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choose a disease you are interested in. Answer the following: Describe the disease with detail to demonstrate knowledge. What are the signs and symptoms? What is the general treatment plan? No handwritten responses or pictures. PLease type text out. w6

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Name of disease is AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome)

Definition – It is a syndrome which is caused by a virus called HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). The disease alters the immune system, making community or group much more weak to infections and diseases. This susceptibility worsens as the syndrome progresses

HIV (human immunodeficiency virus).

1. HIV is a virus.
2. HIV is found throughout all the tissues of the body but is transmitted through the body fluids of an infected person (semen, vaginal fluids, blood, and breast milk).
3. HIV is the virus, which attacks the T-cells (CD-4 cells) in the immune system. AIDS is the syndrome, which appears in the advanced stage of HIV infection.

AIDS (medical condition).

Infection with HIV can cause AIDS . On the other hand, it is possible to be infected with HIV without developing AIDS. Exclusive of treatment, the HIV infection can progress and, eventually, it will develop into AIDS in the vast majority of cases. HIV is a retrovirus that infects the vital organs and cells of the human immune system.The rate of virus progression varies widely between individuals and depends on many factors;

HIV transmitted

It is transmetted by number of factor they are

1. Sexual transmission – it occour when there is contact with infected sexual fluids like rectal, genital, or oral mucous membranes and it is also transmeted by unprotected sex, includingvaginal, oral, and analsex, or sharing sex toys with someone infected with HIV.
2. Perinatal transmission – where it is transmetted by mother can pass the infection on to her child during childbirth, pregnancy, and also through breastfeeding.
3. Blood transmission – Other risk of transmitting HIV through blood transfusion is now a days extremely low in developed countries, However, among injection or IV drug users, sharing and reusing syringes contaminated with HIV-infected blood is extremely hazardous.

Symptoms and sign

Symptoms of early HIV infection

Generally, many people with HIV have no symptoms for several months to even years after becoming infected. Others may develop symptoms similar to flu, usually 2-6 weeks after infectious the virus.

1.The symptoms of early HIV infection may include:

Fever ,chills,joint pain,muscle aches,sore throat,sweats (particularly at night),enlarged glands,a red rash,tiredness,weakness,unintentional weight loss,Late-stage HIV infection.

If it is untreated than HIV weakens the ability to fight aganist   infection. The person becomes weak to serious illnesses. This stage of infection is known as AIDS.

2.Symptoms of late-stage HIV infection may include:

Blurred vision,Diarrhea, which is usually persistent or chronic,dry cough,fever of above 100 °F (37 °C) lasting for weeks,night sweats,permanent tiredness,shortness of breath (dyspnea),swollen glands lasting for weeks,unintentional weight loss,white spots on the tongue or mouth

During late-stage HIV infection, the risk of developing a life-threatening illness is much greater and untreated.

HIV and AIDS myths and facts

There are many misconceptions about HIV and AIDS. The virus CANNOT be transmitted from:

Shaking hands,Hugging,Casual kissing,Sneezing,Touching unbroken skin,Using the same toilet

Sharing towels,Sharing cutlery,Mouth-to-mouth resuscitation

Diagnosis of HIV and AIDS

The CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) estimate that about 1 in every 8 HIV-positive Americans is unaware of their HIV-status.

HIV blood tests and results

Diagnosis done by blood test that screens specifically for the virus.

1. HIV virus- positive than retested to confime
2. A home testing kit can be used as well.

.Treatment

Presently there is no vaccine or cure for HIV

Some of the drugs approved by the FDA for treating HIV and AIDS are listed below.

Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors (NRTI)

These drugs interrupt the virus from duplicating, which may slow the spread of HIV in the body. They include:

1. Abacavir (Ziagen, ABC)
2. Didanosine (Videx, dideoxyinosine, ddI)
3. Emtricitabine (Emtriva, FTC)
4. Lamivudine (Epivir, 3TC)
5. Stavudine (Zerit, d4T)
6. Tenofovir (Viread, TDF)
7. Zalcitabine (Hivid, ddC)
8. Zidovudine (Retrovir, ZDV or AZT)

HIV prevention

1. Avoide unprotected sex
2. Drug abuse and needle sharing stop.
3. Body fluid exposure should be avioded
4. Take precaution and medical treatment for Pregnancy
5. Health education is an important factor in reducing risky