#signs and symptoms of hiv

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"Discover the early warning signs and symptoms of HIV in this informative video. Learn about the key indicators such as fever, fatigue, swollen lymph nodes, and skin rashes, along with less common symptoms like night sweats and unexplained weight loss. Understanding these signs can help with early detection and timely treatment. Watch now to stay informed and protect your health with essential knowledge on HIV awareness."

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Goals and Benefits of Getting Tested for HIV in Arlington Urgent Care

Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) causes Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS), a life-threatening condition impacting an individual's defences against infections. Most individuals who have HIV are not aware of it because they fail to get an HIV detection test.

[doberbutts]

Curious about something you mentioned in your post last week, you said that in your opinion all drugs should be legal and I’m curious about how that would be a positive at all? Like I get weed bc it’s pretty harmless but when I think of drugs I think of cocaine and heroin, which have destroyed so many lives. If it was widely available wouldn’t that end up hurting more people than helping? That’s just my opinion but I’m curious on the other side

I do think all drugs should be legal. This is said knowing that addiction runs in my family and that the only reason my older sister is my *sister* is due to drug use and addiction. Otherwise she'd be my cousin.

Making drugs illegal does not stop people from getting high. It does not stop drug related crime. And it certainly does not stop drugs from tearing families apart.

Addiction is a symptom of a larger problem. Solve the problem and the addict problem goes away. Solve the addict problem and drugs stop ruining lives and destroying families and creating massive amounts of drug related violence. Places that have roled out decriminalization strategies effectively have seen an overall reduction in crime rates across the board, a reduction in recreational drug use, and a reduction in bloodborne illness like HIV. Creating safe needle exchanges as well as safe places to get high with medical staff onhand has also created a locale where very few people die from overdose.

Most people hear "decriminalize all drugs" and think I mean a free-for-all. I don't. I think the drug market should be regulated. I don't think you should be able to get ketamine or heroin over the counter at a walmart like you can get asprin. But I think it's time to stop putting people in jail for getting high.

My aunt tore her life and her family and her health apart for years while she was addicted to heroin. My sister, her daughter, needed to be removed from her care due to the amazingly bad choices she made as a mother due to her addiction and her prioritizing drugs over the health and safety of her daughter. My aunt has had multiple heart attacks from the damage the constant drug use did to her body.

My aunt is more than a decade sober and do you know why? It's not because she got a wakeup call when her daughter was taken away, because at the time she willingly and freely signed her over to my parents because that got her "out of [her] hair". It's not because she had a heart attack, because she went right back to it the moment she was out of the hospital. It's not even because she spent time in rehab and prison, because the moment she was out she was using again.

No, my aunt got sober because her life changed. She was put on a better pain management plan. She got out of her shitty marriage to her shitty husband. She completed some education to make her more hireable so she didn't have to rely on less than safe means of paying her bills. She reconnected with my sister and reforged their relationship once she was 18. She bought her own house. She found love with someone who didn't give a shit about her past and brought out the best in her.

My aunt was a deeply unhappy person. Heroin made life more tolerable for her. Until she couldn't tolerate life without it. Until she'd do anything, anything, to get her next high.

A lot of addicts are addicts because they are self-medicating for something else and their drug of choice has chemical properties that makes their brains crave it more. If you fix the "deeply unhappy" part, you create a healthier environment for that addict to take control over their life again. Without it, they are far more likely to continue to relapse.

Knowing this, why would I then want to add the threat of prison and jailtime- life-ruining things themselves- to an addict's list of concerns?

Look up rat park sometime. In the rat paradise, drugged water was freely offered, and occasional a rat here or there would take a hit or two, but rarely enough to even get high and almost never habitually. Addiction literally didn't exist even though the rats were taking addictive substances. But the rats in cages, seperated from each other, with no enrichment, crammed into small spaces and stressed to hell? Those rats took hit after hit after hit until they overdosed and died. The addict rats were deeply unhappy. The drugs were their only escape. The paradise rats had to be lured in with sweetened drugs to even consider and even then they rejected them. The caged rats did not need sweetner, even though the drugs made the water bitter.

If we can see such a stark difference in rats having their needs met vs rats experiencing isolation and stress, what would happen if we showed human addicts the same consideration?

I think a lot better results than continuing to jail deeply unhappy and desperate people for doing the only thing they can think of to cope.

