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Question 39
Why is AIDS considered to be a ‘Syndrome’ and not a disease?

Answer 1

• AIDS is caused by a virus called HIV(human immunodeficiency virus) that kills the immune cells of the body.
• These immune cells are responsible for the production of antibodies to fight against different infections and pathogens.
• So when a person is infected with HIV, his immunity to fight against the different pathogen is lowered. As a result, different types of viral and bacterial pathogens can invade his body and different types of diseases and infections, affecting different body parts and organs can be developed. Hence, AIDS is not a single diseases but a group of disease and that's why it is called a syndrome.