Immunodeficiency

Many people believe that it is common knowledge that HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) has no cure and will always be impossible to cure. However, contrary to these beliefs, someone has been cured of HIV-AIDS (human immunodeficiency virus-acquired immune deficiency syndrome). In 1995, Timothy Ray Brown had contracted and was tested positive for HIV-AIDS. Brown was able to lead a normal life until 2006 when he was told that he had leukemia. Gero Hutter, Timothy Brown’s oncologist, told Brown…

Abstract Most recently, there have been many developments in detection, treatment, educational awareness, and prevention of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). In past years, an HIV-positive diagnosis was considered a death sentence. Treatment and management of HIV have advanced and become more efficient at extending life expectancy, despite the fact HIV continues to become an epidemic and life-threatening illness within some communities. Clinicians have ethical concerns and dilemmas that must…

Primary diagnosis: Symptomatic human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Secondary diagnosis: Affective/mood disorders. Rrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr The claimant was a 50-year-old man. Alleged disability: Crushed lower left leg, bipolar disorder, back and spine pain, and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) positive. He believed that the screws were coming out of his left leg; he reported constant neck and back pain, and had severe mood swings. Education: General Education Development (GED)…

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) is a cancer of connective tissue that develops as a result of infection with HHV-8. This virus is also known as Kaposi sarcoma-associated herpesvirus (KSHV). KSHV infects endothelial cells, or cells that line the inside of blood and lymphatic vessels, and is characterized by raised lesions on the skin or other endothelial membranes. Age, race, ethnicity and disease state are all risk factors for this disease. There are four known types of KS: classic, endemic, acquired, and…

HIV/AIDS is an immunodeficiency virus that attacks the body 's cell. HIV/AIDS are not two separate diseases, they are just two different stages of the same disease, AIDS being the more severe of the two. HIV or human immunodeficiency virus affects and attacks specific cells within the human body, weakening the immune system. AIDS or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is the final stage of the HIV infection, and not everyone progresses to this stage of HIV. “AIDS is the stage of infection that…

During its lifetime all living organisms are subjected to a number of factors threatening the integrity of their DNA. Organisms have evolved to efficiently respond to these DNA insults that result from either endogenous sources (cellular metabolic processes) or exogenous sources (environmental factors). Endogenous sources of DNA damage include hydrolysis, oxidation, alkylation, and mismatch of DNA bases; sources for exogenous DNA damage include ionizing radiation (IR), ultraviolet (UV) radiation…

HIV/AIDS Human Immunodeficiency Virus has been and still is a huge public health concern. HIV is easily transmitted, and there are a lot of issues that go along with it. HIV is a serious virus that can completely destroy someone’s life. HIV is just like other common infections such as the Flu or the common cold, but the difference between HIV and the Flu is that the body cannot clear HIV from the body. Meaning once you have HIV, you have it for life. This paper is going to talk about the…

Measles Measles is a highly contagious disease caused by measles. Patients always have high body temperature, cough, and red eyes in the first three to four days after they infect the disease. In the following days, red flat rash started to appear in their body: first on face then on other part of the body. Usually, the rash will subsidies after it appeared 3-4 days, and patients will be healed up in 7-10 days. Children are easily suffered from measles, and once they were diagnosed, they need…

The human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) has devastated the lives of millions. While left untreated, HIV can develop into acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). There is no definitive answer as to where the virus has originated. The public is unsettled by this, as unlike many other diseases, HIV does not leave the body. There are several strains of the virus, categorizing HIV into 3 distinct groups. As there are different strains, there are also many theories as to where AIDS has originated,…

One of the most common known Sexual Transmitted Diseases (STD’s) that has become a global health issue is the Human Immunodeficiency Virus better known as HIV. HIV targets the immune system and weakens people’s surveillance and defense systems against infections and some types of cancer (WHO, 2014). HIV targets specific cells in the immune system they are the CD4 cells or preferably known as T cells (CDC, 2015). HIV has different symptoms depending on the stage the virus is in. The reason so…