HIV/AIDS

Folliculitis Case Study A man named Charles Darnay had symptoms that indicated folliculitis, which is an inflammation of the hair follicles. He had itchy and red skin, as well as pus-filled blisters. The symptom that indicated folliculitis the most was small, red pimples that developed around his hair follicles. In order to diagnose the disease, a skin swab, which is performed by lightly scraping the affected, was done and sent to the laboratory in order to determine what was causing the…

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 nation has an estimated 289 000 heroin…

Syphilis is a sexual transmitted disease (STD) cause by unsafe sexual contact it triggers the body which can cause rashes and inflammation of the skin. Syphilis first occurred in the year of 1495 during the Italian war of the French invasion syphilis was first called a “French sickness” because of the French troops carry the disease throughout Italy. Until the year of 1530, the supposed French disease was called syphilis because of its wide sickness affecting tons of people. At year of 1905…

something only parents should be knowledgeable about. Planned Parenthood is the largest provider of sex education throughout the United States and they say contraceptives, such as condoms, are very protective from HIV/AIDS. When using a condom during sex, it drastically provides safety from HIV/AIDS 10,000 times more, than not using one. Wouldn’t the parent of a sexual active teenager, want that, more than them not using anything at all? Also, people who are allergic to latex, cannot use that…

world country. This ultimately creating a domino effect because with overpopulation even greater problems may arise such as lack of resources or the spread of sexually transmitted diseases such as HIV or AIDS. According to National AIDS Organization estimated 2.39 million people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS in India and that 130,000of these people have died from the illness(Recorded in 2010). Lack of education also hinders a woman 's chances to obtain a job, as only 17 percent of women are employed…

Sex education remains one of the most critical areas of discussion among teenagers. However, the topic presents challenges especially where the community’s culture is rather conservative. In this case, sex education is considered “too much” for teenagers. This discussion aims at exploring into the topic from the perspective of two articles. In the comparative analysis section, the topic of sex education is brought into perspective based on each article. It is found that the authors of both…

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…

feeling insecure and start to have trust issues. Feeling like you can’t trust your next partner because of your last’s lack of loyalty (Emotional Pain of STD Diagnosis 2015). Many of STDs are curable, however, they are some that aren’t like Herpes, HIV/AIDS and HPV/Warts (Curable Treatable and Incurable STDs 2015). Think about how an individual would feel if they found out that they came in contact with one of these diseases. Due to the lack of knowledge about pregnancy, many teens become…

Many drug addict have disease from the use of drugs. Certain drug are use with a needle that is inject into the body. Drug addicts will use the same needle, a person can have human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) or acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). HIV will eventually lead to AIDS there is no cure, many people died from this disease. When people are under the influence he or she will have under protect sex and contact a sexual transmitted disease, such as gonorrhea, chlamydia, or…

me feel sick. I have known about STIs by reading some articles on the internet instead of being taught at school. STIs seem to be a very sensitive issue in my hometown, so adults or teachers usually avoid talking about it. As a result, I thought HIV/AIDS is the most dangerous and popular disease, and other STIs only happened to someone that is “unlucky” and could be cured easily. This slideshow was an eye opener for me since this was the first time I saw many actual pictures of STIs. I wonder…