HIV VIRUS INFECTS ALL CELLS IN TH BODY LIKE WBC , RBC AND PLATELETS AND ESPECIALLY CD4 CELLS.THE BODY RESPOND TO HIV VIRUS BY PRODUCING PROTECTIVE ANTIBODIES AND MOUNTING AN IMMUNE RESPONSE BY ACTIVATION OF VARIOUS IMMUNE EFFECROR CELLS.HIV DRUGS KILL THE VIRUS AND ARREST VIRAL REPLICATION.REDUCT...

MANY PATIENTS HAVE INACTIVE TB BACILLI BUT THEY DONOT HAVE SYMPTOMS AND SIGNS OF TUBERCULOSIS.LATENT TB IS VERY COMMON IN INDIA.LATENT TB DOSENT REQUIRE TREATMENT.HOWEVER PATIENTS WITH IMMUNE SUPRESSED CONDITIONS LIKE HIV PATIENTS, DIABETES AND PATIENTS ON STEROIDS ARE AT HIGH RISK OF DEVELOPING ...

THERE HAS BEEN A GRADUAL DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF DEATHS REPORTED DUE TO HIV COMPARED TO THE PREVIOUS YEARS.THE DECREASE IN DEATH RATES DUE TO HIV IS DUE TO INCREASED USE OF ANTI RETROVIRAL TREATMENT.MOST COMMON CAUSE OF DEATH IN HIV IN INDIA IS TUBERCULOSIS.ALL PATIENTS WITH HIV NOT ON HIV TREA...

MANY PATIENTS WHO ARE IN LATE STAGES OF HIV DEVELOP INFECTIONS IN THE BRAIN LIKE TUBERCULOSIS, TOXOPLASMOSIS, AND BACTERIAL AND VIRAL MENINGITIS.PATIENTS CAN PRESENT WITH HEADACH, CONVULSIONS ,LOSS OF CONCIOUSNESS AND SOME PATIENTS DEVELOP AIDS DEMENTIA.THESE PATIENTS USUALLY HAVE CD4 COUNTS LESS...

CD4 CELLS ARE SUBSET OF WHITE BLOOD CELLS RESPONSIBLE FOR IMMUNITY.HEALTHY INDIVIDUALS HAVE CD4 COUNTS RANGING FROM 700 TO 1300.AS HIV INFECTS CD4 CELLS THERE WILL BE REDUCTION IN IMMUNITY.REDUCED IMMUNITY LEADS TO INCREASED RISK OF MANY OPPERTUNISTIC INFECTIONS CLASSICAL IN HIV/AIDS PATIENTS.SOM...