What is HIV/AIDS? HIV: Human Immunodeficiency Virus It is one of a group of viruses known as retroviruses. After getting into the body‚ the virus kills or damages cells of the body’s immune system. The body tries to keep up by making new cells or trying to contain the virus‚ but eventually the HIV wins out and progressively destroys the body’s ability to fight infections and certain cancers. This eventually leads to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) when the virus has destroyed so much
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James Carper “HIV and Quarantine” Human Immunodeficiency Virus or HIV is a virus that kills the body’s ability to fight infection and leads to the incurable disease Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome or AIDS. AIDS was first reported in the United States in 1980. It was baffling to all medical personnel involved because as patients became more sick and unable to fight infection no known disease was to blame. Finally‚ through extensive research with a microscope the HIV virus was identified
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INTRODUCTION When we think of HIV/AIDS we have certain populations in mind. We hear about its ravages on young men and women; on the gay and transgender populations; on the homeless and the intravenous drug user. We seldom think about HIV/AIDS and senior citizens. What no one talks about is HIV/AIDS and the older adult. It’s no wonder that when you talk to our senior citizens‚ they may have the perception that HIV/AIDS is not a risk to them. Is HIV/AIDS a risk to older adults? Is HIV/AIDS over 50 a problem
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HIV and AIDS AND POVERTY; HOUSEHOLD (HH) ECONOMIC STRENGTHENING AS A STRATEGY FOR BREAKING THE VICIOUS CYCLE Introduction While HIV and AIDS affect the poor and the rich‚ the poor people are‚ nevertheless‚ doubly disadvantaged. The reasons why poor people are vulnerable to HIV/AIDS are: a) b) c) d) e) Poor people have fewer choices; Poor people are less able to protect themselves against HIV/AIDS; Poor people may have fewer rights‚ or be unaware of their rights; The majority of the world’s poor
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HIV/AIDS-- A Deadly Disease HIV and AIDS are a silent killer virus that many people have today‚ and even more that do not even know they have it. With the millions of viruses and diseases in the world‚ HIV and AIDS are the two that struck the world by surprise‚ becoming one of the most serious and most common diseases not just in the United States‚ but also around the world. HIV and AIDS is caused by genetics‚ accidental contamination‚ and sex; it therefore leads to medical doctors trying to find
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Chapter I HIV AIDS INTRODUCTION The arrival of the AIDS epidemic in the 20th Century‚ brought with it fear‚ superstition and prejudice. This disease is not the first one where society has imposed social stigmas‚ political agendas and outright pandemonium. Misunderstandings of other diseases like the bubonic plague‚ small pox and the Spanish flu also have caused hysteria among populations around the world‚ but the main difference between these epidemics and that of AIDS/HIV is that
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HIV transmission HIV is present to variable degrees in the blood and genital secretions of almost all individuals infected with HIV.The spread of HIV can occur when these secretions come in contact with tissues such as those lining the vagina‚ anal area‚ mouth‚ or eyes (the mucus membranes)‚ or with a break in the skin‚ such as from a cut or puncture by a needle. The most common ways in which HIV is spreading throughout the world include sexual contact‚ sharing needles‚ and by transmission from infected
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Grand Canyon University: NRS-427V Concepts in Community and Public Health November 23‚ 2014 Epidemiology and Nursing Research: HIV HIV is a disease that has affected millions of people worldwide. From the wealthy to the poor‚ this virus has had devastating effects on the lives of families and individuals. According to the AIDS Institute‚ HIV was first discovered in a patient from West Africa. It is believed that chimpanzees carried the “simian immunodeficiency virus (SIV)” which transferred
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HIV/AIDS in Haiti HIV/AIDS is spreading rapidly through Haiti‚ they have the highest cases‚ and due to poverty they will continue to be on the large scale. This is one of the Global Social problems brought up in Poto Mitan. According to the dictionary.com AIDS is defined as “a disease of the immune system characterized by increased susceptibility to opportunistic infections‚ as pneumocystis carinii pneumonia and‚ to certain cancers‚ as Kaposi’s sarcoma‚and to neurological disorders: caused by a
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Directions: Save this document to your own computer. Then‚ for each of the items below‚ provide an APA-formatted citation (as you would in the body of a paper). At the end of the examples‚ provide a list of References. Attach the document to a post in your Individual forum; I will then provide feedback within 2-3 days. *Reminder: There is a fantastic tool called the Reference & Citation Generator (a link to which can also be found in the left column of any classroom page‚ listed under "Useful
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