... issue. The issue addresses to such international Human Services as World Health Organization, Ministries of Healthcare, International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, International Federation of Organizations of Blood Donors and International Community of Blood Transfusion. (World Global Organization, 2013). It involves work of local clinics, medical institutes and various departments in human health care.   The world "donor" origins from ... main points of organizers was to prove the Ministry of Healthcare in the necessity of various activities, aimed to provide medical institutes...

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... to spin and eventually rolled four times. The ambulance came and rushed you to the hospital. During the accident you suffered a head injury and are going to need a blood transfusion to compensate for the blood you have lost." Beep, beep, beep, beep sounds the heart monitor. Throughout the world, everyday people are being deprived of life. Why? Because the need for donated ... needed every year. I would be devastated if one of my friends, family members or myself needed some of the 45,000 units of blood that is unavailable. The solution to this problem is simple, Donate Blood. To donate ...

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... ; demand has grown annually a. If this trend continues in a year or two there will be chronic shortages 2. The health care system cannot function with out an adequate supply of whole blood a. Blood is the health care what oil is to transportation b. When there is not enough the whole system comes to a grinding halt c. Surgeons cannot perform transplants and joint replacements. d. Birth mom ... 's are at high risk if they need a Cesarean section e. Those getting many forms of cancer treatment or treatment for severe injuries risk death f. Some examples of how much blood is needed for certa...

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... for transfusions in the United States is drawn from volunteer donors. Less than five percent of healthy Americans that are eligible to donate actually give blood. What is holding us back? Why aren't we giving? Are we afraid of needles? I don't think so. How many of us have some form of ... body piercing? The procedure may be a little different but the pain is the same. Is it the fear of the sight of blood? Some of the most popular movies are filled with blood and gore. Nothing holds any of us back from watching them. Our biggest fear is the fear of the unknown. Giving ... blood is a si...

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... ." A new infection is now threatening the United States. It is called Cheagas, and it is popular in South America. Cheagas is a parasite infection that is getting spread by blood transfusions. There is no effective treatment or vaccine for Cheagas. It was named after a Brazilian doctor who described it in 1909, Carlos Cheagas. The original patient gets infected by a certain ... you when you are asleep, then it drops a some feces on the bite and the sleeping patient usually rubs the feces in the the bite. The feces gets into the blood stream and does its work. When you get infected by Ch...

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... the first thing you think about when you hear the word AIDS? Most people think of a deadly virus that is transmitted by sex, needles, or blood transfusions. Then there are those who believe that one can get AIDS by hugging someone. Many of these people don't realize the severity of this ... The AIDS virus damages your CD4+ cells, also known as T-helper cells. A healthy person has between 500 and 1,500 CD4+ cells in one milliliter of blood, History of AIDS 4 however, a person with AIDS or the HIV virus has a lot less, around 200 T-helper cells. These cells are important because they ... v...

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... transmission between heterosexual men and women, however, has increased. When individuals using heroin or other injected drugs share needles contaminated with infected blood, direct contact with HIV occurs. In Eastern Europe, the sharing of contaminated needles among drug users is the most common cause of ... 1983, a variety of tests have been developed that help diagnose HIV infection and determine how far it has progressed. Other tests screen donated blood, blood products, and body organs for the presence of HIV. ` Doctors determine if HIV is present by identifying HIV antibodies. Ant...

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... . The Center for Disease Control and Prevention's definition of AIDS says that all infected HIV patients who have fewer than 200 CD4 positive T cells in every cubic millimeter of a person's blood who were infected with the HIV virus have now evolved into being infected with the AIDS virus (www.dailystar.com). For children that are younger than thirteen years of age ... in Cairo, Egypt is investigating the Nohza International Hospital. After someone contracted AIDS from a blood transfusion they are trying to see whether more donated blood in the blood banks are infected. Egyptians need to...