[batmanisagatewaydrug]

would you like to tell us about your research on virginity?

but also...wdym STIs aren't as scary as we think??? I was told most of them are incurable? I know you can make aids untrasmittable and that they've even succeded in curing it a couple times but that's about it. I would love to be educated about this

yeah, the basic idea with the virginity project was that the whole concept of virginity is pretty bullshit in the context in which it was initially significant, namely cisgender women being penetrated by cisgender men, so as soon as you take it outside of that context by introducing gay and trans sexuality it totally falls apart. I mean, hell, it stops working if you even look at two cishet people doing literally anything OTHER than penis-in-vagina sex. I tripped up so many people initially when I started asking questions like "okay, so you don't think a woman loses her virginity from a man going down on her. so what if it's two women? what's the difference?" and just really getting people to face down their very penis-centered view of the sex, to the result of several people telling me that it kind of made them reevaluate what they actually think of as the first time they had sex. it's also fascinating to either read other people's accounts or discuss firsthand how queer people have either tried to make themselves fit into the binary of virginity - queer man disagreeing over whether or not you have to have penetrative anal sex to lose your virginity or oral sex is sufficient, a fascinating case of a lesbian who felt that have sex with other cis women didn't "count" and asked a cis male friend to have sex with her just so she could feel satisfied that she'd lost her virginity - or abandon it entirely. Hanne Blank's book Virgin was a formative starting point, and it really exploded for me from there.

as for the STIs - hey, bad news! you fell victim to the scare tactics used to make people afraid of sex! almost all sexually transmitted infections are very easy to treat and cure with the right medicine, which is why it's important to get tested regularly and check in with your healthcare provider at the first sign of something amiss. pubic lice, scabies, trichomoniasis, gonorrhea, chlamydia, syphilis - all of those are pretty easy to get rid of with some help from your doctor and a run to the pharmacy!

the major exceptions are the 4 H's: herpes, HIV, HPV, and hepatitis B.

herpes is with you forever but is an incredibly mild companion to share your body with, considering most people never experience any notable symptoms and those who do can curb the severity with medicine.

it's also worth noting that herpes is so common as to be virtually ubiquitous; the World Health Organization consistently estimates that somewhere around 80% of the world's adult population is carrying herpes simplex virus 1 or herpes simplex virus 2. a great deal of those people don't even get it from having sex, but rather by catching HSV-1 from a parent or other people they come is close contact with as a child.

you're actually thinking of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) when you mention AIDS becoming untransmittable, but that's still a very good thing! the care available for people with HIV has come incredibly far since AIDS first became known and claimed so many lives, and today it's more than possible for people infected with HIV to live long, healthy lives by taking the proper medication to manage their viral load.

with management, people with HIV will not develop AIDS (which happens when the immune system is sufficiently depleted by HIV) and by consistently taking their medication people with HIV can become undetectable (the viral load in their body is too small to be detected or measured in tests), at which point they are unable to transmit the virus to other people.

HPV (human paillomavirus) comes in many different strains, most of which are absolutely harmless and go away on their own after a couple of months or years of freeloading in your body. I cannot emphasize this enough: HPV is so common that virtually everyone who has sex has, will have, or has had it in their lives, and the vast, VAST majority of those people will never be troubled by it literally at all.

the trouble comes from a few strains of HPV that can cause genital warts, and a few others that can cause cancers in the throat, anus, cervix, vulva, vagina, and penis. while HPV can't be treated, you can reduce your risk of developing cancer by getting the HPV vaccine if you haven't already and, if you have a cervix, getting regular Pap smears to catch early warning signs of cancerous developments.

hepatitis B is a viral infection that targets the liver. in rare cases it can cause chronic health problems that can be very dangerous, but I have to emphasize that's not common. in most adults who get hep B, there will be no symptoms and it will resolve itself in a matter of weeks. the infection is riskiest in children, but at least in America most people have received vaccines against hepatitis B as babies since the 90s.

in conclusion: get your shots, take your medicine, use protection, get tested, and talk to your doctor, but know that if there's one thing humans are good at it's figuring out how to manage STIs. we've been doing it for a long time - most sexually transmitted infections and parasites have been with us since before we we became modern humans - so we're really good at it!

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Chiron: where is our physical (and mental) wound?

I'm currently reading a book about Chiron (did you know it's actually half asteroid, half comet? me neither), which inspired me to make this post. I'm in no way an expert in medical astrology, just a curious owl that wants to learn more about every branch of astrology out there (my Sag Venus loves it!!🤭)

DISCLAIMER!!! I'm not a doctor. If you've been feeling any symptoms described here, TALK WITH YOUR DOCTOR, NOT WITH ME

Observation: Before we dive in, i'd like to mention that the position of Chiron in the houses is important. Not every house placement suggests having a poor physical condition. The most prominent Chiron placements when it comes to having a medical condition are: Chiron in 1st house (house of self, visible illnesses), Chiron in 5th house (illnesses since birth/early childhood), Chiron in 6th house (house of health, if Saturn is also sitting there it points to chronic illnesses), Chiron in 8th house (house of death, may point to severe diseases or poor reproductive health) and Chiron in 12th house (house of the unconscious, deals with mental illnesses)

Honorable mention to Chiron in 3rd house and Chiron in 9th house as they represent accidents while travelling. If Chiron is heavily afflicted in these houses (unless it's also conjuncting Jupiter), it may point to...let's just say you're gonna be in a hospital bed in a vegetative state, but remember, nothing has a 100% possibility of happening, you're just more susceptible to it happening. I suggest checking the position of Chiron in Solar Return charts for the possible timing of it happening (look for Chiron in 3rd house/Chiron in 9th house as it activates your natal Chiron)

