus. It often spreads from mother to child by unprotected intercourse, infected hypodermic needles, or blood transfusions.

Dr. Kalpana Erande, a sexologist who publishes information about her experience with coto, discussed her thoughts on the causes of AIDS and the latter stages of treatment with Jagran English.

How Does AIDS Come About?
Dr. Erande claims that the last stage of HIV infection is known as AIDS, or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). HIV lowers immunity, as the term implies, making it more difficult for the body to fight against opportunistic infections. Opportunistic infections are infections and malignancies connected to infections that affect individuals with compromised immune systems more often or more severely.

If a person’s CD4 count is fewer than 200 cells/mm3 or if they have certain opportunistic illnesses, they are diagnosed with AIDS. It is mostly spread via unprotected s*x (both vaginal and anal), blood, sharing needles for drug use, and nursing or birthing from an infected mother to her kid.

Therapy for HIV/AIDS
Antiretroviral therapy, or ART, is the sole treatment available for HIV and AIDS, according to Dr. Erande. Antiretroviral treatment (ART) may significantly slow down the progression of AIDS and avoid complications or secondary infections, but there is still no definitive cure for the disease.

Treatment for opportunistic infections must be combined with HIV therapy. Ayurvedic medicine and other holistic therapies may help boost immunity to some level. Even though there may not be a full recovery from AIDS, a doctor can strive to manage symptoms and stop additional harm to the patient in an effort to enhance their quality of life. People with AIDS usually have a three-year survival rate without therapy.