HIV-positive people

Pill protects against HIV in real-world settings Summarize: Reuter writes in the Fox news on November 2015 " A once a day pill for preventing HIV infection that works effectively in clinical trials in the real world." Pre exposure prophylaxis, PrEP is preventing HIV medicine that uses for people who do not have HIV. The pill, the brand name is Truvada contains two medicines (tenofovir and emtricitabine). PrEP is more effective combining with condoms and other protecting methods to provide than…

legal and ethical challenges that face someone who has recently tested positive for HIV. For instance – what are his/her disability rights? When is he/she legally obligated to disclose his/her status? HIV affects nearly 35 million people globally. As the virus spread, infected people began experiencing the negative social impacts associated with contracting the virus. No illness has been treated with the same hysteria as HIV because of its associated stigmatization and promiscuity. Throughout…

strain of the human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV, is said have originated in West African chimpanzees. Humans would hunt monkeys for food, causing them to come into contact with the infected blood. As the virus jumped from one host to another, it mutated into the HIV we know today. It is believed that HIV has existed since the 1800s, but these cases were not able to be tested due to lack of blood or tissue samples (History of HIV). The first case of HIV to ever be completely documented dates…

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (more commonly known as HIV) is a disease that has been around for over 3 decades, and continues to rise with little to no sign of eradication. The origin of HIV is not certain but there are several theories with the most popular one being that it came from a mutation of a similar virus found in chimpanzees. An estimated 35 million people are living with HIV around the world. Because of this, many scientists are doing research to try to pinpoint the mechanism of its…

Since the beginning of the epidemic, HIV becomes the fear of many individuals who were HIV positive. As we know today, the HIV virus can affect anyone, HIV does not discriminate specific age groups, economic background or race. According to Stephenson in his journal article, HIV Testing Behaviors and Perceptions of Risk of HIV Infection among MSM with Main Partners individuals become infected through sexual intercourse, sharing of needles, pregnancy, and blood transfusions (2015). It was very…

virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) is a spectrum of conditions caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). Following initial infection, a person may experience a brief period…

challenge the U.S. will face is HIV/AIDS. Like majority of the american population I have baffled around with the topic. Most people who speak or make comments about HIV or AIDS are conversations of Ignorance. I never personally knew anyone who has contracted the virus but I have always been subconsciously curious about the topic. HIV is a virus spread through bodily fluids that affects specific cells of the immune system, called CD4 cells, or T cells. Over time HIV destroys many of the cells…

Some people are the type of people who take precautions about everything. They are the type of people that if they start sneezing or coughing, they will run to the store and buy medicine to start taking right away. They are always looking around them to see who is sick and taking precautions to make sure they do not get sick as well. Certain people are all about their health. If something does not seem right or they start seeing a huge difference in their normal health routine, most people will…

the infected humans, and likewise towards marginalized groups of people. These under-represented groups are mentally ill and HIV positive. HIV positive people are despised by the general public and discriminated due to public fears of becoming infected. Mentally ill people are also stigmatized for insanity and despised by the public. People are accustomed to the social norm and that is a norm where there are behavioral rules that people must follow and if they do not then mistreatments proceed.…

According to the World Health Organization, “more than 70 million people have been infected with the HIV virus and about 35 million people have died of HIV.” Unlike other viruses, our bodies are unable to get rid of HIV. So once an individual contracts it, they have it for life. This virus attacks the host’s immune system which—in turn—opens up the possibility of other diseases to wreak havoc within the body. To be more specific, AIDS.gov states that HIV’s objective is to attack key points…