HIV Basics
What does HIV attack in the body?
The immune system
This pneumonia is one of the most common AIDS‑defining infections.
Pneumocystis pneumonia
A cancer that causes purple skin lesions.
Kaposi sarcoma
HIV can cause this condition affecting the brain.
HIV encephalopathy
Extreme weight loss is part of this syndrome.
HIV wasting syndrome
True or False: HIV and AIDS are the same.
False
This parasite can cause brain infection in people with AIDS.
Toxoplasmosis
A cancer of the lymphatic system linked to AIDS.
Burkitt lymphoma
This condition causes severe brain damage and is AIDS‑defining.
PML (Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy)
This AIDS symptom often occurs at night.
Night sweats
What stage of HIV is diagnosed when the immune system becomes severely weakened?
AIDS
This fungal infection can spread outside the lungs.
Histoplasmosis
A cancer that affects women and is AIDS‑defining.
Invasive cervical cancer
This parasite can infect the brain.
Toxoplasmosis
Name two symptoms of AIDS.
Fatigue, diarrhea, fever, weight loss, etc.
Name one way HIV can be transmitted.
Blood, sexual contact, etc.
This parasite infection causes chronic diarrhea lasting more than a month.
Cryptosporidiosis
A cancer that can occur in the brain.
Primary brain lymphoma
Name symptoms of neurological decline in AIDS.
Memory loss, confusion, dementia, etc.
True or False: AIDS can be treated and reversed.
False (HIV can be treated; AIDS cannot be reversed)
What does “AIDS‑defining illness” mean?
An illness that signals HIV has progressed to AIDS
This bacterial infection can recur and is AIDS‑defining.
Salmonella septicemia
This lymphoma is associated with immune system failure.
Immunoblastic lymphoma
True or False: Neurological conditions only occur in late‑stage AIDS.
True
Vision loss can be caused by this virus.
Cytomegalovirus (CMV) retinitis