Theory question 102
HIV/AIDSSection A (answer two questions from each section)
(a) What is the meaning of HIV?
(b) Discuss four symptoms and effects of HIV/AIDs.
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(a) HIV means Human Immunodeficiency Virus, the virus that attacks the body's immune system and, if untreated, leads to AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome).
(b) Symptoms (any): persistent fever; prolonged diarrhoea; rapid weight loss; persistent dry cough/tuberculosis; night sweats; skin rashes and infections; oral thrush; tiredness.
Effects (any): early death and loss of manpower; stigmatisation and discrimination; high cost of treatment and poverty; orphans and broken homes; reduced productivity and national development.
Four points in all, each explained (symptoms and effects may be combined).
Spell out the letters of HIV correctly; then four explained points.