AP BIOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Although there’s no cure for HIV, medicine can help people with HIV live longer, healthier lives. HIV treatment called antiretroviral therapy (ART) lowers the amount of virus in your body (called your viral load). This does two things: Slows down the effects of HIV in your body, which keeps you healthy.

Detailed explanation-2: -Without treatment, the survival rate for someone with AIDS is about 3 years. That number decreases if they get an infection or cancer as a result of their weakened immune system.

Detailed explanation-3: -You can use strategies such as abstinence (not having sex), never sharing needles, and using condoms the right way every time you have sex. You may also be able to take advantage of HIV prevention medicines such as pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) and post-exposure prophylaxis (PEP).

Detailed explanation-4: -(The immune system fights infections and diseases in a person’s body.) Over time, HIV weakens a person’s immune system so it has a very hard time fighting diseases. HIV causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). People with HIV can have it for many years before it develops into AIDS.