Aids Essay

Gonorrhea and syphilis are on the rise in the U.S., mostly in men who have sex with men (MSM), a trend the government said is linked to inadequate testing among people stymied by homophobia and limited access to health care. The rate of new gonorrhea cases rose 4 percent in 2012 from the year before, while syphilis jumped 11 percent, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said today in a report. Rates for chlamydia, the most common of the bacterial sexually transmitted diseases,…

Student: Gretel Herrera- Martinez Panther ID: 3339147 " HIV in Miami- Dade County" HIV is the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). You can become infected with HIV through the exchange of blood, semen and vaginal secretions with a person infected with the virus, for example by having sex or sharing needles to inject person. Pregnant women infected with HIV can also pass the virus to their babies during birth or through breast milk. HIV attacks the immune system so…

recurring infection, which may be a sign of something more serious or damage to the organs. The species Candida or C. Albicans is the species belonging to the Genus Candida can have an effect on the immunocompromised population, such as HIV and AIDS patients. Cancer…

For instance, HIV/AIDS among women aged 15-44 years old, is the main cause of death. Unsafe sex, lack of adequate health education and services, inequality of power in sexual relations, and biological factors happens to be a result for women to contract virus infections…

Parents, Condoms and Hypocrisy In 1994 The New York Times ran an article written by Anna Quindlen. Her article is a well written piece in regards to the distribution of condoms in the New York City public schools. Up to this point, the school district had been passing out condoms to teenagers who did not require any permission from their parents. Lawsuits were filed, and the appeals courts decided that this violated parents right to confidentiality. Quindlen writes to show us that this is…

parts of the world or to have many partners that they are sexually active with; however, that is not me. I am torn because of the constant battle going on in my head. I feel hopeful because HPV can be treated, but is could still lead to cancer and even AIDS. How can I live my whole life knowing the limitation that are resting on my shoulder and being aware of…

them were male and the average age was 27 (I. Gonzales, 2016). In 2008, only 1 person was getting infected daily, and then eventually climbed to 17 per day in 2014. Based on the information from Rappler (2016), the Department of Health’s latest HIV/AIDS report, around 25 Filipinos were infected by HIV daily. Our neighboring country in Asia has seen cases of decrease while the Philippines alongside with Sri…

my assessment and nursing care that was done and could be done along with my evaluation. History and Priority Nursing Problem Mr. X is a 49-year-old male who came in with shortness of breath from a nursing home. His secondary diagnosis ae HIV, AIDS, syphilis, respiratory failure and Kaposi sarcoma. He has an allergy to ciproflaxin. Mr. X had been in the hospital previously and had been sent back to the nursing home for a couple days. Due to his Kaposi sarcoma leading into his lungs, he is…

circumstances. Researchers of this study developed an epidemiologic model to replicate the HIV/AIDS epidemic within MSM in Los Angeles. They made the model match the HIV surveillance data from the LAC, and then compared the results to the test-and-treat method. The outcomes demonstrated that the test-and-treat method will result “ in a 34% reduction in new infections, 19% reduction in deaths, and 39% reduction in new AIDS cases by 2023”(13). With the positive outcomes of the test-and-treat…

Tiered Assignment For my project this year I have chosen to do it on mental health; I found two articles talking about mental health in two very different ways. The first article is about mental health in India, where people don’t accept or believe in helping the mentally ill. My second article is about mental health in the US, where even though it’s more widely except, people still don’t receive the help they need. According to this article, 10.6% of the morbidity rate is suicide due to…