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Genital Warts: Transmission, Causes, Signs And Symptoms, Treatment, Complications and Prevention
Featured Image Courtesy: APDerm Genital warts are a common sexually transmitted infection caused by the human papillomavirus (HPV). They can appear on the genitals, anus, or surrounding areas and can vary in size and appearance. In this blog post, we will discuss the transmission, causes, signs and symptoms, treatment, complications, and prevention of genital warts.…
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Here Are 8 Simple Ways You Can Prevent Sexually Transmitted Infections
Sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are a variety of serious health diseases that are usually contracted through sexual intercourse. However, sexually transmitted diseases can also be acquired even in the absence of a sexual encounter. Oh Yes! The organisms that cause sexually transmitted infections are primarily transmitted through body fluids such as semen, blood, etc. Fortunately,…
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Common Disorders of the Mouth
Featured Image Courtesy: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Just like diseases of the lips, diseases of the mouth can affect either the mucosal lining, teeth or any of the accessory organs inside the mouth. The mouth has a variety of accessory structures which include the tongue, tonsils, salivary glands, etc. According to the National…
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Clinical Manifestations of HIV/AIDS
Unlike most diseases, HIV/AIDS disease has no specific signs and symptoms of its own but rather a combination of different signs and symptoms based on which ever organ system it affects and which opportunistic infection sets in. Often, the treatment of HIV also contributes to a percentage of the symptoms experienced by HIV/AIDS patients. HIV/AIDS…
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Stages of HIV/AIDS Disease
The stage of HIV disease is based on clinical history, physical examination, laboratory evidence of immune dysfunction, signs and symptoms, and infections and malignancies (Brunner and Suddarth, 2014). Unlike a variety of diseases and infections, the HIV/AIDS disease is a dynamic disease that undergoes a lot of changes and adaptations that can last for periods…
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Life Cycle of the HIV
Unlike a majority of diseases and illnesses experienced by people, HIV/AIDS is probably one of the most feared (if not the most feared). For the majority of people with HIV infection, how they acquired it remains a difficult question to answer especially when sexual intercourse is ruled out. Once HIV is contracted, what goes on…
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The Untold Tales Episode 56 (Her only satisfaction was to spread HIV!)
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, some of us got HIV through sex alright but wasn’t us that hauled ourselves to contract it. For instance, I contracted HIV when I was in form two in Senior High School. The circumstances surrounding the whole situation are what drove me unto a destructive path. Back in Senior High…
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The Untold Tales Episode 55 (Dad is dying from HIV but no one cares!)
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, I aren’t the one with the HIV infection but my dad is the one who’s currently on admission at the hospital on account of late stage HIV/AIDS. If you ask me how I took it when dad’s diagnosis was made known to us, I felt completely unperturbed. To be honest,…
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The Untold Tales Episode 54 (Born with HIV, life isn’t no different!)
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, unlike the majority of people that have some choice and control on their HIV status, some Luke myself were born without that choice. I was born HIV positive and has lived with it for this 19 years with just some little disturbances in my life aside occasional sicknesses and diseases…
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The Untold Tales Episode 53 (HIV??? I felt suicide is the best option!)
Dear The Nursing Student Diary, I also found out about my HIV status during a random checking in the hospital 3 years ago. Honestly, that was the first time I personally checked my HIV status. And it took me about 8 months to finally accept the result I obtained. There was so much talks about…
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