A diagnosis of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is made by a physician. An HIV-infected person may be diagnosed with AIDS if he or she meets certain clinical criteria. Criteria include becoming sick with an illness defined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as an AIDS-indicator illness (illnesses that take advantage of the body's weakened immune system) and/or by taking a blood test that shows that the person's immune system is severely damaged.

There are no common symptoms for individuals diagnosed with AIDS. When immune system damage is more severe, people may experience opportunistic infections (called "opportunistic" because they are caused by organisms which cannot induce disease in people with normal immune systems, but take the "opportunity" to flourish in people with HIV). Most of these more severe infections, diseases and symptoms fall under the Centers for Disease Control's definition of full-blown "AIDS. See similar questions...

HIV (Human Immunodeficiency ["im-you-no-de-fish-en-see"] Virus -- is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). HIV attacks and kills the cells in our bodies that keep us from getting diseases. This makes people with HIV get illnesses that healthy people do not get. When a person with HIV gets very sick from pneumonia, some kinds of cancer, and other life-threatening diseases, they are said to have AIDS. AIDS is a fatal disease. Here is more information on HIV/AIDS. See similar questions...

NO. You cannot get AIDS or any other disease by giving blood. The materials, including the needle used for your donation, are new, sterile, disposable and used only once, for your blood donation and are then discarded. See similar questions...

De punt en het gummetje van een WACOM pen kan registreren met hoeveel kracht u, met de penpunt of het gummetje, op het tablet drukt. Als u software heeft die deze gegevens kan uitlezen dan kunt u dit gebruiken veel natuurlijkere te tekenen dan zonder deze druk-registratie. Bij de Graphire tabletten kan druk in 512 stapjes, en bij de Intuos serie in 1024 stapjes worden geregistreerd. Dit is ruim voldoen voor mooie vloeiende lijnen. See similar questions...