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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.
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A type of sarcoma that aids patients develop?
The one you are probably referring to is called Kaposi's Sarcoma.
What is a type of sarcoma that AIDS patients develop?
It is Kaposi's Sarcoma. The viruses for this form of cancer are normally carried by many people. It is only when the immune system is weakened, as in AIDS, that the person develops Kaposi's Sarcoma.
What infections are common in AIDS patients?
AIDS patients are susceptible to a variety of infections, commonly known as opportunitistic infections. They are so named because the infections take advantage of a person's weakened immune system to strike.Among the most common infections are:Kaposi's SarcomaPneumocystis carinii pneumoniaOral thrushHerpes
Where is Kaposi's sarcoma found?
It most often is found in patients with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS ), and can be fatal
What is Human herpesvirus 8 also called?
Also called Kaposi's sarcoma-associated herpesvirus
Can HIV cause Kaposi's Sarcoma?
Kaposi's Sarcoma and AIDS result from two different viruses, but the development of Kaposi's Sarcoma can precede the progression of HIV to AIDS. The HIV virus attacks a person's immune system, and a weakened immune system makes it likely that a person already infected with the Kaposi virus will develop Kaposi's Sarcoma. The type of severe weakening of the immune system that allows the development of Kaposi's Sarcoma is also what causes HIV to develop into AIDS.
Kaposi's sarcoma appears in about a third of AIDS cases What is it?
Skin cancer
A rare form of skin cancer associated with AIDS?
kaposi sarcoma
Kaposi's Sarcoma,Hairy Leukoplakia, and frequent Candidiasis are all symptoms of?
Aids
Three infections that are signs of AIDS?
pneumocystis carinii pneunomia, Kaposi's sarcoma, and candidiasis
Why is it rare for a person without AIDS to show symptoms of Kaposi's sarcoma or thrush?
Its rare for a man to have a vagina
Diseases closely related to HIV?
Mononucleosis, it is not related but tend to have the same symptoms!
