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When was AIDS identified as a disease?
AIDS was identified as a disease in 1982. For the history of AIDS, visit the Related Link.
When was AIDS identified?
The illness we have come to know as AIDS was first identified in 1981. The cause of the illness, the HIV virus, was identified in 1983.
Does Bacillary Angiomatosis occur in AIDS patients?
It occurs almost exclusively in patients with AIDS
What health scourge was identified in 1981?
Aids
Should doctors spare no expense to care for AIDS patients who will most likely die regardless of treatment?
First of all, most HIV/AIDS patients can lead healthy productive lives if they maintain use of HAART therapy (antiviral therapy in a specific three drug combination) on a consistent basis. Secondly, most AIDS patients know when to let go ... when the pain and frustration become overwhelming. Very few AIDS patients ask for long-term ventilator treatment, for instance. The HAART treatment is not as expensive as earlier AIDS treatment once was.
How come the aids was first identified in chimpanzee even though aids is not seen in animals?
AIDS was not first recognised in chimpanzees.
How many aids patients worldwide?
Millions
The most common form of encephalitis in AIDS patients is associated with what protozoan?
Toxoplasma gondii is the most common protozoan associated with encephalitis in AIDS patients.
Why should you keep AIDS patients alive?
That's like asking why should you keep anyone with an illness alive, because they can still walk, talk, and function.
Why are liver transplant patients susceptible to the same diseases as AIDS patients?
From taking immunosuppressive drugs, transplant patients are susceptible to the same "opportunistic" infections that threaten AIDS patients--pneumocystis pneumonia, herpes and cytomegalovirus infections, fungi, and a host of bacteria.
What percent of patients who had AIDS in 2002 was male?
86%
How are AIDS patients with toxoplasmosis treated?
AIDS patients who have not been infected may be given a drug called TMP/SMX (Bactrim or Septra) to prevent toxoplasmosis infection.
