Q- Why is AIDS considered to be a “Syndrome” and not a disease?
Answer- It is absolutely right that AIDS is considered to be a “Syndrome” and not a disease. It is because of some reasons one of the main reason behind it is as follows:
AIDS is the syndrome that is caused due to HIV virus that kills Helper-T cells of immune system which decreases the production of antibodies from the B-lymphocytes. This lowers our resistance to fight pathogenic micro-organisms which increases the chances of several bacterial and viral infections on any part of the body. HIV infection results in a variety of symptoms and disease depending upon the type of infection and organ that is why it is called a syndrome.
Even some minor infections may leads to serious complications such as common cold may aggravate into pneumonia and minor gut infection may leads to severe dirrahoea and blood loss.