Question

How does HIV affect the immune system? which specific cells are affected? Which organ? and how is the brain affected in HIV, liver, skin, GI tract?

Answer 1

HIV invades a specific category of cells in the body that with due course of time weakens the immune system cell of an individual These cells are termed as the CD4 helper/T cells. When these cells are destroyed by HIV, it becomes quite challenging for the body to resist against several other infections. If this disorder is left untreated, even a mild infection (for eg,.cold) can result in serious complications as the body is unable to respond to the new infections.

Directly or indirectly most of the organs of the body are affected by HIV such as Eyes, heart, liver, kidney, brain, GI tract, bones, etc. Brain and spinal cord can develop inflammations in the advanced stage of HIV and other problems such as dementia, seizures, headache are common in HIV. The liver has several issues while taking HIV drugs as they pose a serious side effect on the liver and it is also seen that some people also suffer from Hepatitis. On the other hand, it increases the sensitivity of the skin several times as HIV rash is also observed on the skin of HIV infected persons far as GI tract is concerned, diarrhea is seen in the patients due to the malabsorption several vitamins from the intestine and GI tract inflammation also occurs at an advanced stage.