What is HIV and AIDS?

• Human-this particular virus can only infect human beings.

• Immunodeficiency-HIV weakens your immune system by destroying important cells that fight diseases and infections. A “deficient” immune system can’t protect you.

• Virus-a virus can only reproduce itself by taking over a cell in the body of its host.

HIV

• Acquired immune deficiency syndrome

Overtime HIV can destroy so many of your cd4 cells that your body can’t fight

infections and diseases anymore. HIV turns to full blown AIDS!

AIDS

Treatment

• Combivir • Emtriva • Lexiva • Atripla• Norvir • And many more..

These pills are called prescription cocktails that are helping people with HIV to prolong their life and they can last 20 to 30

years.

HIV POPULATION BY AGES

AS YOU CAN SEE HIV IS HIGHEST AT AGES 30 TO 34 • HIV is the third leading cause of death in New york City. • More than 107,000 new yorkers are living with HIV and there are 1000’s more that do not

even know that they are infected.

By John Torres