HIV

occupational health care globally. Accidental exposure to blood usually caused by needle injuries or sharps injuries. Such incidents carry great risk of transmission of fatal like hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The main alarming is when exposure to blood or other body fluids of another person who may have any infectious disease. Therefore health care workers should have ample knowledge about their risk and constantly to take appropriate precautions…

depleting nutrients and proteins from your body, it is actually benefiting you and those receiving your blood. A major benefit to those who donate blood is getting a physical. Right before donating, donors are tested for diseases such as syphilis, HIV, hepatitis, and other diseases. Donors are examined to see if they are eligible to donate or not. Donating depends…

From November of 1990 to the November of 1991, cases of AIDS among teens, ages 13 to 19, increased by 25 percent (Samuels 13). Adolescents account for less than one percent of cases of AIDS nationally, but 21 percent of individuals diagnosed with the HIV disease are 20 to 29 years old (Samuels 13). The long incubation period of the virus suggests that a very large portion of these people was infected with it in their teens (Samuels 13). Also one million teenage girls, or one in ten, become…

Shy is a fourteen-year-old girl, and she believes she is absolutely and really in love with her sixteen year old boyfriend. Her boyfriend, unfortunately, only wants one thing from her: sex. He has threatened her to break up with her if she does not have sex with him, and she really is truly considering doing it. She is very young and just started developing, but she’s already feeling the pressure of what she feels she needs to do to keep her relationship together. Only, she does not have to. She…

America seems like it has been susceptible to many curious and deadly diseases throughout the years. GRID, or gay-related immune deficiency, was first introduced in 1982 when doctors saw immune systems of gay males falter. This is better known as AIDS now. Mad Cow Disease (BSE) caused pandemonium across the globe in 1986. Causing fatal brain damage was scary to most, but the United States did not record a case until the early 2000s (“Mad Cow,” 2015). Next came the swine flu, or H1N1. This…

Inked Through out the pages of time, the second layer of human flesh became the first canvas for art. Today, this form of art is called tattoo. Just as a canvas is stroked by a paint brush, human skin is inked with a needle to create a permanent masterpiece. Loaded with as many meanings as there are global cultures, tattoos come in different sizes, shapes, styles, and designs. People wear tattoos like clothes that symbolize the runway of their life. Today tattoos are widely accepted across…

According to the World Health Organization, Ebola first appeared in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks, in Nzara, Sudan, and in Yambuku, Democratic Republic of Congo. The latter was in a village situated near the Ebola River, from which the disease takes its name. Ebola virus disease (EVD) is a severe, often fatal illness in humans, and disease outbreaks have a fatality rate of up to 90 per cent (Leroy, 2004). The infectious disease is transmitted to people as a result of direct contact with…

Men and women tend to use different terms to describe their communication and sexual experience. Relationship research has found strong associations between sexual satisfaction, sexual frequency, and relationship satisfaction. The studies suggest that this association seems to be the same in westernized countries as well as sexual conservative cultures. Studies suggest that communication about sex is related to the overall sexual satisfaction and the quality of the relationship. Sexual…

To modify, or not to modify? That is the question. Whether tis’ noble to inject the skin with ink and pierce the body with metals, or whether tis’ nobler to conform to society, avoiding the slings and arrows of this world’s subjectivity. There is a dissent between those in favor of tattooing and piercing the body, and those who oppose the idea of tattooing and piercing the body. Proponents of tattoos and piercings confer that modifying the body in these ways are symbolic and the essence of…

Donny Collinson Jan. 25. 2016 2 ̊ Mrs. Randazzo The War Against Body art Many teenagers love the idea of having beautiful designs and jewelry displayed all over their bodies, but many of their parents will not allow it. One of the most controversial questions about teenagers and their desire for body art would have to be “Should teenagers be allowed to get tattoos and or piercings without parental consent?” I personally believe teenagers should not be able to get tattoos or piercings without…