Saturday, March 28, 2009

In the USA, what is the ratio of people who have HIV/AIDS to people who do not have the disease

In the USA, what is the ratio of people who have HIV/AIDS to people who do not have the disease?
In the USA, what is the ratio of people who have HIV/AIDS to people who do not have the disease?
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The first link below is for the statistics page for the CDC. The second link provides the Census Bureau population. As of 2003 there were approximately 1.185 million persons with HIV. There are an estimated 304 million persons in the US today.




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Tuesday, March 24, 2009

I want to raise money for a small, almost unkown charity which supports HIV & AIDS sufferers

I want to raise money for a small, almost unkown charity which supports HIV & AIDS sufferers?
Hi I want to raise money for people suffering AIDS and people carrying HIV. I was wondering if anyone knew any small, almost unknown charities which support this which are in need of money, preferably international. It'd be awesome if they had a website and some contact details - and even better if I knew they'd get back to me. Thanks a lot!
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here is a adress Somone Cares, Inc of Altanta POBox881 Smyrna, GA 30081-9998



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Friday, March 20, 2009

do free clinics show the names of people who have HIV/AIDS to the public

do free clinics show the names of people who have HIV/AIDS to the public?
is it conidential or does the public have access to the list of people with HIV/AIDS in free clinics?
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No they are super confidential
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No they can't do that and it says so on the "confidentiality" form that you sign.
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Why in the world would any private medical information be available to the public?



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Monday, March 16, 2009

Does someone having a lesion on the back of their neck mean they have HIV/AIDS

Does someone having a lesion on the back of their neck mean they have HIV/AIDS?
This is a serious question, in my class our teacher has what it appears to be 1 or 2 spots of lesions on his neck, does it mean he has HIV or can somebody have lesions for simply something else that isn't serious? Thanks, alot my classmates and I are really worried and want to find out if lesions is exclusive to severe illnesses like HIV/AIDS.
Infectious Diseases - 2 Answers
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Why doesn't somebody ask her? Lesions from AIDS would be late stage AIDS and she probably wouldn't be working. AIDS is NOT contagious. Are they birthmarks? here is a table of about 25 other things it could be. http://www.aafp.org/afp/980915ap/rose.html
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Lesions are not a sign of HIV, so no worries there. To be honest, HIV has no real symptoms. You could be infected and never know about it, until you're knocked flat by an opportunistic infection (like certain kinds of pneumonia) which take advantage of the weakened immune system. The source of lesions could be several things, however those are beyond my expertise. I'm just here to let you know HIV is not the cause of them. If he had an advanced stage of AIDS which allowed for lesions, he would be hospitalized, not teaching in class. His immune system would be in tatters.



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Thursday, March 12, 2009

Should people who intentionally give others HIV/AIDS be criminally charged

Should people who intentionally give others HIV/AIDS be criminally charged?
I saw an episode of that reality tv show, 50 cent the money and power, and it was about AIDS awareness. Anyway there's this guy talking and he says, " I have AIDS and I have sex, I don't tell anyone that i have it but its my decision." This guy looks like a Football player for real, he was like 6'3'' about 230 lbs. What do you think?
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They should definitely be charged.
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Yes they should be, and they are in most (almost all) states.
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It is an offense in some places. In Dallas, Texas, a man with AIDS who intentionally had sex with others without protection in order to spread his disease out of anger was charged with several counts of attempted murder, if I am not mistaken. If that's not the exact charge, then it was something significant. Unfortunately there are people out there who do stuff like that. Therefore, it is also the responsibility of the other person having sex to take reasonable precautions to protect themselves, which should also include being highly picky regarding their choice in partners.
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yes, they should be.
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Yes definitely . Its an attempted murder .



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Sunday, March 8, 2009

How have high HIV/AIDS infections contributed to lower economic growth rates

How have high HIV/AIDS infections contributed to lower economic growth rates?
Also, what groups in society would be more prone to the infection, why?
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Too lazy to answer the whole question, but... HIV/AIDS lowers economic growth rates by reducing the work force. The more people who are sick the less who can work and generate an income. In addition, the more sick people are the bigger the drain on government tax dollars due to increased cost of health care. Most prone to infection: Injection drug users, marginalized people, the poor



