Types of Muscular Dystrophies Muscular dystrophies are a family of inherited (genetic) diseases that cause gradual wasting and weakening of muscles (and in some cases‚ of nerve tissue). In total‚ there are 9 types of generally accepted muscular dystrophies - each with its own characteristic age of onset‚ rate of progress etc - and the people affected by them are all characterized by muscle weakness‚ general difficulty in walking and sometimes deformities The most common muscular dystrophy is
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Valero-Figueira E. Rural HIV Service Networks: Patterns of Care and Policy Issues. Rockville‚ MD: HRSA‚ 1995. Bluthenthal RN‚ Kral AH‚ et al. Use of an illegal syringe exchange and injection-related risk behaviors among street-recruited injection drug users in Oakland‚ California‚ 1992 to 1995. Phoenix‚ AZ: Oryx Press‚ 1996: 15-23. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). HIV/AIDS Surveillance Report‚ 10(2)‚ Year-end Report‚ 1998. CDC. Surveillance of tuberculosis and AIDS co-morbidity
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Among the current fields of research in Biotechnology‚ research on drugs and vaccines targeting viral diseases such as HIV/AIDs has been of major importance given the high prevalence of these diseases across the world. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) is a type of virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune-deficiency Syndrome) (HIV and AIDS‚ n.d). The virus devastates the body’s defense mechanism‚ leaving a victim highly susceptible to opportunistic infections such as those caused by bacteria‚ fungi
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tears in the uterine walls that have exposed blood and after birth by being breastfed infected milk. Some of the preventative measures a mother can take to reduce the risk of her child being transmitted the virus are to receive a onetime shot of antiretroviral medicine‚ have a caesarean delivery and to feed the child formula instead of breastfeeding. Background Mother-to-child transmission (MTCT) of HIV-1 infection is the major source of HIV infection in infants and young children younger than 5
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million people have died from AIDS‚ and an estimated thirty four million people worldwide are living with HIV/AIDS today. As of yet‚ there is still no cure and the most successful treatment for HIV and AIDS is through antiretroviral therapy. The use of preventative measures‚ antiretroviral therapy‚ and other factors have been the cause for lower infection rates in the populations of certain regions as opposed to the harder hit regions in the rest of the world. That is not to say that these regions are
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Dorothy Oqua Howard University Pharm Kenneth Agu Senior Project Manager Howard University Pace Centre ACRONYMS AIDS Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome ART Antiretroviral Therapy ARV Antiretroviral drugs CBO Community Based Organization CHEW Community Health Extension Worker CHO Community Health Officer ELISA Enzyme Linked Immuno-sorbent
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the late 2000s the improve antiviral drug therapy has led to a better or “normal” life for infected individuals. Antivirals therapies are not the easiest to come by and insurance companies are complicated when it comes to infected patients with HIV/AIDS. Along with the cost there are different types of drug therapies and some are more effective than others. According to Michael Oldstone’s Viruses‚ Plagues and History today there are huge advancements in drug therapy has reduced the HIV/AIDS death
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stressful to an individual‚ it is not only important to seek follow-up care from a medical standpoint‚ but from a mental and spiritual standpoint as well. Some follow-up recommendations may include: 1. Prompt medical treatment for initiation of antiretroviral medications‚ appropriate vaccine administration 2. Continuation of medical care including taking prescribed medication‚ even when not symptomatic. 3. Education regarding changes in behaviors to reduce risk of transmission to others. 4. Referrals
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Demographics of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America HCS/490 Health Consumer Trends and Marketing January 21‚ 2013 Jennifer Pharr Demographics of HIV/AIDS in the United States of America “Every 9.5 minutes someone in the United States is infected with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV).” According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ there are approximately 1.5 million people living with HIV‚ and one out of five is not aware they are infected (CDC‚ 2011). The first documented case
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References: Sighem‚ A 2003‚ ’Mortality and progression to AIDS after staring highly active antiretroviral therapy ’‚ AIDS‚ vol. 17‚ no. 15‚ pp. 2227-34.
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