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.