AIDS 101- What You Absolutely Need to Know

Written by Mansi gupta


Introduction Due both torepparttar stigma andrepparttar 144324 awareness program attached with it, now AIDS has become a common household term. There are very less people who actually know thatrepparttar 144325 exact word is Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, AIDS in short. Because ofrepparttar 144326 morbidity and mortality attached and also because ofrepparttar 144327 ignorance about it there are lots and lots of myths against this deadly disease. This alone showsrepparttar 144328 anxiety and concern ofrepparttar 144329 general mass.

History The virus for this disease is thought to have transmitted from simian monkeys inrepparttar 144330 forests of Africa to humans and from there it traveled to USA and different countries. It was brewing inrepparttar 144331 bodies till in 1981 in USArepparttar 144332 Center for Disease Control and prevention (CDC) recognized it forrepparttar 144333 first time and reported that there was an unexplained occurrence of an unusual pneumonia in a few homosexuals. Soonrepparttar 144334 disease was to be found in intravenous drug users. But it was only in 1983 thatrepparttar 144335 causative virus was isolated from a patient and then further classified. Obviously because ofrepparttar 144336 ignorance initiallyrepparttar 144337 information was confined to only certain specific institutions inrepparttar 144338 early 1980s. Then asrepparttar 144339 disease became more prevalent and showed its mortality pattern more and more people became aware of this disease. Today it’s a topic of concern for every type of doctor be it a family physician, obstetrician, dentist, dermatologist or any other field.

HIV and AIDS AIDS is a disease, asrepparttar 144340 name suggests, in whichrepparttar 144341 person over a period of time loses his power of immunity to fight infections and hence he is a prey to a host of infections which otherwise wont have occurred. The causative organism is a virus calledrepparttar 144342 Human Immunodeficiency Virus. On gaining entry intorepparttar 144343 body of a subject through another patient’s body fluids such as blood, blood products, semen, etc.repparttar 144344 virus remains inrepparttar 144345 lymphatic system and gets replicated. Then over a period of years it reducesrepparttar 144346 body’s immune system.

Disability Scooters and Stairlifts for our old age - help and advice

Written by malcolm james pugh


Mobility in later life - Advice and help

We take our freedom of action and movement for granted, until it is not there.

Unfortunately, one day we will all need some form of help and assistance in order to efficiently get out and about without it being too much of an impossible effort. Whenever you feel that time has come it will come as a pleasant suprise that Magbility exists, and not only that, are a prime example of how businesses ought to be, like they used to be.

These are reliable, honest and friendly people, who get pleasure out of helping out others in their hour of need, and are expert in their field with years of experience.

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