Without further do, let's dive in⚕️

Chiron in Aries: frequent headaches, frequent nose bleeds, teeth problems (sensitive teeth, tooth decay), deafness, skull fractures, cerebral anemia, brain tumours, hemophilia, epilepsy, BPD

Chiron in Taurus: frequent colds, frequent voice loss, thyroid problems (goiter, hyperthyroidism, hypothyroidis, etc.), tonsilitis, OCD

Chiron in Gemini: lung problems (asthma, tuberculosis, pneumonia, etc.), speech problems (stuttering, cluttering, mutism), alzheimer's disease, ADHD, OCD

Chiron in Cancer: frequent stomach pain, prone to lactose intolerance, (for girls) breast lumps, breast cysts, breast infections, nipple discharge, depression, anxiety

Chiron in Leo: prone to insolation, frequent heart palpitations, chest pain, hypertension, hypotension, arteriosclerosis, scoliosis, kyphosis

Chiron in Virgo: frequent bloating, prone to gluten intolerance, chronic allergies, diabetes, rabies, autism, ADHD, OCD

Chiron in Libra: prone to acne, frequent lower back pain, disc herniation, spondylolisthesis, chronic kidney disease, kidney stones

Chiron in Scorpio: frequent pain down there, chlamydia, gonorrhea, syphilis, HIV/AIDS, depression

Chiron in Sagittarius: frequent pain in the hips, prone to hips dislocation, cirrhosis, sciatica

Chiron in Capricorn: prone to knees dislocation, osteoarthritis, bone problems (osteopenia, osteoporosis), gout, depression

Chiron in Aquarius: electrical injuries, shin splints, osteofibrous dysplasia, ankle sprain, ankle fractures, poor blood circulation, schizophrenia

Chiron in Pisces: prone to break toes, athlete's foot, bunions, addison's disease, hormonal deregulation, aphantasia, psychosis, schizophrenia, anxiety

Yes, i'm aware of the fact that it's a generational planet and it moves very slowly through signs

BONUS: It's important to take into consideration all planets that conjunct, square or opposite Chiron (regardless if they're personal or generational) + the Ascendant for additional info about our illnesses

Ex. Let's take me as an example. My Chiron is in my 10th house in Capricorn squaring Saturn in 4th house (so double Capricorn energy) and Aries Ascendant. Guess what? I've got TMJ (basically a jaw disorder affecting the joints) and i've got it from my fam -_- (Saturn rules tradition i love my fam)

I also believe that having a heavy afflicted Chiron in general makes someone prone to having a medical condition, even if it's not in the houses mentioned previously (like in my case). However, these people are more focused on the main meaning of the house, not their health problems. They tend to ignore their health problems or they just don't care

I hope you enjoyed my post and found it insightful :)

What's your wound? Lmk in the comments your placements and your illnesses

Kisses xoxo

[lizziehatters-teacards]

Bite

Tw: mentions of abuse

Human bite

"Human bites can occur directly or indirectly. Biting among young children is the most common type of bite. But you can also get an indirect injury if your fist makes contact with another person’s mouth. Although most human bites aren’t serious, you should have any bite that breaks the surface of your skin looked at due to the risk of infection."

Are human bites dangerous?

"Human bite wounds can occasionally be more dangerous than you’d expect. Germs in the saliva of human mouths can increase your risk of infection. A wound may appear minor, but a bacterial infection can lead to more severe infections and complications."

You’ll likely experience symptoms at the site of your injury, including:

Pain.

Tenderness.

Bleeding.

Swelling.

If an infection develops in the bite wound, you may have:

Intense pain and swelling.

Pus around your wound.

Redness around your wound.

Skin that feels warm to the touch.

Fever, chills or a general sense of feeling unwell.

A bite on your finger can sometimes damage tendons and/or nerves. Signs include:

Loss of feeling in your fingertip.

Trouble bending or fully straightening your finger.

Via source

With respect to Shelby's first stream, and this docs

According to Shelby:

•Her ex-partner would bite her arms until they bruised, then press on them to cause her more pain.

•He never cleaned his house, even if he spilled/dropped something.

Bruised

You say?

We have the most obvious point that Shelby use to where clothing that revealed her arms and legs hence showing no signs of injury what so ever

Make up, although a powerfull source to hide bruises, can never hide the lumps and bumps or disfigured structure of the damaged area.

Also

As mentioned above, human bites cause infection, sometimes chronic enough to cause death. It is a fact, a human bite may be more dangerous than an animal bite.

Dieses that spring from human bites are:

HIV/ AIDS

Hepatitis B

Hepatitis C

Forget about bruises being visible

Has shubble ever considered going to the hospital? L

Another thing I wanna point out is that her ex alleged to have very unhygienic standards, refrence to the second point mentioned.

So the chances of Shelby developing a chronic infection due to these are higher than it may seem.

