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A 34-year old male patient was recently diagnosed with AIDS and had tested…
A 34-year old male patient was recently diagnosed with AIDS and had tested positive for HIV a year ago. Until recently he had no symptoms.
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What are the indirect effects of this virus, and why is this called AIDS?
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If untreated, what will happen?
AIDS itself is the state of being immune compromised, it does not kill the patient directly. Instead, the patient will eventually get more severe complications and die to those.
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Is his immune system working at all? If HIV destroys TH cells, what does this do to normal immune system physiology?
Yes, his T4 cells are working to produce TH1 and TH2, but they are being destroyed due to the HIV virus. Without TH1 and TH2, Bm cannot be activated to produce antibodies and T8 cannot be activated to attack infected cells. Immune system is unable to function at all.
direct causes
The HIV virus destroyed enough TH1 and TH2 cells to cause his immune system to stop functioning efficitently
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Functions of the specific leukocytes, focusing especially on the lymphocytes
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