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... illness that most people get within 6-12 weeks after becoming infected. It usually goes away without treatment. From this point on the person's blood tests positively for HIV. The second stage is symptomatic HIV infection. This is when the infected person's symptoms show up. It can last anywhere ... he or she can get tested. HIV tests determine the presence of antibodies to the AIDS virus. Antibodies are proteins produced by certain white blood cells to react with specific viruses, bacteria, or foreign substances that go into the body. The presence of antibodies to HIV indicates infectio...

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... how powerful that one donation can possibly be." The twins are now in their early teens living normal and healthy lives thanks to one simple little blood transfusion. One person's donation can save up to three lives. The fact that you can save up to three lives while sipping on orange juice ... and cookies while listening to music its unbelievable and that how easy the Red Cross makes it to donate blood. Many organizations are doing their part but Red Cross deserves recognition in its efforts to help just about anyone who needs it. That is the ... of the Red Cross; they don't limit them...

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... time and helping to save the lives of those injured in war and other disasters of the world. Just recently the Red Cross initiated a country wide blood drive to help the injured of the September 11 terrorist attacks. It is this reason that I have chosen to research the Red Cross and get to ... organization, I hope to be able to persuade you to donate your time or blood whenever possible. The Red Cross has always needed blood donors of all types, and in the beginning of their blood drives they faced quite a few problems. Blood donors who were sick, recently pierced, or tattooed were the ...

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... from AIDS emerged in the early 1980's, and the understanding that HIV was the cause of this syndrome came soon after. Recently tissue and blood samples from people who lived in Africa in the 1950's have been found to have evidence of the virus, so it appears to have ... are infected are less likely to transmit the infection to others. Tests for HIV have also evolved dramatically. Individuals can even collect their own blood sample and be tested with complete anonymity using kits designed for home use. Physicians can better determine when to begin or change anti-HIV ... contact is the lea...

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... than in other populations. It became to be thought of as a "gay disease". Because the disease is spread primarily by exposure of ones blood to infected blood or semen, I.V. drug addicts who shared needles also soon were identified as an affected group. As the AIDS epidemic began to affect increasingly ... tended to be despised by the "mainstream" of society here. AIDS is also very easily spread by heterosexual sex. In addition, it is spread by blood transfusions. New born babies can acquire the disease from infected mothers during pregnancy. Gradually more and more "mainstream" people g...

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... humans when monkeys were taken in as pets. When monkeys were taken in as pets their were often instances where bites would occur thus having blood transferred from the monkey to the human. Another way it has been believed to be spread was keeping monkey's as pets then they were often ... gloves weren't worn or proper precautions weren't taken and even eating it could've caused the SIV to transfer into the humans blood stream therefore giving them the virus. Another way that SIV was transferred to humans was hunting of the monkeys (http://unhavas.hartford.edu). Hunting monkeys ... condoms...

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... accidentally infect a patient with the virus if not taking serious precautions. A cut or a bruise on the skin can also be the cause of blood transmission if the blood gets inside the cut or bruise. For example, if a child is playing basketball and bumped into another child and his nose is bleeding, then if someone who has a cut in ... be in contact and transmitted to each other. Also if someone is having an operation, like a kidney operation, he/she will need blood from another person in order to have the operation. In this case, the blood which is given to the patient might have the A...

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... we cannot do anything to protect us but, we can prevent ourselves from AIDS. AIDS, which can't be cured spreads by the most common three ways: blood transfusion, sexual intercourse, and by mother to child. Blood transfusion is the most dangerous way because it is sure to get HIV. We must be so careful in health controls or in operations because there ... . As stated in "Your Medical Source Encyclopedia", "HIV frequently is spread among users of illegal drugs that are injected. This happens when needles or syringes contaminated with minute quantities of blood of someone infected with the ...

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... body's ability to fight disease. It is acquired, not inherited. (Gong p. 24) It caused by two groups called retroviruses. The groups infect white blood cells and helper cells that play significant roles in immune system. The virus attaches to cd4 molecules where HIV then enter the cell an inserts it own ... is having sex with an infected person. (Fertzer p.16) You can't get it from mosquito bites, coughing, or drinking behind someone who has HIV. Blood can come from flossing your teeth or from sores caused by gum disease. To infect someone the virus has to get past the body's defenses, ...