So why didn't she go to the hospital ?

Why didn't we get to hear her go to a hospital?

Yk like the responsible adult she is

{Probably bc the aligations are false}

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Also preserved in our archive

By Don Bell

Three groundbreaking studies pinpoint immune cells and proteins linked with the lingering condition — and suggest a possible cause.

Researchers at the University of Alberta have pinpointed two proteins that could serve as markers for identifying patients with long COVID — a discovery that may lead to treatments that will bring better quality of life for the millions of people suffering from the debilitating condition.

“We wanted to find out more about what is going on with long COVID to bring relief to sufferers — especially those patients with the most debilitating symptoms, a condition called chronic fatigue syndrome, which leads to extreme tiredness and other disabling symptoms,” says immunologist Shokrollah Elahi, a professor in the U of A’s Mike Petryk School of Dentistry, who led three groundbreaking studies aimed at improving our understanding of how long COVID develops and who may be susceptible.

Most people who get the SARS-CoV-2 infection feel sick for a week or two and then recover. But about 10 per cent end up with long-term complications that can linger for months or even years. Those complications can be wide-ranging and affect all kinds of organs, with symptoms including chronic fatigue, intense pain, trouble breathing, difficulty sleeping, cardiovascular issues and cognitive problems commonly called “brain fog.”

In the first two studies, recently published in the Journal of Autoimmunity and Frontiers in Immunology, the researchers looked at two sets of subjects: 78 patients with severe long COVID symptoms and 58 people who were infected with SARS-CoV-2 but fully recovered without any complications.

Telltale signs Elahi and his team looked at various immune cells and proteins in the blood of the study participants. They discovered that the long COVID group had higher levels of immune cells called neutrophils and monocytes that cause inflammation, and fewer protective lymphocytes. They also had more worn-out or exhausted killer T cells, which are a key part of the immune system’s defence against infections.

In the blood of the long COVID patients, the team also found higher levels of various proteins related to systemic inflammation — especially galectin-9 and artemin. These two proteins could help solve the mysteries of long COVID, Elahi says, because higher levels of galectin-9 in patients are associated with increased inflammation and brain fog. In the case of artemin, higher levels are associated with widespread pain, more severe pain and cognitive impairment.

The researchers observed that galectin-9 is shed by stressed neutrophils — the most abundant white blood cells — in long COVID patients. This released galectin-9 can promote chronic inflammation by affecting various immune cells, as Elahi’s group reported in a previous study on HIV infection.

They also found that long COVID dysregulates the production of red blood cells, which results in an abundance of immature red blood cells in the blood of these patients. Normally, immature red blood cells are present in the bone marrow but not in the blood of healthy people. It is these immature red blood cells in the blood that suppress the immune system and contribute to the elevation of artemin in the plasma of long COVID patients.

Severe infection doesn’t necessarily lead to long COVID Elahi notes that the seriousness of the initial infection does not affect the likelihood of developing long COVID. In fact, most people who end up with long COVID initially had only a mild infection that did not require intensive care or hospitalization.

The research team also found that women are disproportionately affected by long COVID and are three times more likely than men to develop the condition.

In the third study, published last week in The Lancet Microbe, Elahi’s team showed there are no signs of systemic SARS-CoV-2 present in the blood of long COVID patients who were examined 12 months after infection — challenging previous assertions that the virus remains present in the blood of long COVID sufferers.

So if it’s not the virus itself, what could be causing long COVID? Thanks to the information provided by galectin-9 and artemin, Elahi says he has an idea as to what is happening.

“I think that chronic inflammation in long COVID patients results in the elevation of these two proteins. At the earliest stage of disease, we know that some patients have gastrointestinal symptoms like diarrhea — but not everybody,” he points out. “I think those individuals who have gastrointestinal involvement are more likely to develop long COVID.”

The gastrointestinal problems result in damage to the intestinal tissues, along with gut leakiness. It means that if even small traces of microbes from the gut get into the bloodstream, it could result in chronic inflammation in long COVID patients. The team found elevated levels of protein markers associated with gut leakiness in these patients.

Elahi says that is actually good news, because these gut problems can be treated. “There are medications available that can be used for gut leakiness. So I think that might be a solution for long COVID patients.”

Elahi adds that in a previous study, his team discovered that some long COVID patients had a deficiency in two amino acids, sarcosine and serine, that have anti-inflammatory functions and neuroprotective effects. Both are available as food supplements that can be purchased at health-food stores or online.

“Some patients who have taken them have claimed signs of improvement.”

Elahi says the U of A, with its recognized excellence in research related to health and well-being, is a great environment in which to do his work.

“The most important thing when you want to do human studies is having resources in place, having infrastructure so you can recruit patients. In particular, Dr. Mo Osman and his team with the University of Alberta Hospital have been instrumental for clinical assessment and patient recruitment.”

Elahi is also grateful to the long COVID community on Facebook, who were helpful in identifying and getting access to patients for the studies.

