Symptoms of AIDs explained as experts warn of 3.3 million new cases

There are four stages to the disease, which are lifelong and can go undetected for years

These are the symptoms of AIDs as experts warn a 3.3 million case surge is on the horizon.

AIDs was first identified in 1981 when the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported the first cases in the UNITED STATES

The VIRUS that causes AIDS, called the human immunodeficiency virus, better known as HIV, was identified in 1983.

Queen frontman Freddie Mercury, Brady Bunch star Robert Reed and actor Charlie Sheen and are among the CELEBRITIES  who went PUBLIC  about their diagnoses.

While initially considered a death sentence, AIDs can now be managed to the point that it’s undetectable and untransmittable.

Fortunately, those who contract the disease can still go on to live long, healthy lives.

A highly effective antiretroviral therapy, known as ART, helps to stop HIV from reproducing.

Meanwhile, people can take PREP PILLS, first introduced in 2012, to help prevent HIV.

Despite the progress, UNAIDS, the UN’s joint Aids prevention programme, has warned some 3.3 million additional HIV cases could emerge in the next five years.

This is because the global response to HIV has seen its largest setback in decades, thanks to cuts to funding WORLDWIDE