34 year old male patient diagnosed with aids asks why he now is being diagnosed with aids after being tested as HIV positive a year ago. He also asks why he cant just take antibiotics due to it being an infection.
Background Information
Organs Of the immune system
Spleen
Thymus
Tonsils
Skin
Lymph nodes
Cells of the immune system
T Cells
B Cells
T Helper
Tgd
T Cytotoxic
B Memory
Mucus membranes
Neutrophils
Macrophages
Monocytes
Lytic cycle
Lysogenic Cycle
Copies of a virus are made within a host cell where it then burst opens releasing new viruses.
Viral DNA is added to the host cells DNA and is copied along with the host cells DNA
Viral infection
Infection caused by the presence of a virus in the body.
Bacterial Infection
Antibiotics can not treat viral infections, the body's immune system fights it off until it's gone. There are some antiviral medicines that can help fight the viral infection. Vaccines can help prevent viral infections.
proliferation of a harmful strain of bacteria on or inside the body.
antibiotics,anti fungal and antiviral medicines can treat bacterial infections.
Hiv
a virus
AIDs
is a condition acquired from HIV impairing the immune system
Lymphocytes
eosinophils
Neutrophils
Basophils
Respond to foreign invaders of the body
Protect from bacteria and parasites
ingest bacteria and other foreign cells,and release enzymes from granules that kill cells and bacteria
Promotes blood flow to tissues and prevents blood from clotting too quickly.
Innate Immunity
Born With it
Skin,mucus, hair, nails, hair , urination etc.
Downstream
Upstream
TH cells will not be able to activate B cells
Direct
Indirect
Exchange of infected persons fluids primarily though unprotected sex and contracting HIV
Patient getting sick and the immune system becoming impaired causing AIDs
TH Cells
Macrophages and antibodies will not destroy ingested microbes
The patients body will struggle to fight off the infection
The patient will eventually pass away due to the immune systems inability to effectively fight off the infection.