“Basically, as scientists, whatever we do, we have to bring it from the bench to the bedside, to see if we can benefit patients. This is our goal.”

The research was funded mainly by a grant from the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. Funding was also provided by the Li Ka Shing Institute of Virology. The researchers also thank the study volunteers who provided samples and supported the work.

Study Links:

1. www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089684112400101X

2. www.frontiersin.org/journals/immunology/articles/10.3389/fimmu.2024.1443363/full

3. www.thelancet.com/journals/lanmic/article/PIIS2666-5247(24)00280-5/fulltext

[flyonthewallmedstudent]

Listeria

For whatever reason it reminds me of Desperate Housewives and Wisteria lane. Or just Wisteria in general.

It's unfortunately it's anything but wistful or romantic.

This is inspired by the netflix series Poisoned. I hate that title but it's a great watch. I learned a lot from it. I highly recommend it particularly for medical students and residents etc.

So, listeria are gram positive rods (most bacilli are negative) making this relatively easier to remember (purple rods). Also catalase positive. IT's also a facultative anaerobe - so both cultures may be positive (aerobic and anaerobic bottles).

the species that is the culprit for major human pathogens is Listeria monocytogenes.

At increased risk groups (more likely to die of Listeriosis) - the immunocompromised and extremes of life, including the elderly, pregnant women and neonates. Immunocompromised: HIV, anyone on long term highish doses of steroids, leukaemia/oncology patients etc. Worryingly, incubation time is 3-90 days in these groups, so it's difficult to really trace or keep track of. Pregnant women are at 20x higher risk of acquiring the severe form.

Source: CDC

Hence why during pregnancy you're advised not to consume raw salads, fruits, cold cuts, soft cheeses, sprouts and smoked salmon or sushi, no mayo and no raw egg (definitely no raw milk) etc. Similarly, common recommendation is you serve none of these to children under the age of 1. It naturally lives in soil (hence avoidance of raw sprouts) and can live in animals. So it can frequently contaminate food.

Image Source: SA Health

As with COVID (I can't believe I'm using COVID as a measure of things), it can cause mild food borne illness (nausea, vomiting diarrhoea, myalgias, even fevers) to invasive disease causing sepsis and even meningitis or encephalitis. Incubation time is a few days in the mild form.

IMage source:

Death by Listeria when you have the severe form (Listeriosis) is 20%, astonishingly high given you have a 1% chance of dying from Salmonella.

It's a small risk but the issue is that complications and fatality if you do acquire is high. It's also highly preventable, but the challenge is food safety and avoiding certain foods as a consumer.

i.e. in pregnancy, most will have diarrhoeal illness that's mild. But in the subset that get invasive disease and really unwell, there's a 20% risk of miscarriage, risk of premature labour and risk of still birth at 3% in the US. In the states, pregnant women are also 10x more likely to get Listeria infection. That is, illness after exposure.

On the final note of prevention, also always properly refridgerate food to 4 degrees celsius and cook meat to 165 fahrenheit or 73 degrees celsius. As I've learned from the Poisoned documentary, you can ask restaurants to do this, ask them to use an internal thermometer to measure - as rare/medium rare etc have no meaning as it pertains to food safety. If they can't, order something else.

With meningoencephalitis, we just presume that Listeria is a possibility and treat empirically while awaiting investigations.

Investigations: - CSF (lumbar puncture) in event of signs of meningism or encephalitis (classic headache/fever/stiff neck/rash and/or acute confusion or seizure AND fevers) --> expect the classic features of bacterial meningiits and gram stain positive for purple rods - PCR - stool cultures have no value - blood cultures--> look for gram positive rods in the preliminary findings, expect a call from the lab Empirical therapy: - none in asymptomatic or mild disease. just monitoring until symptoms resolve and supportive care (fluids etc.) - Listeria is a notifiable disease to the health department in most Western countries that keep track of outbreaks. - in the US, standard treatment is ampicillin. - in Australia at least, standard therapy is IV benzylpenicillin, 2.4 g 4 hrly in meningitis or encephalitis and everyone is just started on this until bug identification/gram staining and sensitivities return. - in hypersensitivity, bactrim is used. - cephalosporins have no activity against them (or "inherently resistant), hence you can see IV ceftriaxone and benzylpen in the drug regimen for empirical therapy of meningitis - cef covers gram negatives, strep pneumo (most common cause of meningitis) and neisseria meningitidis - duration of therapy in severe disease: 3 weeks, 6 weeks if immunosuppressed

Really great summary here.

Random historical trivia

listeria is named for Dr. Joseph Lister, a British surgeon who introduced sterilisation of equipment and antiseptics to surgery, improve post op care and observed that microbes are the cause of cases of poor wound healing or post op infections. he also began to look at them under the microscope as an early pioneer of bacteriology.