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Wednesday, March 4, 2009

should we put all the people with HIV/AIDS onto an island away from people

should we put all the people with HIV/AIDS onto an island away from people?
one person was doing his speech on why people should isolate people with viruses such as HIV/AIDS (he used just those 2) to a remote island and let them live their lives there so they wont infect others. obviously this kid is an idiot but i want to see what you guys thought. cheergirl, read the question thuroughly.
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I think we should put all of the stupid people on an island away from other people.
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First of all, they tried that with leprosy and it didn't stop people from getting it. It's still around.
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Some people get AIDS from there mothers! That would be cruel! But its not going to stop unless people stop having kids and sleeping around!!
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I agree, the kid's an idiot. Someone needs to tell him hiding and ignoring problems doesn't make them go away.
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well it might be a good time for everyone with hiv/aids because they could all mate and not feel guilty about possibly infecting someone.
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no i dont think so they have recently developed a cocktail for people infected with the disease so they have almost a 0 percent chance of spreading the disease unprotected amazing...
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That's just ignorant.
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I think we should put Hillary Clinton on an Island and leave her there.
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Sorry but thats not really the way the world works.. If people are that concerned about being infected tell the to stop being stupid and use condoms.. I totally agree about the idiot comment and I think I have a lot of worse things to say that I wont.. People have rights bottom line..Plus we would never know who had it and who didnt.. because of laws that dont allow doctors to say..
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okay well first of all HIV and AIDS are the same virus. second of all, even if someone were stupid enough to try and attempt this feat, good luck finding all of them. 1 in 4 people who have the disease don't know they have it because they dont have the means necessary to get themselves tested, let alone medication. so if someone were to really want to do this, you would have to test every single person in the world and then go about finding an uninhabited island big enough for all the victims of this terrible disease. whoever spoke those words was a purebred moron. cheerio!
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i dont think they should get put on a deserted island i think if they're male: their penis should get chopped off, and if they're female: their hole should get blocked up. this way they would'nt be able to have sex of babies.
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if it were something that you can get just by breathing next to someone, like small poxs, I think its a good call, but AIDS... its sooo your choice to sleep with someone who has aids/HIV. and NOT knowing isn't an excuse, if you sleep with someone and don't know if they have aids.. your the reckless one and should be put on an island isolated far far away. That's what I would say to that guy :o)
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I do find questions like this interesting. there are no many diseases/conditions that are inherited, the argument could be that if you say 'yes' to that, you could say 'yes' to a multitude of little (or big, depending on the volumn of the disease) islands where all these different diseases would be. However, that would not irridicate ALL diseases entirely. New disease spring up all the time. The British Empire tried this whole remote island thing and sent their convicts there, and look what happened to them!! (by the way, it's australia)
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Obviously it would be greatly unjust to do so. But people have got to stop spreading it! My GOSH. If you've got the virus or not, do safe sex if you absolutely have to have sex. Seriously. (I'm against pre-marital sex, so in my opinion don't do it at all until you're married, that way there's no sleeping around, and no spreading of STDs, (less) heartbreaks and unplanned pregnancies... )
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WOW. How could you be so cruel that would be like saying well lets put the mentally challenged on one island and the people with HIV/AIDS on another its just not right because in most cases its not their fault they are like that or have that type of disease so next time you ask a question like that think it through before posting it.
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First off its not a CHOICE to get HIV/AID, its something that happens for NO REASON. Yes there are people who do have a risk of developing it, certain things you do increase that risk, but is it any different than cancer? People smoke cigarettes knowing full well theycan get cancer, but do it anyway, alcoholics drink, knowing that could happen, people eat junk food, drink soda, eat fast food, knowing good and well they can get obesity, heart disease, diabetes and yet they do it anyways...Same with sex. We know that we can get STD's, pregnancy, Hepititis, etc, and yet we all still do it, we all do it, no one is excluded from this, even people who have protected sex, can still get HIV/AIDS, thats why its so dangerous and thats why you can't say all people who have HIV/AIDS are gay, or are slutty, or sleep around...you can get it from a person who doesn't have a clue they have it, someone you're married to, been with for years, from a blood transfusion, from an accident, if you're a healthcare worker (which I happen to be). Its all so easy to point the fingers at people who "have unprotected sex" like thats the only reason people get this disease. I think you're absolutely right for saying this guy is an idiot. Ignorance is the worst thing in this country. Compassion, understanding and empathy is what we need to have. Anyone at anytime can get something horrible like this, if all of you people (people that answered with ignorance) had this disease how would you feel when peopel talked about you like this? Acted like you were trash because you developed a disease like this? Thanks for letting me speak my opinion.
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that's just ignorant. Its unethical, would never work and well, i could go on but it will just piss me off that we have people that stupid making his uneducated thoughts public
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Umm... That wouldnt work that well.. World population (as of July, 2007): 6 602 224 175 Infection percentage: About 5% of world population 6 602 224 175 – 95% = 33 011 208.75 (Decimal because it is not exactly 5% of people are infected, but it is close to that number.) I dont know of an uninhabited island where you could fit over 30 million people to make a "HIV/AIDS" colony. Anyways, in theory it would work well, but there are millions of people that don't know they're infected. The only solution to this would be toi test everyone, which would cost billions of dollars, and people may not show up. Knowing our govermental system today, I dont think that theyre going to chase down 6 602 224 175 (approx.) people to test for HIV/AIDS. Therefore, alot of people still with HIV/AIDS will be in the rest of the world. Yet another point, the infected would probably not allow themselves being taken away from their homes, families, posessions, ect. just because they have a communicapable disease. It is also unethical to do so, and there would be many protests, creating global instability, and also lawsuits because everyone has their own rights. Many people wouldnt think that this "solution" would be ethically correct, so there would be big debates, arguments, ect. that could possibly lead to wars and/or disaliances between countries. The UN would outrule this law because of ethics aswell. The only real solution to HIV/AIDS is to find a cure and/or a vaccine, because people are still going to have unprotected sex, and they are still going to spread STDs like HIV/AIDS. ------- I have noticed a few of the answerers stating that the questionner is ignorant, and that is leading me to believe that they havent read the question, or the entire question. Note that thw questionner said that it was not him, but someone else. Just a thought. Ignorance (uneducation on the prevention of illnesses such as STDs) is one of the reasons why HIV/AIDS is an epidemic and is ongrowing and relentless. V



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Sunday, March 1, 2009

What kinds of doctors specialize in HIV/AIDS treatment

What kinds of doctors specialize in HIV/AIDS treatment?
Are there any specialists who treat AIDS/HIV patients regularly? Is there a medical field dedicated or associated with it? Also, are AIDS patients given medicine using Nebulizers?
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I would contact your primary doctor. Talk to your doctor about it and he/she will be able to point you in the right direction.
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Infectious Disease is the specialist who treats AIDS/HIV patients.
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An immunologist may be your best bet.
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You may wish to look under the ;; American Academy of HIV Medicine or HIV Medicine Association these 2 sites may have more info for you may be doctors listings.
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Infectious disease specialists treat HIV. If you need referral to an infectious disease specialist, talk to your primary doctor.
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The specialist that I see for my HIV infection is an Infectious Disease Doctor. And as an AIDS patient I have had nebulizer treatment when I had pneumonia




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