The Issue of AIDS and HIV
Zoya Siddiqui
In today’s world, it often seems like there are more issues to tackle than people have the capacity to handle. There is the global warming, poverty, hunger, wars, political conflicts, refugee conflicts, etcetera. Though all of these can seem daunting and hard to combat, none of them can be accomplished if the world’s population is not healthy. If people do not have the physical strength to think of new and innovative ways to take on these issues, then no progress will be made on any of them. As a result, global health should be prioritized as the most pressing issue the world is facing today. Until people are healthy, they cannot be educated, hope to reduce poverty, or do anything. One factor of global health that needs to be paid more attention is HIV/AIDS because though it is incurable, it can be prevented from killing millions. HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a disease that kills the cell of the body’s immune system. It is a STD (sexually transmitted disease) but can also be spread through blood. HIV kills T-cells, a type of white blood cell, which leads to a person not having an immune system. The lack of an immune system means they are no longer able to fight off infections, which causes them to constantly getting sick. HIV is an incurable disease that a person has for life. However, just because someone has HIV and will have it for the rest of their life, does not mean that they are going to get AIDS. AIDS, or Acquired
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HIV is a virus. AIDS is a condition or set of symptoms that can develop in a HIV-positive person after a prolonged period of time. You can have HIV and not have aids, but if you have AIDS then you must also be infected with HIV. Because HIV is a virus, it can be passed from person to person but AIDS cannot. When a person becomes infected with HIV, the virus begins to attack their immune system and render it weak. Over time the immune system can no longer fight off diseases that it once could which can eventually lead to developing AIDS. Symptoms for AIDS can vary from person to person depending on the opportunistic infection in which they have acquired.
HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. This is a sexually transmitted disease that will eventually morph itself into a disease known as AIDS, which stands for acquired immunodeficiency. HIV breaks down the immune system where it becomes extremely difficult to fight diseases that attack the body. Though HIV is most commonly transferred sexually, other way like through contact with infected blood, or from a mother to a baby through child birth, and if that doesn’t do it then the person who is infected could infect the child through breast feeding. AIDS is known as a disease where there is an extremely lessen amount of the body’s cellular immunity cells. This causes danger of being infected, by any kind of disease, since the immune
AIDS, which stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, has a set of symptoms that has caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, or HIV. This type of virus is considered to be when a person’s immune system is too weak to defend advanced HIV infections and how it develops certain symptoms and illnesses that will destroy the immune system. Most of the infections are harmless for healthy people, but the ones that have AIDS can die from the same diseases. “There is no cure for HIV and AIDS yet. However, treatment can control
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) infection is a long-term (chronic) viral infection. HIV kills white blood cells that help to control the body's defense system (immune system) and fight infection. HIV spreads through semen, pre-seminal fluid, blood, breast milk, rectal fluid, and vaginal fluid. HIV is commonly spread through sexual contact and sharing needles or syringes, because these behaviors involve exchanging bodily fluids. Without treatment, HIV can turn into AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), an advanced stage of HIV infection. AIDS is a very serious illness and can be life-threatening.
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency virus. If the virus goes untreated it can lead to AIDS. AIDS stands for Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV attacks the body’s immune system such as the T cells. T cells help fight off infection. When it goes untreated, it decreases the number of T cells in a person’s body. This leads to AIDS, which is the last stage of HIV. AIDS occur when the immune system is severely damaged and you become more prone to infections. When the T cell count is lower than 200, then you’ve moved on to this stage. People who have AIDS usually live up to 3 years subsequently.