Lister's father by the way, made compound microscopes for a living, so lister became proficient at using this and started publishing articles during medical school

this also led to a lot more research on inflammation and coagulation

weirder trivia: in his med school days, surgeons commonly did not wash hands between patients and some didn't even change gowns, glorifying how busy they where by how many stains were on it by the end of the day

so unsurprisingly his early battles to pioneer antiseptics and aseptic techqniues to prevent the transmission of infection in surgical patients were pretty uphill

Resources CDC guidelines WHO guidelines FDA Statpearls --> great at covering basic physiology and pathology etc. in a short form. Australian therapeutic guidelines - unfortunately not free.. so won't bother to link. If you work at any large-ish Australian hospital you'll have 'free' access. Wikipaedia US list of outbreaks CDC recommendations on foods to avoid vs okay to eat to avoid Listeria

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Discover the key signs and symptoms of HIV in this informative video. From early flu-like symptoms such as fever, fatigue, and sore throat, to more advanced indicators like weight loss, night sweats, and recurring infections, we cover the essential warning signs that should not be ignored. Learn how recognizing these symptoms early can lead to timely intervention and treatment. Watch now for crucial insights into HIV and its impact on the body.

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Syphilis is a bacterial disease transmitted through sexual contact. It is not possible to know whether you are infected unless you undergo a test. So, if you think you are infected, do not delay. Visit your nearest STD clinic and undergo a test.

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hi! would you like to tell us about your research?

thank you anon, this means a lot to me.

The lab I'm working in this summer studies a type of virus called reovirus. It's an RNA virus like HIV or Covid, but unlike those viruses reovirus doesn't cause disease in humans. This brings us to the first and second uses of reovirus in virology: it's a good first virus for undergrads like me because it isn't dangerous, and it's a way to study the basics of more dangerous viruses without putting people at risk. Reovirus is a common model for rotavirus, which also has a double-stranded RNA genome but does cause disease in humans (it's a common cause of diarrhea in kids).

The third reason we study reovirus is because of how it interacts with our immune system. Much of what we think of as being sick is actually our immune system trying to kill off a pathogen- inflammation, runny noses, and other fun reasons to skip work are all signs of the immune system functioning as intended. Reovirus triggers immune responses that don't cause physical symptoms, however.

Which leads us to cancer.

Fundamentally, cancer is a failure of the immune system. Cells and the organisms they are a part of have a lot of failsafes to stop cancer from happening, and tumors need to avoid getting caught in them. This typically looks like accumulating mutations to cause unrestricted growth and then suppressing the immune system to allow that growth to continue (more on this). This has led to the idea that we could treat cancer by reactivating the immune system when cancer shuts it off. There are a wide range of therapies in this vein that are currently being developed, with intentional infection with reovirus being one that's currently in human clinical trials. The idea, metaphorically, is to have reovirus move into a tumor and have a housewarming party so wild that the cops get called, even though this is a neighborhood that the cops usually turn a blind eye to.

What makes reovirus particularly promising is that it prefers to infect cancer cells over healthy cells! To quote the American Cancer Society on why this is important:

Cancer cells tend to form new cells more quickly than normal cells and this makes them a better target for chemotherapy drugs. However, chemo drugs can’t tell the difference between healthy cells and cancer cells. This means normal cells are damaged along with the cancer cells, and this causes side effects. Each time chemo is given, it means trying to find a balance between killing the cancer cells (in order to cure or control the disease) and sparing the normal cells (to lessen side effects).

This means that one of the main issues of treatments like chemo, that they target quick-dividing cells rather than tumor cells only, could possibly be a nonissue with reovirus treatment.

What my labmates and I are looking at this summer (besides getting the lab back up and running, but that's a whole different story) is how reovirus specifically pulls in a part of the immune system called the interferon response, which is basically an SOS signal that causes cells to turn a bunch of genes on or off. We're also looking at whether cells with different metabolism profiles react to infection differently, and whether this can be used to specifically target certain cancers. My lab is just getting started right now (see: above parenthetical), but the work that's already been done is so exciting and I love talking about it!

Here's a chapter on reovirus from an ancient textbook, and here's a review of work on interferons, if you want to know more!

[cowboyrainy]

Tuberculosis in Red Dead Redemption 2

In the beginning of the 20th century, Tuberculosis, also known as consumption, was the second leading cause of death, after Pneumonia. It caused 25% of all deaths, throughout the 1600-1800's Europe. The disease has been around since antiquity and has been discovered in 17,000 year old bison. 

On March 24 1882, German physician and microbiologist Robert Koch, identified and described the bacillus that causes tuberculosis. Today, March 24 is World Tuberculosis Day. Before this discovery, it was believed (commonly in New England) that the disease was caused by vampires or curses. 

During chapter 2, when you collect the depths from Thomas Downes, he'll cough on Arthur, transmitting tuberculosis. Tuberculosis takes a few months or even years to develop and to start showing symptoms, but in poor living and health conditions it can take only but a few weeks for symptoms to show. Active infection occurs more often in people with HIV/AIDS and people who smoke. Today a diagnosis of active TB is based on chest X-rays, microscopic examination and culture of body fluids. Common symptoms include, chronic cough, fever, cough with bloody mucus and weight loss. 

