Immunodeficiency

Student: Gretel Herrera- Martinez Panther ID: 3339147 " HIV in Miami- Dade County" HIV is the virus that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS). You can become infected with HIV through the exchange of blood, semen and vaginal secretions with a person infected with the virus, for example by having sex or sharing needles to inject person. Pregnant women infected with HIV can also pass the virus to their babies during birth or through breast milk. HIV attacks the immune system so…

This exception occurs when mutated forms of viruses change enough to cross over and in return, infect a new species. Scientists tend to believe that this occurred in the spread of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS), which is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an example of a non-species specific disease (Daempfle, 2016). In this instance, the HIV virus was mutated from nonhuman primates in sub-Saharan Africa (Daempfle, 2016). Another example of a diseased…

that has changed the world by taking millions of lives. Because HIV is a sexually transmitted disease, raising awareness, as introducing new methods for a safer sex is as vital as finding a cure. “HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a lentivirus that causes the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome, a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infection and cancer to thrive. A person can be infected with HIV from infected blood,…

Ataxia-Telangiectasia Synonym: Louis-Bar Syndrome Ataxia-Telangiectasia (A-T) is an autosomal recessive disease and a rare inherited disorder caused by the inactivation of the ATM gene. It can affect many body systems, but the defects are mainly found in the nervous system and the immune system. The ATM gene is important because it encodes a kinase protein, which plays a key role in repairing DNA breakage (1). If the ATM gene is inactivated, there will not be enough ATM protein and DNA damage…

is most common in adult or senior cats. Cats that have been exposed and affected by the feline leukemia virus or the feline immunodeficiency virus have been shown to have a much higher chance of developing lymphoma. Although there is no way to completely prevent lymphoma from affecting a cat, there are ways to protect them from feline leukemia and the feline immunodeficiency virus (PET MD). Feline leukemia is spread through exposure from infected cats. When an infected cat births kittens, the…

Some examples are allergies, autoimmune diseases, and immunodeficiency. Allergies are an example of an overactive immune system that tries to overprotect the body, and actually begins attacking allergens that are usually not harmful, such as dust, pollen, and animal dander. Asthma is a condition that can be caused…

Severe Combined Immune Deficiency as described by the immune deficiency foundation, is a “cellular immunodeficiency and a potentially fatal primary immunodeficiency in which there is combined absence of T-lymphocyte and B-lymphocyte function” (Immune Deficiency Foundation IDF, 2016). The lymphatic system comprises of organs and tissue that produce immune cells and one of their main functions is to confer immunity to every part of the body. The function of the T-lymphocyte and B-lymphocyte in the…

All staff working with sharps has a duty of care to ensure that sharps are used safely and disposed of safely, in a way that will not place co-workers or patients at risk of receiving a sharp injury (Work Health and Safety Act, 2011, p 26). So what are sharps? Sharps are a medical term used to describe equipment with sharp points or edges that can puncture or cut skin. Examples of sharps include needles that are hollow and are used to inject medication in through the skin, syringes used to…

Chediak-Higashi syndrome is a Primary human immunodeficiency disease which is caused by genetic predisposition in an autosomal recessive pattern, where this describes any chromosome other than sex chromosomes where both pairs of the gene in each cell have underwent mutation. This disorder itself is a rare one, where about 200 cases of the condition have been reported worldwide. The parents of the person with this type of condition, autosomal recessive, carry one copy of the mutated gene, but…

Pulmonary cryptococcosis typically occurs in immunocompromised patients, such as those with human immunodeficiency virus / acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS). Its presence in HIV/AIDS patients is associated with higher mortality [1]. Pulmonary cryptococcal infections have been reported in nonimmunocompromised hosts, including non-AIDS patients [1, 2] and children [3]. Due to advances in the diagnosis and widespread use of broad-spectrum antibiotics, immunosuppressants, glucocorticoids…