Immunodeficiency

The bugchaser is quite an interesting “relational queer figure” (Chen, 2011, p. 265). As being infected with HIV is what the bugchaser desires, it is important to pay detailed attention to the relationalities that are encompassed between the virus and its toxicity. As Mel Y. Chen (2011) argues, “Toxins – toxin figures […] have moved well beyond their specific range of biological attribution, leaking out of nominal and literal bounds while retaining their affective ties to vulnerability and…

Introduction Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STD’s) are a combination of more than 25 infectious diseases caused by different types of bacteria and viruses. These viruses and bacteria have a negative impact on the American population because most often it is unnoticed and comes with no warning sign. With no cautionary signs, STDs can be transported from one individual to another through sexual contact. In light of this knowledge, STDs is in need of annihilation in the United States, because…

Lungworm is any of the parasitic worms of the superfamily Metastrongyloidea (phylum Nematoda) that infest the lungs and air passages of a wide range of mammals such as cattle, llamas, alpacas, goats, sheep, deer, donkeys, horses, sheep, goats, pigs, dogs, cats, rats, and even dolphins and whales (which are much less common). Humans are also susceptible to the disease from a variety of different hosts. However, the most common lungworm cases in humans appear to only be common in areas of the…

TERMINOLOGY CLINICAL 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…

HIV infection has this power to play havoc with the immunity system of an individual, CD4 count of these people is a kind of decisive factor that what kind of complications they can face during the course of their journey. Lower CD4 count can invite bigger problems or complications in a patient; it is a general formula that we are mentioning. The current study is an attempt to figure out two infections that a person may encounter when CD4 Count falls below the unit of 300. During this study, we…

Feline Immunodeficiency VirusThe Feline Immunodeficiency Virus (FIV) was first isolated from cats in 1986 and wasdiscovered due to an outbreak of FIV infected cats housed together in several pens (Pederson112). FIV belongs to the family Retroviridae, the subfamily Orthoretrovirinae, and the genusLentivirus (Taniwaki et al. 551-552). Being that FIV is a lentivirus, this means that it’s a “slowvirus” with long incubation periods that could last for years (CFHC). FIV is present worldwideand “in the…

Book Report #2: Punishing Disease, HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness by Trevor Hoppe Introduction: Trevor Hoppe in his novel Punishing Disease, HIV and the Criminalization of Sickness provides a narrative f or how public health has affected those living with HIV throughout HIV’s debut to the public in the 1980s to the present. Hoppe visits the history of how the public health handles disease outbreaks and relates that to how their tactics lead to the stigmatism of HIV and ultimately HIV’s…

Introduction Legionnaires’ Disease is a kind of common pneumonia and caused by bacteria, Legionella Pneumophila. Legionnaires’ Disease becomes more and more in recent years in Hong Kong. Background information The first outbreak of Legionnaires’ Disease happened in 1976 which found in Philadelphia in the United States and caused 34 people to die. It is an acute bacterial disease, its incubation period is 2-10 days. Thus, the most common transmission of Legionella are disseminate sprays and…

Hepatitis C Hepatitis C, or Hepacivirus, is a virus that when contracted destroys the liver. The virus can never be fully cured, but people who have contracted it can take medication to control the symptoms. The virus is contracted through blood products or from mother to infant during pregnancy or nursing. The virus was found by multiple scientists at the Centers for Disease Control, in 1989. The scientists found that Hepatitis C was the result of nearly every case of hepatitis that wasn't…

Stage three of the disease is when an infected individual begins to exhibit opportunistic infections and CD4 count falls below 500/ ml. The final and heightened stages of HIV infection are often described as full-blown AIDS, wherein the immune system is significantly damaged. The symptoms of this stage include chronic symptoms like rapid weight loss, serious fever (reaching temperature of 100 degrees F), soaking night sweats, chronic diarrhea, vomiting, dry coughs, short breaths, distorted…