Living in the countryside in 1899 could certainly be unhygienic and put you at risk in many ways, especially when you live outside, like the Van Der Linde gang does. The first sign of Arthur's TB is often considered to be in chapter 4, Shady Belle, when he talks to Herr. Strauss about the depths. If you choose to rob a homestead with Javier in chapter 2, you can hear Arthur cough at the end as well, but since you can complete this Companion Activity before confronting Downes, the only way Arthur could have contracted the disease, is when Thomas Downes breaks up the fight between Arthur and Tommy during "Americans at rest", but it seems unlikely this is a TB cough, due to the short period from exposure to disease (Let me know your opinion :) )

In chapter 4 after "Revenge is a Dish Best Eaten" Arthur writes in his journal,

"Keep feeling sick but I'm sure it's nothing".

There are three stages of TB. Exposure, latent, and active disease. Exposure is simply when you are exposed to the bacteria. Latent is when the bacteria is in your body, but you don't feel sick. Latent can then develop into the disease, where you do feel sick. The symptoms can be mild for months. This means Arthur could experience coughs, fevers, night sweats, weight loss and feeling sick or weak, for a while without the bloody coughs and chest pains. I think one reason that his TB develops fast is, like mentioned earlier, poor living conditions, bad hygiene and stress. There was no cure for TB back then and the only thing the doctor can prescribe Arthur is rest and getting somewhere warm and dry, which is the exact opposite of what Arthur's been doing / is going to do.

In 2021, 10.6 million people were diagnosed with turberculosis and around 1.6 million passed away from it. It's the second deadliest infectious disease, after Covid-19.

Trivia

The doctor in rdr2 who treats Arthur, Joseph R. Barnes, is likely named after Joseph K. Barnes, a US physician and surgeon general, who served President Lincoln and Garfield. 

The doctor's appearance looks sort of similar to Robert Koch

TB was also known as "the romantic disease". Many romanticized the disease, finding the bed written, skinny people beautiful. Some also believed the fevers and toxemia from TB assisted the artistic talent, allegedly helping people to "see life more clearly" and "to act decisively". 

Hello! Thank you if you've read this far. I've been trying to make this blog my primary, but that's not really an option, so i might make my primary a bit more personal, so i can interact more with the community lol. I enjoyed writing this alot and hope someone else found this as interesting as i did. Might make a part 2 to this post, but i'll definitely keep posting "essay" or what ever you wanna call them, because they are great fun to research and write (my autistic brain is happy) . Have a great evening :)

Also! Here are some great videos about TB, the victorian view of illness and fashion, that i think you should watch :)

Sources:

[dykebeeduo]

This is Tuberculosis Underscore, and THIS

is Tuberculosis a bacteria that will infect 10 million people this year and kill 1.5million, the WHO recommends that a rapid test be administered by anyone presenting with symptoms and signs of TB one of these tests is the GeneXpert test from Danaher/Cepheid a test which is being sold for more then twice its manufacturing cost, and at least three times cost for Ebola, Covid19, HIV and Hepatitis tests.

It is #timefor5

[abstraxia]

Rotimi Fani-Kayode's 'Sonponnoi' 1987

"Within the Yoruba religion, the smallpox god was at one time powerful, feared and deadly if crossed. Sonponnoi was shunned by his fellow divinities or Orisha. The god was forced to roam the bush and his shrines were excluded from towns. As public anxiety around HIV transmission peaked, right wing groups and tabloid headlines whipped up majority prejudice against both gay men and Africans. Rotimi Fani-Cayode fell into both groups. He was also HIV-positive. The artist found a resonant symbol in the image of an outcast God, one that embodies infection, carrying the threat of death, yet also offers protection. During these painful years, other gay artists turned to St. Sebastian, already an established homoerotic pin-up. Sebastian’s old role as plague saint–both protector and sympathetic victim–came back to the fore in queer AIDS-themed art. It was Sebastian's arrow wounds that suggested to medieval Christians the plague sufferer’s pustules. Sonponnoi was also a spotted god. Cult carvings and ritual devotees alike were often covered with dots of paint to evoke the box's symptoms. During the crisis of the 1980s, the defining sign of AIDS-related illness in the public mind again became a pattern of skin markings, the purplish lesions of Kaposi's sarcoma. All these stigmata seemed to emerge in Sonponnoi, yet as the erect candle held by this unwelcome god reminds us, even the disease-bearing queer body feels the flame of desire."

From Pilcher, A. (2017). A Queer Little History of Art. London: Tate Publishing.

[drsrivatsangurumurthy]

All you Know about Anal Cancer

Anal cancer, while not always openly talked about, is an important health issue that deserves attention. In this blog, we are then to explore the essential rudiments of anal cancer, uncovering details about what puts you at threat, signs to watch out for, how it’s diagnosed, and the available treatment choices. Dr Srivatsan Gurumurthy, a Robotic Surgeon in Chennai And expert in this field, shares precious perceptivity to help you understand and address this frequently- overlooked health concern.