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... thought it would happen. Maybe over time but not right then. I think that the Blood Bank industry had one of the biggest problems with AIDS. Talk about a shocker. One day a man walks into a blood bank to donate blood he doesn't know he has AIDS. He donates blood; they take that blood and give it to an old man who needs it to live. He gets ... they gave to them. They didn't want to lose money. It wasn't until a very wealthy woman from San Francisco died from AIDS that she got from the diseased blood. From then on the Blood bank industry was forced to test all their patients for AIDS. Tha...

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... as proteins (For more information, see website on retroviruses given in Bibliography). HIV can be transmitted in a number of different ways, eg. via blood, semen, breast milk or vaginal fluids. HIV is most commonly spread by unprotected sexual intercourse with someone who has the virus, sharing needles or ... syringes with someone who has the virus or receiving blood transfusions donated by an infected person. The virus can also be passed from a woman to her foetus during pregnancy or during birth. It ... fatigue and muscle aches. On average, it takes over ten years for symptoms to dev...

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... AIDS. Along with other diseases HIV is able to spread. Some of the activities that allow HIV transmission are: Sexual Activities, Needle sharing, needle sticks, mother to child and also blood transfusions. To go into further detail certain sexual activities include: Sexual intercourse (vaginal and anal), in the genitals and the rectum, HIV may infect the mucous membranes directly or enter ... are unnoticed. Another way to transmit HIV through sexual activities is through oral sex (mouth-penis, mouth-vagina). The mouth is an inhospitable environment for HIV (semen, vaginal fluids or bloo...

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... are the illnesses that are associated with more advanced disease. It also became apparent that the amount of HIV in the infected persons blood could predict the progression of AIDS. Although less precise, another way to track this virus is through the person's immune response to the ... Department of Health and Human Services 1). It is also spread by the sharing of needles or syringes that results in direct exposure to the blood of an infected individual (Murill 4). Occurring most commonly among people who abuse drugs. More than 180,000 people are infected through this way ... (Departm...

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... or HIV if they were stuck with a needle or other sharp object that has touched the blood or bodily fluids of another person who has one of these infections. These infections can also spread if infected blood or bodily fluids touch mucous membranes or an open sore or cut. Mucous membranes are the ... early stage of infection. First your doctor tests to see if you have HIV infection. Your blood is tested with an ELISA (enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay) test. If this test is positive for HIV, your blood is tested again with the Western blot test. If both tests are positive, you are diagnos...

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... bile salts to the small intestine, which are critical for digestion and the absorption of fats. The liver also filters harmful substances from the blood. It fights infection and stops bleeding. It removes drugs and other poisons from your body. It even stores energy for when you need ... rare for a person to contract the disease from having sex with an infected person. Many times individuals don't know they have Hepatitis C until a routine blood test shows elevated liver enzymes. 80% never exhibit any signs. Those who do experience symptoms may have jaundice, fatigue, dark urine, abdomi...

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... the lungs, liver, stomach and intestines, and to the lymph nodes. (www.aidscience.com) They have not seen people getting these diseases in numerous years. Soon, it also affected hemophiliacs, blood recipients, prostitutes and their customers, and babies born from AIDS-infected women. When high-profile victims began to contract the virus, such as porn star John Holmes who died in ... phase of AIDS is called HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus. In order for HIV to become full-blown AIDS, the infected body's T-cell count (number of a special type of white-blood cells that fight off diseas...

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... stages of the HIV infection. CDC's definition of AIDS is with people who have less than 200 CD4 positive T cells per cubic millimeter of blood. These T cells are the ones that signal the other immune cells to perform their certain function, to fight everyday diseases. T lymphocytes play a ... the activation of the natural killer cells, cytotoxic T cells, and in the activation of microphages (Browning). Natural killer cells is a type of white blood cell that contains granules (small particles) with enzymes that can kill tumor cells or microbial cells (harmful cells). Cytotoxic cells are ...

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