Question

Why are opportunistic infections common with AIDS

Answer 1

Answer : having HIV/ AID s weakens the body immune system . It destroys the white blood cells that fight infection .this puts at risk of opportunistic infection .

Opportunistic infections are serious infections that take advantage of weak immune system .

Most people who are due of AIDS do not due from the virus itself .they due from opportunistic infections often , people are infected with OI s long before they become infected with HIV .their functioning immune system keeps the OI s under control ,so don't have any symptoms of the infection.

In HIV , when the CD4 cell count decreases gradually and OIs increases .

Some of the opportunistic infections with AIDs

Bacterial infections including tuberculosis

Mycobacterium avium complex

Cytomegalo virus infection

Hepatitis C

Fungal infections like yeast infections , cryptococcal meningitis ,

Toxoplasmosis

Pneumocystic carinii pneumonia

Oesophageal candidiasis.

Kaposi 's sarcoma

Histoplasmosis