Question

Describe how AIDS is treated and explain how the outlook for AIDS patients has changed over the years. What efforts are being made to treat AIDS in the future?

Answer 1

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) can be described as a syndrome which is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Currently, antiretroviral therapy or ART is being used to treat patients of AIDS which involves using of drugs to control the HIV virus.

AIDS was once considered to be a deadly syndrome whose cure could not be found but with recent advances efforts are being to treat and combat this syndrome. In the future, methods like genetic engineering and vaccines are being tested for treatment of AIDS.