Hiv/Aids in Uk
HIV/AIDS
The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a disease cause by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which is one type of chronic disease that mainly attacks the immune system of the body. The immune system includes all the organs and cells that work to fight off the infection or disease (Daniels, 1985). HIV attacks the convolute part of the immune system. HIV weakens the immune system by destroying the CD4 (T-cell) lymphocytes. CD4 is one type of blood cell that helps protect the body immune system from viruses and other infectious diseases (Aids. Gov, 2012). AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection; people that are diagnosed with HIV disease have badly damaged immune systems. When HIV destroys the CD4 lymphocytes the immune system becomes really weak and will not be able to protect itself and fight back from other infectious diseases. The infections that occur while the immune system is weak are called opportunistic infections that invade the body. When the body is weak, HIV infection also increases the risk of illness of the brain (neurological) and nerve body wasting and death (Aids.gov 2005). The first case of AIDS was first discovered in 1981 in the USA and since then it has grown and spreading all over the world (Daniels, 1985).
There are different ways in which HIV could be transmitted. The most common way is through body fluid such as blood and semen, however HIV could as well be transmitted by sexual activity and sharing the hypodermic needle. Since HIV is retrovirus (meaning that it uses reverse transcriptase to convert RNA genomes into DNA genomes (Hughes et al., 1997)) it is impossible for it to transmit through the air or food it requires a certain fluid in order to keep it alive. The first reported case in the United Kingdom in December 1981 was a 49-year-old homosexual in Bournemouth who represented with AIDS nine month after returning back from Miami (Victor G. Daniels, 1985).
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The Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a disease cause by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which is one type of chronic disease that mainly attacks the immune system of the body. The immune system includes all the organs and cells that work to fight off the infection or disease (Daniels, 1985). HIV attacks the convolute part of the immune system. HIV weakens the immune system by destroying the CD4 (T-cell) lymphocytes. CD4 is one type of blood cell that helps protect the body immune system from viruses and other infectious diseases (Aids. Gov, 2012). AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection; people that are diagnosed with HIV disease have badly damaged immune systems. When HIV destroys the CD4 lymphocytes the immune system becomes really weak and will not be able to protect itself and fight back from other infectious diseases. The infections that occur while the immune system is weak are called opportunistic infections that invade the body. When the body is weak, HIV infection also increases the risk of illness of the brain (neurological) and nerve body wasting and death (Aids.gov 2005). The first case of AIDS was first discovered in 1981 in the USA and since then it has grown and spreading all over the world (Daniels, 1985).
There are different ways in which HIV could be transmitted. The most common way is through body fluid such as blood and semen, however HIV could as well be transmitted by sexual activity and sharing the hypodermic needle. Since HIV is retrovirus (meaning that it uses reverse transcriptase to convert RNA genomes into DNA genomes (Hughes et al., 1997)) it is impossible for it to transmit through the air or food it requires a certain fluid in order to keep it alive. The first reported case in the United Kingdom in December 1981 was a 49-year-old homosexual in Bournemouth who represented with AIDS nine month after returning back from Miami (Victor G. Daniels, 1985).
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