SYMPTOMS:
Can be present for many years with no symptoms.  Unexplained weight loss or tiredness.
Flu-like symptoms that don't go away.  Diarrhea.  White spots in mouth.  In women, yeast infections that don't go away.

HOW IS IT TRANSMITTED?:
Sex.  Spread by sharing needles to inject drugs, or for any other reason.  Spread by contact with infected blood.

IS IT CURABLE?:
No.  Can cause illness and death.

POSSIBLE RESULTS IF NOT TREATED:
A mother with HIV can give it to her baby in the womb, during birth or while breastfeeding.

DIAGNOSIS & TREATMENT:
Diagnosis requires a blood test.  There are medications that can help people who develop AIDS have a longer life.