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Safe-sex sexual is defined as n activity in which people take precautions to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases. Some of the more famous std’s are Chlamydia, Gonorrhea, Hepatitis, Herpes, HIV/AIDS, and Syphilis. They repeat that several times in the movie because they want he viewers to know that no matter how much you love the person, or how long you’ve been with them, or how much or think you know the person’s past, you should always keep…

My country has a storage of several things such as the health care system, stable hospitals with experienced doctors and nurses, new technologies, and etc. In Africa, there are not enough medical equipment or modern technology to save lives. Hospitals are alienated by people who need them the most, and if people manage to go to the hospital, they do not have the money to pay the hospital bills. In addition, sometimes they have serious diseases that doctors cannot find a cure for. Ultimately,…

from occurring. Viruses might appear to be extremely small; however, they are known to be harmful to the human body. They are capable of infecting and hijacking a human body, creating health hazards as minor as the common flu and as disastrous as the AIDS epidemic. Viruses have many types; one is an RNA virus. RNA virus is a virus that has RNA as its genetic material. One of the human diseases that is caused by RNA virus is the Ebola virus. In order for someone to be infected by Ebola, one must…

Canker sores are small sores that occur on the inside of your mouth and cheek. CAUSES RISK FACTORS Risk factors include: • Gender. Women are more likely to get cancer sores than men. • Family history of canker sores. SIGNS AND SYMPTOMS DIAGNOSIS Canker sores may be diagnosed by medical history and physical exam. If you have get canker sores frequently, you may also have: • Blood tests. • Allergy tests. • Culture taken of the sore. This tests can help your health care…

the article “AIDS in Africa” by Alison Katz, a widely known member of the People’s Health Movement, there is a clear line between what many people think the root problems of AIDS/HIV are and what Katz believes. She makes many strong statements about this and makes her argument very well understood by the audience. She also gives light to why the masses ideas on AIDS/HIV are wrong. There are many comments made by Katz which tell the reader that the majority of people’s ideas about AIDS/HIV are…

Aids can affect every system, but the main system it affects is the immune. It affects the immune system by destroying the cells called the T-helper. The T cells are a huge part in the immune system. They help the activity in the immune cells by releasing cytokines. The cytokines help spike the immune responses. The immune system plays a big role in the body because it prevents infections and illnesses. The immune system gets rid of all the bad bacteria and viruses. What's in aids destroys…

approve a larger variety of antiviral drugs beyond AZT (Lopez, 2006). In 1990, President George Bush senior was anti-HIV and gay. He had implemented a policy against the entry of HIV-infected person into the country. At this time, no one diagnosed with AIDS was expected to live past 18 months (Lopez, 2006). Andrew Buckett, an AZT user was having adverse affects and was not expected to live much longer (Nyswaner, 1993). Lesions were a large indication of HIV at this time. Buckett developed…

Healthy People 2020’s goal is to, “Prevent human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection and related illness and death” (2014, p. 1). Specific goals to reduce new HIV infections are; “reduce the number of new HIV diagnoses, reduce the number of new HIV infections among adolescents and adults, and reduce the rate or HIV transmission among adolescents and adults.” According to the Healthy People 2020 objective HIV-1 reduce new HIV infections, the Healthy People 2020 target is 32,855 persons and the…

Intravenous (IV) drug use is a major cause of preventable transmission of blood-borne diseases in the United States. Within this realm, it is the common practice of sharing previously used needles that makes IV drug users more susceptible to contracting diseases such as Hepatitis C and HIV. In recent years across the United States and worldwide, a method of controlling dirty needle-sharing has been to provide access to clean needles and syringes, regardless of the intended use. Although the…

HIV origin has been debated by researchers since the virus was found in the 1980s. The virus attacks the body’s immune system and weakens the immune system. The first case of HIV came from “a blood sample taken in 1959 from a man living in what is now Kinshasa in the Democratic Republic of Congo” (Sharp 1). HIV is similar to the virus Simian Immunodeficiency Virus (SIV), this virus weakens the immune system of apes and monkeys.“HIV-1 is closely related to a strain of SIV found in sooty…