Autoimmune Diseases

This is frequently asked question! HIV infection does not transmit by the fleas. They suck the blood of the infected person. When the flea bites you it does not inject back the same blood. You do not get HIV infection that way.

wbc boxers, don't realy get paid a week, they get paid on every fight, if you were realy good like manny pacquio or floyd mayweather or victor ortiz....

you would get about 25 to 40 million.

One of the conundrums surrounding MS is that it has no symptoms which are unique to it. Every symptom you can experience in MS can be attributed to something else. A diagnosis of MS, therefore, is a diagnosis of exclusion. When you exclude everything else which could be causing that symptom, it can only be MS.

MS also cannot be conclusively diagnosed using any imaging or chemical analysis. These things point to MS, but they are not conclusive.

Part of the diagnosis of MS is the experience of the relapses themselves. In order to be diagnosed with clinical MS, you need to experience two distinct episodes disseminated by space and time. Dissemination of space means two separate physical systems, while dissemination of time usually means about six months.

About the best you can hope for is a single, clinically isolated event, and no further relapses. While it can't officially be diagnosed as clinical MS, it can be treated that way. Studies are attempting to show whether or not early intervention (after the initial event) with disease-modifying medication can prevent full-blown clinical MS.

To answer your question, you need to experience at least one relapse before you can officially be diagnosed with possible or probable MS.

Thank you for your reply, this information is really important to me!! But your answer also raised further questions! (And since I've tried researching this online and elsewhere and got lost in the heap of info, I'll go ahead and ask some more). My mate had a single episode which led him to the hospital and after a spinal tap, MRIs and all those great tests, he was diagnosed with MS. He has ever since been treated with disease-modifying drugs (which he hates as they are injected) and never had another episode since. That is he hasn't had any other episode since the first one in 4 years except for a strange sensation in his spinal chord which he and other MSers describe as "electricity running up your spine" which occurs rarely.

My question is: Is it possible that he may never have another episode? (If such a thing can be predicted!!) And since there is absence of episodes for such a long time is it worth continuing the treatment? I am asking this because all those injections and blood tests and MRIs can take a significant toll on the psychology of someone afraid of needles.

I would be very grateful for another reply as I haven't had the chance to speak with a doctor about this yet.

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Fear not, there is hope!

Specifically, there are a few things that may help to put your mind at ease slightly.

1. While it is not possible to predict whether or not you will have another relapse, what is known from empirical studies is that the longer you go without a relapse, the longer it will likely be before you have another. For example, if it's been five years since your last relapse, all else being equal, it will possibly be another ten years before you have another.

2. For the needle-phobic, there is a new therapy that is just making its way on to the market, and it is oral (i.e. it's a pill). There is expected to be at least one of the pills approved this year. If using needles is interfering with you getting treatment, this may be an option that you and your neurologist can discuss.

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Again I am grateful for the reply!

I know about the pill but my mate's doctor said "you don't change from a treatment that seems to be working fine to the pill just because you don't like the needle".... I guess he's right but we'll see into that again when it gets approved.

The way I understand it though is that nobody can completely exclude a future relapse no matter how long you go with no episodes.

Not that I complain, things are as good as they could be! A big thanx to all who took the time to reply and helped me understand some things better!

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symptomatic infections

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Children who suffer Crohns disease often have delayed growth. The Childs body puts a lot of effort into repair at a time when it should be dealing with normal growth and development. Medications used to control Crohns can also delay normal growth rates. Nutrition is compromised with each flare up and constant diarrhea inhibits absorption of much needed nutrients.

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The physical signs and symptoms of dehydration such as little or no urination, skin that lacks its normal elasticity and resilience when pinched, running a fingernail lightly down the arm and seeing a white line that fades slowly is an indication. Sunken eyes are another sign. If you're dehydrated, you most likely have low blood pressure, especially when moving from a prone to a standing position, a faster than normal heart rate and reduced blood flow to your extremities. Blood tests will easily confirm this.

The handling of the body of a deceased lupus patient is no different than handling any other dead person. Lupus is not contagious or infectious.

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If you have a serious flareup, you should see your GI specialist as soon as possible. Symptoms such as fever, severe pain, and diarrhea can be a sign of a serious complication such as an infection or obstruction, which need immediate medical attention. Depending on your diagnosis, your GI specialist may prescribe you anti-inflammatories, immuno-suppressants, antibiotics, or steroids.

Minor flareups can sometimes be managed with plenty of rest and liquids, simplifying and improving your diet, and taking pain killers. Avoiding alcohol and cigarettes will also help. There are also plenty of natural approaches such as chiropractic adjustments and acupuncture that can assist in regaining comfort and remission.

well if you dont have HIV and neither does you partner then the chances of getting infected by this desease is from 0 to none, unless you work in a laboratory, nurse, jobs that require you to deal with blood... jobs like that put you at some risk of accidentally getting infected by HIV or any other desease.

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that means your ra test is slightly high.

Could be pimples, could be boils. Without further information it would be difficult to tell.

Crohn's Disease is an inflammatory bowel disease, and arthritis is also an inflammatory condition. The link of both of them having to do with swelling is why they have a connection. However, Crohn's Disease does not necessarily cause arthitis, it's only known to be associated with it. Hope this helps! :)

It is certainly true that, when reading the UNAIDS statistics, Svalbard seems to stand out as having no reported cases of HIV and AIDS; but this probably is not as strange as it may at first seem. What isolated statistical facts like this fail tell you is that Svalbard is an isolated Arctic archipelago with a population of only around 2,400 people (a large proportion of whom are only temporary residents, with a permanent residence elsewhere in Norway or Russia). Even if Svalbard had exactly the same prevalence of HIV as the rest of Norway (of which it is a part), then you would statistically only expect to find less than one person there who was living with HIV. If just one person there became infected with HIV, then Svalbard would suddenly stand out as having a higher prevalence of HIV than the rest of Norway. You may also want to consider whether or not a person with a chronically weakened immune system would actually choose to live permanently in a remote place with very limited medical facilities, average summer teperatures of just 5 degrees Celsius (41 degrees Fahrenheit) and where most employment opportunities are in the physically demanding industries of coal mining and fishing. I certainly would not.

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