Aids Awareness Essay

Pneumonia is viral, bacterial, and fungal. According to World Health Organization, pneumonia comes in the different forms such as Streptococcus pneumonia, which is a type of bacteria. Another cause of bacterial pneumonia is the Haemophilus an influenza type b (Hib). We have the respiratory syncytial virus type which is the most common viral cause of pneumonia. Then we have pneumonia in infants infected with HIV called Pneumocystis Jiro ve ci. There is various way pneumonia can be spread. It can…

Blood is everywhere, in everyone, in all living animals. The type of blood and what makes it look how it does is all based on its composition. The uses of it are vital to all animals survival as it is the key component to living. Unknown to most, but the blood's composition must be kept at near perfect balance at all time for it to perform all its functions. Blood is a crucial part of an animal's existence. Without it, it could not survive. Blood has numerous types as well as appearances, and…

Discussing with your partner about being tested for STD’s can be an uncomfortable and awkward conversation, but it is the best scenario for your sexual experience to know exactly what you are getting into and can contract by being a participant. Below I will discuss a conversation about tested. It seems that it is easier to just be sexually active than to be tested or have the conversation. Being open and receptive is the best way to go about this conversation not taking NO for an answer. Me:…

IM - fullertonanimal.com - Content - Heartworm FAQ Your Baltimore Veterinarian Answers Most Common Heartworm FAQ’s Heartworm is one of the most dangerous parasites that can infect your pet. Heartworm disease is transmitted to animals by mosquitoes. Is a serious and potentially life-threatening disease that primarily affects dogs, but cats and other household pets are also at risk. How Can My Pet Get Heartworm? Heartworms are only transmitted animal to animal through mosquitoes. When an…

Aids is an illness that has affected more than 70 million and has killed about 35 million people globally. 95% of the people with aids live in developing countries. The ages between 19-40 years of age are mainly infected with this disease. The color of the ribbon for aids is red. Aids is a disease that makes your immune system weak. It destroys a specific type of cell that is important to your immune system called CD4. CD4 cells are a type of white blood cell. CD4 cells trigger the body's…

tested positive for the HIV/AIDS virus. Throughout the article Greene, reflects on how most children who have a positive HIV/AID result will not be adopted into the United States due to families not “wanting” a child with a deathly disease and in contrary the US should extend their arms to these children the most. Out of the positive babies in African orphanages, 75% of them will pass away before age two where as babies in the United States who have received successful HIV/AIDS treatment are…

In Tony Kushner Angels in America, it speaks to a time in our nation's history, in particular, the early 80s, through the year 2000, where AIDS had affected primarily the gay community. No one knew anything about AIDS, or why it seemed to plague the homosexual community. Originally, the virus was labeled as a gay disease/cancer. One can argue that perhaps a certain segment of the homosexual population was not practicing safe sex. In addition, the virus also affected bisexual men, heterosexuals,…

Our cramped house was always filled with people. Due to her role in the refugee community, my mother would at times hold preventive workshops on HIV. The workshop mainly constituted of statistics display, stories, contraceptive distribution but mostly laughter. To the people attending, HIV was just another too familiar danger. I was not allowed to attend any of the workshops due to my age, but my perpetual inquisitive nature led me to the discovery of leftover brochures. While reading the…

The AIDS Outbreak Over the last several decades, people have witnessed millions of people especially homosexual died from AIDS. Doctor Don Francis, who worked as epidemiologists at the CDC during 1993 and the exact time of AIDS outbreak in the United States, made a claim, “This may be the first epidemic in history”. However, this claim did not make the people especially homosexual and hatians to be aware and more careful about their health. They believed that this disease named AIDs or HIV…

1 One prevention strategy for aids that was brought up in “Endgame: AIDS in Black America” was educating those in high school the importance of abstinence to prevent the spread of the disease, however that was a problem because many had already had sex. Due to the fact that it would be difficult to stop those high school students for having sex, it was suggested that the use of condoms should be promoted. Another prevention strategy was the syringe exchange program, however it was controversial…