Infectious Disease WK2
Infectious Disease
Natalie Rabess-Denis
HCA 240
August 18, 2013
Professor Morse
Infectious Disease
We are faced and come in contact with various types of diseases, those that you can seek treatment for and those that are incurable. Research has been conducted for many years and is still being tested and studied in an attempt to find a cure for these diseases. Cancer, Hepatitis B, Tuberculosis, Influenza, and Chicken Pox are all forms of infectious disease, but one major one that has to be the most deadliest of them all is known as AIDS and HIV. According to "HIV Basics" (2013), "About 1.1 million people in the United States were living with HIV at the end of 2009, Of those people, about 18% do not know they are infected.”
Inflammatory Response HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS, which is where the disease originated. Being that there was a virus that started the disease this is where the inflammatory response started. The inflammatory response originates when tissues of one’s body are injured by bacteria, trauma, toxins, and in this case a virus. Your body’s immune response should protect you, but when it no longer can protect your body from the virus of HIV, then the inflammatory process begin. The virus attacks the CD4 T lymphocytes, destroying them and also killing others (Zelman Ph.D., Tompany PharmD, Raymond Ph.D., Holdaway, MA. P., & Mulvihill, Ph.D. 2010). That entire process paralyzes the immune system by making the body susceptible to infections and illnesses that a healthy immune system would be able to control. While the body is going through this, the immune system becomes weakened and eventually open to infections and leads to inflammation mainly in one’s lymph nodes and stomach. Description, Transmission, Environmental Factors. HIV is the acronym for human immunodeficiency virus. This is the virus that can lead to AIDS which stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. These two are not the same, one is the
Natalie Rabess-Denis
HCA 240
August 18, 2013
Professor Morse
Infectious Disease
We are faced and come in contact with various types of diseases, those that you can seek treatment for and those that are incurable. Research has been conducted for many years and is still being tested and studied in an attempt to find a cure for these diseases. Cancer, Hepatitis B, Tuberculosis, Influenza, and Chicken Pox are all forms of infectious disease, but one major one that has to be the most deadliest of them all is known as AIDS and HIV. According to "HIV Basics" (2013), "About 1.1 million people in the United States were living with HIV at the end of 2009, Of those people, about 18% do not know they are infected.”
Inflammatory Response HIV is the virus that leads to AIDS, which is where the disease originated. Being that there was a virus that started the disease this is where the inflammatory response started. The inflammatory response originates when tissues of one’s body are injured by bacteria, trauma, toxins, and in this case a virus. Your body’s immune response should protect you, but when it no longer can protect your body from the virus of HIV, then the inflammatory process begin. The virus attacks the CD4 T lymphocytes, destroying them and also killing others (Zelman Ph.D., Tompany PharmD, Raymond Ph.D., Holdaway, MA. P., & Mulvihill, Ph.D. 2010). That entire process paralyzes the immune system by making the body susceptible to infections and illnesses that a healthy immune system would be able to control. While the body is going through this, the immune system becomes weakened and eventually open to infections and leads to inflammation mainly in one’s lymph nodes and stomach. Description, Transmission, Environmental Factors. HIV is the acronym for human immunodeficiency virus. This is the virus that can lead to AIDS which stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. These two are not the same, one is the
References: Zelman Ph.D., M., Tompany PharmD, E., Raymond Ph.D., J., Holdaway, MA., P., & Mulvihill, Ph.D, M.L(2010). Human Diseases: A Systematic Approach (7th ed.). : Prentice Hall. HIV Basics. (2013). Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/basics/index.html HIV/AIDS Basics. (2011). Retrieved from http://aids.gov/hiv-aids-basics/ HIV/AIDS. (2012). Retrieved from http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/hiv-aids/DS00005/DSECTION=treatments-and-drugs