Aids
AIDS is a disease that damages the immune system and interferes with a person’s ability to fight off disease. It is most commonly transmitted sexually, but can also be transmitted through infected blood exposure and through birth. Mayoclinic.com says “AIDS is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition” AIDS is caused by the retrovirus HIV, HIV targets T-cells which are vital immune system cells and without them it is nearly impossible to fight a common cold let alone a life threatening disease. AIDS can affect your body in many other ways then just destroying your immune system. Women are mostly affected with other serious issues caused by the killer virus. It can affect women’s menstrual cycle, fertility, menopause, and also cause reproduction issues. It also causes osteoporosis in both males and females. Most irregular period cases are because of a mixture between HIV and a low CD4 count, being the T-cells, but HIV causes a loss of CD4 cells so it isn’t uncommon. Also regular users of recreational drugs will more than likely experience unusual menstrual cycles if they are infected with HIV simultaneously. This side effect of AIDS can cause unusual spans of time between periods and cause to miss periods without pregnancy. HIV also affects menopause and fertility by slowing down or stopping production of the hormones estrogen and progesterone. This can cause inability to become pregnant and cause early menopause. Both of these disastrous effects of HIV can be helped with HRT which is hormone replacement therapy. This can help aid your T-cells to fight things like early menopause and irregular periods. Reproduction issues are very serious conditions including symptoms of lower stomach pain, vaginal discharge, sex cramps, internal pain, fever, vomiting, exhaustion, and unusual vaginal bleeding. Doctors recommend a regular cervical check up because if reproduction issues are caught early they can be treated very well. Osteoporosis is common in women who