... viruses. Each type of viral infection varies from one to another in degree of severity. The names of the viruses are in alphabetical order corresponding to their discovery. There is also a non-viral Hepatitis which is caused by substance. One rumor that has spread about hepatitis is that a person can only contract Hepatitis if associated with HIV or AIDS. This is not true! Any one can become infected with Hepatitis. Unfortunately this is about all most people know of Hepatitis. They need to know the full horror of which the virus is capable. The first of the Hepatitis viral infection to be discovered is Hepatitis A. Hep. A is the mild mannered viru ...
... had AIDS. By taking precautions such as wearing gloves when handling wounds, the risk of transmitting the disease is significantly lowered and the integrity of the child with AIDS remains protected. This idea has many faults. For one, children simply cannot be watched at all times. Referring to my earlier statement that kids will be kids. Also, what kind of environment is it to learn in when your teacher can't treat your scrapes without putting rubber gloves on first, a situation which will certainly lead to ridicule from peers. There is a simpler, more affective way of dealing with this issue. EDUCATE. By educating the parents and teachers about ...
... a whiplash, but other types of hyperextension neck injuries are seen too. Also common is repetitive stress at work by people who work on assembly lines or keyboards, or athletes such as swimmers and baseball pitchers. All of the above predisposing factors ultimately lead to the narrowing of the costoclavicular space in the shoulder. This injury is most commonly an overuse injury. This is due to the cause of the build up of scar tissue on the muscles of the neck by there being a stretching injury to the neck muscles. The tight muscles press against the nerves to the arm causing the symptoms. Neck pain and headaches are caused tightness of the neck muscles. Tre ...
... taken small doses of anabolic steroids during her illustrious track and field career. Another reason is many health risks, many not resulting in death though. These include stoppage of growth, loss of bodily functions, dehydration, and many more. Plus, these drugs are illegal in sports. Many are available only through a doctor’s prescription for certain diseases. The sport that sees the highest rate of competitors using is bodybuilding. Many of these athletes were skinny and not very popular during their high school years. They use the steroids to bulk up and create a shield against the criticism. Due to this fact of psychological instability and the ef ...
... can assert that AIDS cases do not occur on the African continent in a uniform fashion but rather form an “AIDS Belt” in central, southern, and eastern Africa” (Bethel, 138). First, by mentioning the fact that the Third World contains three fourths of the Earth’s population, and combining that fact with that of those worlds having an overall lesser knowledge upon transmission, prevention, and AIDS in general, it is not surprising that these countries populations are greatly impacted by mortality. “Africa, with about 12% of the world’s population, is now reporting about 25% of the world’s AIDS cases. It is estimated to have over 65% of the total nu ...
... of going unvaccinated or even the disease itself. Professor of epidemiology at the university of Washington, Dr Russell Alexander, points out that the panel set up to determine the risks of vaccination did not compare it to those of being unvaccinated (qtd in Miller 9). This means that the research done by the panel, which proved vaccination risks to be 'too small to count', contains many weaknesses. McTaggart links the appearance of learning disabilities, autism, and hyperactivity to the beginning of the mass vaccination programs (1). Thus, vaccination is directly related to many diseases, in which some are still unknown. McTaggart adds that the mumps vaccine has ...
... is not harmed. The cause of sickle cell anemia is rather simple but it leaves a life threatening affect. Anyone who carries the inherited trait for sickle cell anemia, but doesn't have the disorder, is actually protected from a severe form of malaria. This helped the children in countries where malaria was a problem, to be able to survive against that disease. What happened to those children? They grew up, had their own children and ended up passing the gene for sickle cell anemia onto their offspring. This disease is a hereditary blood disorder that affects the red blood cell. Red blood cells contain a protein called hemoglobin which transports oxygen ...
... the pursuit of a cure and an origin, there have beenseveral teams of scientists whose top priority is to find theviruses origin(5). The teams have trekked through the rainforests of Africa to collecting different species of animals,bugs, and plant life. Bugs are also collected from the hospitals and from the surrounding huts of the villages. So far 36,000specimens have been collected. Once they have been gathered, the specimens are put into liquid nitrogen and flown back to theUnited States, where they are studied at the Centers for DiseaseControl in Atlanta Georgia and the Army Medical Research Instituteof Infectious Diseases at Fort Detrick Md.,(6). Researche ...
... cure for AIDS, however research is showing hopeful signs. Research has made breakthroughs the past years and have come up with ways to slow things down, but not cure AIDS. There are many ways to prevent AIDS. I believe the leading way is abstinence. No sex until your sure of your sexual partners past sexual history should you consider sex. If you must have sex then have safe sex. Safe sex includes using any instrument or object which does not allow bodily fluids to be exchanged. Preventing AIDS is something we all can do. No one is forced to have sex (unless raped), no one is forced to do drugs with infected needles and no one wants it, so people should get smart ...
... is the only solution to any problem, is prevention through education. Of course it is easy to hand out literature and condoms to adults, but are they really going to listen? As a community, we can encourage HIV/AIDS testing, but will it be taken advantage of? Since these are adults being familiarized with HIV/AIDS, how to contract it, the consequences, and the raw statistics, they will probably disregard all of the information. Education on the issue of HIV/AIDS obviously needs to begin at an earlier age. Since this is such a controversial issue, the age at which education should begin is debatable. The children need to be mature enough to handle the concerns ...
