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like a pattern. For example, “Black men are disproportionately impacted by HIV in the U.S.” (lecture). Throughout the semester I have learned that black community is always disproportionately impacted by the circumstances and the problems. I was also surprised to learn that “gay bisexual and other men who have sex with men are most…

Quite a lot of times I have heard anecdotes of people avoiding STD tests because they're scared of knowing for sure that they have a sexually transmitted disease. They'd prefer to stay in the dark, but while there may have been a twisted logic to this some years ago when little could be done about sexually transmitted diseases, nowadays it makes no sense at all. Some STDs can be cured, and there are ways of managing the symptoms of others to ensure they're barely a hindrance any longer. In the…

effect on the immunocompromised population, such as HIV and AIDS patients. Cancer…

The country that would be written about in this report is Nigeria. It is a country that has blessed with natural resources and many other good natural blessings like great weather. However, they have suffered a lot in the economic sector in the last few years and this has affected other parts of the country like the health sector, the social and environmental lifestyle and a lot more. Nigeria is country located in West Africa. Nigeria is known for having certain natural resources like Petroleum…

five gay men. No one knew about this disease and what it was capable of doing to America. Soon after this report went public, doctors across the country had people fleeting in with similar cases to the five gay men. This soon became known as AIDS (HIV). A disease that was transmitted from five gay men, to an entire population. Many people pointed fingers at the gays for this disease until a famous actor was then diagnosed…

true: born between 1945 and 1965, current or former injection drug user (even if only used one time), received a blood transfusion or organ transplant before July 1992, on hemodialysis treatment, abnormal liver tests or disease, accidental needlestick/sharp object injury, or infected with HIV (CDC,…

II. Introduction HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. If left untreated, HIV can lead to AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). The human body has CD4 (T cells) which play an important role in fighting off diseases and building human immunity. HIV significantly reduces the CD4 count level in the body making the body prone to opportunistic infections and cancer. Unlike other viruses, HIV cannot be completely removed from the body. Treatment needs to be continued throughout life.…

There has been research into the problem and several solutions have been suggested the most promising being endonucleases that are able to target the latent HIV. The first step of the process being to determine the necessary specificity of the endonuclease, and finding the ones that meet the specifications, it is thought that using nucleases that target at least 17 nucleotide base pairs is the most efficient…

Depression and self-esteem are a major factor in the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS, it effects their mental, physical health, and healing process (Mohite, Mohite, & George, 2015). Due to the fact that these patients already take a massive quanity of medication and do not need to add to this list, other forms of relieving the depression and raising self-esteem, such as education, should be used before giving more medication. Mujeres Unidas Contra el SIDA (MUCS) is a non-profit organization…

CLARIFICATION Advanced stage of immunosuppression caused by the HIV virus 4 Characterized by abnormally low CD4+ T cell count {1 month in duration), or bronchitis, pneumonitis, or esophagitis Invasive cervical carcinoma confirmed by biopsy Lymphoma {Burkitt, immunoblastic, or primary central nervous system) Disseminated or extra pulmonary coccidioidomycosis Disseminated or extra pulmonary histoplasmosis Progressive multifocalleukoencephalopathy (PML) HIV-related encephalopathy Chronic intestinal…