AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a disease caused by a virus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). The illness alters the immune system‚ making people much more vulnerable to infections and diseases. This susceptibility worsens as the disease progresses. HIV is found in the body fluids of an infected person (semen and vaginal fluids‚ blood and breast milk). The virus is passed from one person to another through blood-to-blood and sexual contact
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What is AIDS? Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is a lentivirus (slowly-replicating retrovirus) that causes acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)‚ a condition in humans in which progressive failure of the immune system allows life-threatening opportunistic infections and cancers to thrive (1). A virus is a piece of genetic material‚ RNA or DNA‚ surrounded by a protein coat. To replicate‚ a virus must infect a cell and direct its cellular machinery to produce new viruses. A virus cannot
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AIDS is a disease that damages the immune system and interferes with a person’s ability to fight off disease. It is most commonly transmitted sexually‚ but can also be transmitted through infected blood exposure and through birth. Mayoclinic.com says “AIDS is a chronic‚ potentially life-threatening condition” AIDS is caused by the retrovirus HIV‚ HIV targets T-cells which are vital immune system cells and without them it is nearly impossible to fight a common cold let alone a life threatening disease
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Administration by George D. Pozgar‚ the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a fatal disease that destroys the body’s ability to fight bacteria and viruses. AIDS is caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). It is considered to be the deadliest epidemic in human history with the first case being reported in 1981. It has been estimated that more than 21 million people have died from AIDS. (Pozgar‚ 2012‚ p. 353 & 364) AIDS is a collection of specific‚ life-threatening‚ opportunistic infections
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ADVANTAGES AND DISADVANTAGES OF GIVING INTERNATIONAL AID TO POOR COUNTRIES For the past years‚ rich countries have been playing a vital role in giving poor countries a large amount of money. Even though‚ some of this money was premeditated for improving the lives of the poor households‚ much of it has vanished or made no discrepancy. International aid refers to voluntary transfer of capital‚ good or services from one country to another. This essay will focus on the advantages and disadvantages
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HIV/AIDS The world is plagued by the HIV infection which almost always comes before AIDS. If you are HIV positive‚ that doesn’t mean you have AIDS. Having AIDS usually means that you are HIV positive. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) basically breaks down your immune system until it can’t function properly anymore. AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) never really kills anyone; instead it is a disease like pneumonia or something like that‚ that the body cannot fight because its immune system
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sector. This occurred as a result of an increasing and ridiculous growth in the cost of legal aid‚ namely from a few hundred million to well over 2.1 billion pounds from the 1980s to 2000. Moreover‚ it was not because demand was growing. Rather‚ number of cases relying on legal aid had decreased. Due to the need to control budget‚ Conditional fee arrangements are used to fund many civil cases which legal aid now excludes‚ and the issues brought about by conditional fee arrangements have been debated
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Read the following AIDS Patient Discharge Instructions passage. Create digital notes‚ using Word. Consider the following note-taking methods: • Inserting comments • Highlighting‚ using different colors for different types of information • Creating an outline in Word to note the main idea and details • Creating a digital web‚ using Word or https://bubbl.us Patient Discharge Instructions A nurse is preparing a male client with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) for discharge to home
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syndrome (AIDS) is the final stage of HIV disease‚ which causes severe damage to immune system and numerous of dead all over the world. AIDS is the sixth leading cause of death among people ages 25 – 44 in the United States. Millions of people around the world are living with HIV/AIDS‚ including many children under age 15 (PubMed Health). In addition‚ AIDS ranks the first leading of death in Vietnam. More than 260000 people living with AIDS and an estimated 100 people become infected every day (AIDS in
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Trade-Marks/Trade-Marks are owned by The Society of Management Accountants of Canada. No part of this document may be reproduced in any form without the permission of the copyright holder. Additional Information Practice Case Examination – M2A3 Foreign Aid Canada (FAC) Additional Information Update During 2011 and 2012‚ a worldwide economic and food crisis caused some setbacks in many developing countries. The price of food increased‚ which presented a
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