HIV stands for (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). If not treated properly, it can be turned into a disease called AIDS (Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome). HIV affects the body's immune system, primarily targeting the T cells. In result of this, the human body is more vulnerable to get more infections
Before it can be fully understood why HIV/AIDS is such a serious and devastating disease, a person first needs to understand what it is. AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome and is a disease which targets the body’s immune system, which in the process wears down its defences. Before a person has AIDS, they are first infected by HIV or Human Immunodeficiency Virus. A person can have HIV without AIDS, but a person cannot have AIDS without first having HIV. A person who has HIV will
To understand the culture of a certain time period, one of the best resources available is not a textbook but a story written from that time period. For example, the story Beowulf, which was written at the beginning of the Middle Ages, is a fantastical story about a man named Beowulf who defeated demonic monsters through heroic acts. Despite the fact that it is fantasy, Beowulf depicts what the local and national government of Scandinavia was at the time, what the religion of the area was, and what human characteristics were seen as most important during that period. Another example of a cultural piece was the story Aeneid which was a Roman story written during the Classical Period. This piece makes the same illustrations of the culture as Beowulf did. Comparing both these stories as well as their characters excellently demonstrates how two pieces from different periods can give an in depth look into the
The first cases of AIDS that were reported in the United States began in the early 1980s. Today, more than 1.1 million people are living with HIV. In response to this HIV epidemic, at least 35 states have implemented HIV-specific criminal laws that penalize HIV-positive people for exposing others to the virus. These laws impose criminal penalties to HIV positive people that knowingly and potentially expose others to the virus. The Ryan White Comprehensive AIDS Resources Emergency Act, also known as the CARE Act, provides states with funds for AIDS treatment and care. In 1990, the CARE Act required every state to certify that its “criminal laws were adequate to prosecute any HIV-infected individual who knowingly exposed another person to HIV.” Criminal laws regarding potential HIV exposure vary largely from state to state. Some federal legislation addresses the criminal penalties for intentional exposure such as through blood donation. CDC and Department of Justice researches found that, “ by 2011, a total of 67 laws explicitly focused on persons living with HIV had been enacted in 33 states… In 24 states, laws require persons who are aware that they have HIV disclose their status to sexual partners and 14 states require disclosure to needle-sharing partners.” The criminal laws vary as to what behaviors are criminalized or result in additional penalties. The criminal statutes regarding intentional exposure to AIDS for Louisiana, Mississippi, Arkansas, Alabama ,Georgia, and
HIV is the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS. A member of a group of viruses called retroviruses, HIV infects human cells and uses the energy and nutrients provided by those cells to grow and reproduce. AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a disease in which the body's immune system breaks down and is unable to fight off certain infections, known as "opportunistic infections," and other illnesses that take advantage of a weakened immune system. When a person is infected with HIV, the virus enters the body and lives and multiplies primarily in the white blood cells. These are the immune cells that normally protect us from disease.
HIV, or the Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is a virus which damages and kills cells of the immune system. It attacks the T-cells, key cells of the immune system, and uses them to make copies of itself. After being infected with the virus it progressively interferes and eventually destroys the immune system's ability to fight the anti-genes. HIV may develop into the syndrome AIDS, the Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome. HIV is an STD - a sexually transmitted disease - and therefore most commonly it is spread through sexual contact, and the virus mainly enters the body through the penis, mouth, lining of the vagina or vulva during sexual activity. HIV can also be spread through sharing syringes or needles with someone who is infected with the
HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It attacks the t-cells in the human body and when it destroys so many, it leads to a disease called AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome), the final stage of the HIV infection. HIV is one of the few viruses that is yet to be curable, so once you contract it, you have it for life. It affects the cells of the immune system that fight off diseases or infections from the human body. This leads to a greater vulnerability to get deadly infections. Not many who have HIV advance to the final stage, AIDS because there is a medical procedure that can control it (CDC 2013). This medical procedure is called ART (antiretroviral therapy).
HIV and AIDS are different. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus and AIDS stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. This disease damages a person’s immune system making it easier to get sick. HIV is transmitted through semen, vaginal fluids, blood, and breast milk. HIV works by attacking the T-cell in the human body. There is no cure for this disease, but early detection is important for treatment. Once a person is diagnosed with HIV they will always have it. This is a very devastating disease and it is preventable.
HIV and AIDS may be not as common as it used to be, but its danger is everlasting. HIV is an STD that attacks the immune system. If left untreated, the disease will progress into AIDS. After a few years, the immune system will no longer be able to defend itself, leaving it vulnerable to opportunistic infections. In most cases, a person with HIV will show no symptoms of any kind. Meaning that they will not pursue treatment and will resume their sex life. Since HIV is a viral STD and not a bacterial one, it will last for life. There is no cure for it and the person will need treatment to keep the disease under wraps. If left untreated, the disease will progress into AIDS. AIDS, while not lethal, leaves the person infected at risk. At that point, the immune system is now too weak to fight off viruses. As a result, the person is now left at the mercy of opportunistic infections. While there is treatment for AIDS, it isn’t as simple as taking medication and requires the person undergo active treatment.