HIV

to be an acceptable form of health screening by both the dental profession and the general public. "Future rapid HIV testing in the dental setting would be advantageous because screening technology allows individuals to learn their HIV status in 20 min, within the time frame that a patient is treated by a dental hygienist. Dental hygienists are in an ideal position to conduct rapid HIV testing with additional training on interpretation and significance of the results. Available counselling for…

Having HIV is no longer a death sentence now that someone can live a normal life. With recent medications and treatment options, this disease is considered manageable just like any other chronic disease. When HIV was first diagnosed in the world, it was considered a death sentence and the stigma attached brought about social isolation to almost all patients with the diagnosis, today, it is regarded as one of those chronic diseases such as hypertension, heart disease, diabetes, and arthritis. If…

agencies that aim to reduce drug-related harm and the spread of disease. Needle-exchange programs reduce the chances of drug users sharing the syringes and using them more than once. Syringe-sharing has been linked to infections such hepatitis C and HIV can spread from user to user through the reuse of needles contaminated with a user’s infected blood. Agencies that are medically supervised are designed to handle the problems related to drug use and provide a clean, sterile and stress-free…

small Virus. The virus that really started the diseases is called HerpesVirus 8 or know as HHV-8. HHV-8 is know for a cancerous Tumor and that’s called Kaposi Sarcoma. Most commonly HHV-8 will show up in people that are HIV positive. HHV-8 can go to about 40 to 50% people that aren't HIV positive and they can get the Diseases too. HHV-8 is a disease that is very difficult to understand sometimes it can show up in people that have an immune…

the purpose of abstinence programs, and portray the idea that having sex outside of marriage or with multiple people is ok. Because fornication is a sin, one may ask why we should give people access to continue it? If that’s the case, why do we have HIV testing on Adventist campuses when 9 times out of 10, you get it by sexual behavior? Is that condoning it? If I pass out clean needles to drug users, is that condoning them using drugs? But the main question before you today is “Should condoms…

about a young woman from Haiti who was diagnosed with HIV with a co-morbidity diagnosis for worsening case of renal function and pneumocystis pneumonia. Within the article, the authors discussed the cultural and linguistic barriers, ethical issues, and the determining capacity through the barrier of the culture its implications of the surrogate decision maker and the nursing implications for delivering care. Ms. C., was first diagnosed with HIV 5 years…

1a) R. V Thornton (1990) b) Thornton donated blood to the Red Cross when he knew that he was twice tested positive for HIV antibodies. Thornton purposely withheld the information from the Red Cross. Red Cross policies and procedures prohibit Thornton from donating blood. Thornton read many signs and pamphlets that outline the policies, and was well aware the he could not be a candidate to donate blood. According to Athena Munroe, Thornton fully understood the consequences if the blood had go…

notorious and formidable pandemics include the ‘Black Death’ and the human immunodeficiency virus/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) pandemic. The ‘Black Death’ was a pandemic caused by the plague that killed an estimated 25 million people (“Black Death”). The HIV/AIDS pandemic killed an estimated 35 million people (“HIV/AIDS”). The ‘Black Death’ and the HIV/AIDS pandemic have killed many people; however, neither has killed nearly as many people as the 1918 influenza pandemic. The…

My research question in relation to my research paper is “How much do adolescents understand about STI prevention?” I chose this question because I believe that if the adolescent population truly understand the impact of sexually transmitted infections (STIs) to their health and how it can overall affect their life, they would think twice before engaging in risky sexual behaviors and take all the necessary precautions to prevent from acquiring them. The previous studies and research have focused…

Have you ever wondered why so many teenage girls wind up pregnant? Why so many are not graduating high school or going to college? If the answer is yes to the questions, it is because many of them are not being educated at home about contraception. This is something that every parent dreads talking about with their teenage daughter, but is something that needs to mentioned if the teenager plans not to practice abstinence. If you are comfortable having this conversation with teenagers about birth…