UNDERSTANDING THE ILLNESS

Course overview

Learn the difference between the virus (HIV) and the disease (AIDS). Keep yourself and your clients safer and healthier by understanding how the virus is spread and what precautions to use to prevent its spread. After completing this lesson, the student will be able to: differentiate between the virus and the disease; identify the early symptoms of HIV; understand how HIV/AIDS affects the elderly; explain how HIV is spread; take precautions to prevent the spread of HIV.