Immunodeficiency

Epidemiology of Tuberculosis Student's Name Institution Affiliation Course Tuberculosis Causes: Tuberculosis (TB) is a caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis, a bacteria that is spread through the air. TB affects the breathing system (lungs). When an infected person emits air droplets, for example, through coughing or sneezing, the bacteria are transmitted into the air that affects anyone who breathes that air. According to Wouk, there are two types of TB, Latent and Active…

Even though gene therapy has existed for a while, its acceptance has been slower than most people had anticipated. This is regardless of the fact that this therapy is helpful in curing terminal diseases like cancer. These six sources provide me with different perspectives that will allow me to support the thesis of my paper and has given me an insight on the issue of gene therapy. It is clear that gene therapy has not received the attention it deserves mostly because of ethical and economic…

Brown, A., Gill, O., & Delpech, V. (2013). HIV treatment and prevention among MSM in the UK: HIV Medicine, 14(9), 563-570. • In the UK, free HIV consideration is given through devoted HIV centers. Utilizing the national accomplice of men who engage in sexual relations with men (MSM) with analyzed HIV disease and appraisals of the quantity of undiscovered men, we evaluated whether high maintenance in HIV consideration and treatment scope is adequate to lessen HIV transmission. The quantity of…

Shared Hope International helps to restore victims through multiple programs and services. They provide financial support to local organizations around the world that assist in the long-term care of victims and those vulnerable to becoming trafficked. Shared Hope International launched the National Restoration Initiative, this initiative was put into place to help with the ongoing development of shelters and services in America for victims of sex trafficking. This organization also has partner…

Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) was labeled a disease in 1981 by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and has since then become a major worldwide epidemic. AIDS is a disease, which is the most advanced stage of infection caused by Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). This virus attacks the body’s immune system and damages its ability to fight off infections and diseases (Kerin, 2015). Burroughs Wellcome is a subsidy of Wellcome PLC, a public limited company whose center of operations is in…

This essay will bring an understanding of the need for cultural awareness and competency in nursing practice in relation to Aboriginal and Torres Strait people, known as Indigenous people of Australia. Different factors responsible for chronic illnesses in Indigenous population will be explained and how nurses can help in conquering the gap between Indigenous and non Indigenous population in relation to health. Emphasis will be on how ethnocentric human nature can affect health adversely. It…

worse, the many sexually transmitted diseases, STDs, that can be caused by skin-to-skin contact. STDs can cause scarring in reproductive organs, and this can lead to infertility. Other STDs can cause birth complications or even lead to HIV [Human Immunodeficiency Virus]. HPV, “the cause of genital warts,” has also been found to be a link to cervix, penis, anus, and vulva cancer (McIlhaney 3). Even though contraceptives cannot absolutely prevent the contraction of STDs, studies have proven that…

This number contributed to about 66% of the world’s AIDS deaths that year (amfar, 2015). It is important to note exactly what HIV and AIDS actually is. HIV is an immunodeficiency virus, which when left untreated, can progress to the disease known as AIDS. It is crucial to catch HIV in the earliest stages in order to reduce the risk of it worsening to AIDS. This is a chronic, debilitating disease that often leads to death…

“My disease is as rare as it is famous” (Yoon 4). In the young adult romance novel Everything, Everything, Nicola Yoon writes about Madeline Whittier, a book lover, who has what is known as the “bubble baby disease.” This disease does not allow her to leave her house; and she hadn’t for seventeen years. Nicola Yoon, born in 1972 in Jamaica, published her debut novel Everything, Everything in 2015. The plot of this novel was very predictable. It was inevitable that Madeline would fall deeply in…

are common among occupational health care globally. Accidental exposure to blood usually caused by needle injuries or sharps injuries. Such incidents carry great risk of transmission of fatal like hepatitis B (HBV), hepatitis C (HCV) and human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The main alarming is when exposure to blood or other body fluids of another person who may have any infectious disease. Therefore health care workers should have ample knowledge about their risk and constantly to take…