Is hepatitis b & c the same as having aids?

Question

a friend of mine says so and I just want to prove a point that hes wrong.

Answer 1

No not even close, the only vague common factors is methods of infection( how one gets it) and to a lesser extent maybe lifestyle and or habits if you get my drift?

Answer 2

No...your friend is very ignorant.

Hep C and Hep B viruses use your liver cells to replicate, this causes inflammation to your liver - hepatitis means swollen liver

HIV virus uses your immune system cells to replicate, there in lies the problem of why it is so difficult to beat HIV.

The current Hep C treatment basically slows the HCV virus from replicating and super boosts your immune system to eliminate what is left of the virus. Hep B has a vaccine, but you need to have the vaccine before you get exposed otherwise you could end up with a chronic condition like Hep C usually does.

HIV is more difficult to treat because your body can't use it's immune system to fight it.

The only thing that makes HCV and HIV similar is that they are both RNA type viruses, but they have totally different internal instructions, their cell host receptors are way different, and HCV is way smaller (sizewise) than an HIV virus - this is why they like to latch on to totally different kinds of host cells.

These are unlike Herpes and Small Pox which are a DNA viruses.  RNA viruses are made up of DNA snippets.

Answer 3

no not at all

hep is hurting the liver

aids is a problem all over

Answer 4

No, not even close.  Hepatitis affects the liver.  AIDS affects your immune system.  Both can make you extremely ill, but in different ways.

Answer 5

Not necessarily

Hepatitis was around even before aida

Answer 6

He is EXTREMELY wrong.  They are 2 completely different diseases and Hep B is different from Hep C.

Answer 7

No, different diseases.

Hepatitis means "liver" disease. AIDS affects the immune system.

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BTW, they have a vaccine for Hepatitis B, but not for Hep C, nor for HIV (the virus which causes AIDS), so that should clue you in that they are different diseases.