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Does opportunistic diseases rarely cause to harm to indiduals with healthy immune systems.?
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What is an opportunistic infection?
An opportunistic infection (OI) is an infection that occurs only when the host's defense systems (ie, the immune system) are weakened. The common characteristic of all agents that cause opportunistic infections is that they rarely affect individuals with healthy immune systems. For example, the disease AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is a classic cause of immune system depression and is associated with many opportunistic infections, including toxoplasmosis, pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP), and others.
Which organ systems help fight diseases?
Your immune system or your live, but you have to have healthy liver to filter out all your diseases.
What does aids ois stand for?
are infections and other diseases caused by organism that do not usually produce illness in healthy people with unimpaired immune systems.
Is Kaposi sarcoma linked to some aids in patients?
KS is considered an opportunistic infection. People with healthy, fully-functioning immune systems are not at risk for developing this kind of cancer. Opportunistic infections occur in AIDS patients due to the level of immune suppression that happens when someone is infected with HIV. However, opportunistic infections also happen among people who suffer from other health issues that affect the immune system like lupus.
How AIDS may lead to an opportunistic infection?
AIDS is the result of HIV infection. HIV uses the cells that fight disease in the human body to replicate. When HIV attacks immune cells, they are no longer effective at fighting disease. When a person's immune system reaches a certain level of deficiency, they may be at risk for acquiring diseases that those with normal functioning immune systems don't have to worry about. These diseases are called opportunistic infections. They take the opportunity to infect a human when their immune system is too weak to fight them.
AIDS patients are vulnerable to infections that would have been stopped by a healthy immune system.?
Yes. AIDS patients are infected with a virus (HIV-Human Immunodeficiency Virus) that attacks the part of the body that fights disease. As a person progresses through their HIV infection, their immune system becomes less-able to fight infection. When they reach a certain point of vulnerability, an HIV+ person will receive an AIDS diagnosis. People with lower functioning immune systems are susceptible to being infected with dieases that are of no concern to those with healthy immune function. These diseases are called opportunistic infections. The good news is that opportunistic infections pose no threat to the general population because a healthy immune system will not allow infection by these otherwise weak infections.
What kind of infections do people with compromised immune systems get?
People with comprimised immune systems are susceptible to all the infections commonly found in the population. They are also able to develop "opportunistic infections." There are a variety of opportunistic infections. A few include thrush, kaposi's sarcoma, pneumocystis pneumonia and cytomegalovirus.
How do human get Kaposi's sarcoma?
Kaposi's Sarcoma is an opportunistic infection. KS affects people with comprimised immune systems.
How do the diseases in respiratory and circulatory systems begin to develop?
Diseases of the circulatory and respiratory systems begin to develop due to disorders of the heart and lungs.
Why were the aboriginal people especially vulnerable to diseases?
Their immune systems were not used to diseases, as there weren't a lot of diseases at the time.
How does the lung work with other systems to keep the body healthy?
how does the lungs help the other systems to keep the body healthy?
What diseases or disorders affects eye systems?
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