AIDS, Acquired Immunodificiency Syndrome, is a human viral disease .
which destroys the immune system, preventing the body from protecting itself .
against infection and disease. One infected with AIDS becomes vulnerable to .
infections harmless in healthy people, but fatal to those with weakened immune .
systems. A cure for AIDS has yet to be found, although drugs that may expand .
one's life span and improve one's infection are available.
AIDS is caused by HIV, human immunodificiency virus, however, one .
infected with HIV is not always infected with AIDS. Individuals who have HIV .
sometimes do not develop a clinical illness of AIDS for ten years or more. The .
term AIDS is not often used by physicians until the patient has reached the final .
stage.
In 1981 in California and New York, AIDS was found in homosexual men .
and drug users. AIDS grew among heterosexual men, women and children in .
Sub-Saharan Africa not long after its identification in the United States. .
Approximately thirty-five million adults and two million children were infected .
with HIV or AIDS by the year 2000. From 1981 to 2000, an estimated twenty-.
two million people died by the infection of AIDS; more than four million of .
those were children fourteen years of age and younger.
AIDS is known as the final stage of HIV. Two types of this virus have .
been found. HIV-1 is the primary cause and HIV-2 is found mostly in West .
Africa. HIV carries a protein structure that binds with a specific structure found .
on the outer surface of cells. White blood cells of the immune system are .
vulnerable to HIV. When HIV attacks a CD4 cell, a certain T cell, it .
commandeers the genetic tools within the cell to produce new HIV virus. The .
new HIV virus destroys the CD4 cell .
before leaving the cell completely.
The CD4 cells help other types of immune cells respond to invading .
organisms. Without CD4 cells, one's health would be endangered. An average .
AIDS Death is a normal and inevitable part of everyone's life. ... A virus called HIV causes AIDS: Human Immunodeficiency Virus. ... Including me, I do not have the slightest idea what people living with AIDS go through. I can still remember the first time I heard about AIDS. ... I was 14 years old and nobody had told me what AIDS was. ...
In 1986, 53 adolescents were reported with AIDS. ... Today, AIDS is recognized as the fifth most common cause of death among people ranging from ages 14-24 years (A Decade of Denial: Teens and AIDS in America, 1992). ... This is because there is currently no cure for AIDS. ... There is no current cure for AIDS, so someone with AIDS knows they will die soon. ... The idea of promoting abstinence and focusing on the prevalence of AIDS is a good one. ...
Politicians play a big role in helping find a cure for AIDS because they play a big role in funding laboratories and scientists. ... Defends AIDS Spending, Urges more form Europe, the money issue about AIDS funding is brought up and how much should be given to the fund. Tommy Thompson defended his view on the contribution to fight against AIDS and urges European countries to help with the planned funding. ... The United Sates also encourages countries all around the world to contribute to the AIDS fund and help out with the search for the cure of the AIDS. People with AIDS can also be c...
Riley AIDS Carlos was a really smart boy who always enjoyed reading and writing. ... All this is just because of this horrible disease called AIDS. ... One cause of people contracting AIDS is blood transmission. ... Another example of what causes you to get AIDS is having unprotected sex. ... Works Cited HIV/AIDS November 29, 2002, March 4, 2003 http://www.walgreens.com/library/topics/AIDS.jhtml How at risk are you of contracting AIDS? ...
AIDS and The Nurse AIDS is not about culture, gender, or sexual preference. ... Society must educate people, especially teens and young adults, that there is no cure for AIDS. ... AIDS and the HIV virus pose special challenges for nurses. Casual, everyday contact with an AIDS infected person does not expose anyone to AIDS, but for nurses the challenges are many. ... AIDS requires a level of training for nurses that are unique. ...
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AIDS has taken many lives in the short time it has been around. ... One of the only diseases comparable to the bubonic plague is AIDS. ... Now when people discover someone has AIDS, they try keep away from the AIds victims, out of fear. ... With AIDS, most people who get AIDS don't ever know they have it untill they are dieing. ... The public awareness campaign has created a lot of funding for AIDS and AIDS awareness. ...
AIDS has killed more Americans than the Vietnam War, which killed 58,000(AIDS Understanding 10). ... You don't catch AIDS, you catch HIV. HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS. ... There are two viruses that cause AIDS. ... The third and final stage is AIDS. ...
Powell called HIV/AIDS. ... It's called HIV/AIDS." ... Bush asked the US Congress to commit fifteen billion dollars for AIDS related research and support, including ten billion dollars in new funds, to fight HIV/AIDS in the most affected countries in Africa and the Caribbean. ... While this is good news, any vaccine for HIV/AIDS is still years from being available to the public. ... No AIDS vaccine has yet done this. ...
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