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Posts Tagged blood transfusion
Worldwide Threatening Disease – AIDS
AIDS is a threatening disease that everyone scare of it but how many of us really understand and take appropriate precaution regarding to this disease? According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in US, there is 75% of men and 25% of women are infected with HIV in the 40,000 new infections every year. The number of people get infected of HIV is getting higher and higher and we should look at it seriously.
AIDS is a short form for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. It is an immune system disease which caused by the virus called HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). This immune system virus is able to reduce the effectiveness of the affected immune system and brings in more unexpected infections to human body. Anyway, if you were certified with HIV positive, it is no necessary you are having AIDS but if the HIV disease prolongs, it will slowly weak your immune system down where all the viruses, fungi, bacteria and etc start to assimilate to your body easily due to the damaged of your immune system and make your weak and lead to AIDS.
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Men’s Involvement in HIV and AIDS Prevention
As the disease grows into epidemic proportions, a number of factors are being considered, including the role of men in the prevention of this epidemic. While the impact of the disease is being felt in increasing proportions, talks of an increased role of the male population in the eradication of this dreaded disease are getting stronger. These days, voices of concern are heard all over in this regard.
With this, a number of studies and surveys have also being conducted, to review various impacts, in light of the proposed social arrangements. As it is, various social and physiological factors are involved in the determination of the risk of infection in men, apart from their involvement in the effective prevention of the disease.
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