What is Anal Cancer?

Anal cancer is a type of cancer that develops in the apkins of the anus, which is the occasion at the end of the rectum. The anus is a portion of the digestive system and is responsible for the elimination of logical waste from the body. Anal cancer is relatively delicate and assimilated to other manners of cancer, but its frequency has been adding.

Symptoms of Anal Cancer:

Anal cancer is a delicate shape of cancer that starts in the anus apkins. It’s important to note that Dr. Srivatsan Gurumurthy.

Rectal Bleeding: One of the most common symptoms is bleeding from the rectum or bolod in the coprolite. This bleeding may appear as bright red or may make the coprolite appear dark and sojourn.

Anal Pain or Discomfort: Persistent pain or discomfort in the anal region that does not improve with time or usual treatments may be a symptom of anal cancer.

Changes in Bowel Habits: Changes in bowel fashions, similar to patient diarrhea or constipation, may be reflective of a case in the anal or rectal area.

Anal Itching: Persistent itching around the anus that doesn’t respond to over-the-counter treatments may be a symptom of anal cancer.

Causes of Anal Cancer:

Dr Srivatsan Gurumurthy can provide information about potential causes of anal cancer based on medical knowledge.

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection: Steady contamination with specific kinds of HPV, especially HPV 16 and 18, is a critical gamble factor for butt-centric malignant growth. HPV is a physically communicated virus.

Weakened Immune System: Independences with devitalized capable textures, undifferentiated from those living with HIV/Helps or individuals who have traversed release transplantation, are at a procured trouble of making butt-driven grumblings.

Anal Intraepithelial Neoplasia (AIN): AIN is a pre-cancerous condition that may progress to anal cancer. It is often associated with persistent HPV infection.

Anal Fistula or Abscess: Chronic conditions such as receptive region or abscesses, which may result from infections in the submissive area, could potentially increase the risk of anal cancer.

Risk factors of Anal Cancer:

Dr. Srivatsan Gurumurthy has identified several common risk factors for anal cancer, which include:

Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Infection: Persistent infection with certain strains of HPV, especially HPV type 16 and 18, is a significant risk factor for anal cancer. HPV is a sexually transmitted infection.

Sexual Activity: Engaging in receptive anal intercourse increases the risk of anal cancer. This is often linked to the transmission of HPV.

HIV Infection: People with a weakened safe structure, similar to those living with HIV/Helps, are at an extended bet of making butt-driven infection. HIV-positive individuals could have a higher inescapability of consistent HPV sickness.

Smoking: Tobacco use has been identified as a risk factor for anal cancer. Smoking can weaken the immune system and may contribute to the development of cancerous cells.

Age and Gender: Anal cancer is more common in older adults. Additionally, it occurs more frequently in women than in men.

It’s important to note that having one or more risk factors doesn’t guarantee the development of anal cancer, and individuals without these risk factors can still be diagnosed with the condition.

Diagnosis of Anal Cancer:

Rectal hemorrhage is a common symptom of anal cancer. People who experience anus bleeding, itching, or pain must immediately seek medical attention before anal cancer goes beyond stage one. Anal cancer can be diagnosed during routine checks or treatments.

Anal cancer can even be diagnosed through digital rectal exams. These are typically performed as part of a prostate exam. Manual rectal exams, in which the doctor inserts a finger into the anus to feel any growths or lumps, are prevalent in both gender pelvic exams.

Another way to diagnose anal cancer can be by using Anal Pap Smears. This is a similar process to a traditional Pap Smear. However, in this case, the doctor will use a cotton swab to gather cells from the anal lining which will later be sent for further examination.

A biopsy can also be done to diagnose anal cancer.

Treatment Of Anal Cancer:

The primary treatment modalities include:

Surgery: Removal of small tumors that have not spread deeply into the tissues. One of the most common surgeries for anal cancer is local resection surgery. It is done to remove the anus tumor as well as certain healthy tissue around it. This process is done only if anal cancer has not spread to other organs of the body. It is an ideal procedure for those who are diagnosed with anal cancer at an early stage, and for those who have tiny tumours. Another surgery that can be conducted for anal cancer includes Abdominoperineal (AP) Resection. This is known to be a more invasive anal cancer surgery. This procedure is for those people who did not react well to other treatments or those who are at an advanced stage.

Radiation Therapy: External Beam Radiation is directed at the tumor from outside the body to kill cancer cells.

Chemotherapy: Medications are regulated orally or intravenously to kill or hinder the development of disease cells. Frequently utilized in blend with radiation treatment.

Targeted Therapy: Prescriptions that target explicit atoms engaged with disease development, frequently utilized related to chemotherapy.

How can Dr. Srivatsan Gurumurthy help?

Dr. Srivatsan Gurumurthy provides a comprehensive range of services for treating GI Cancers at GEM Hospital, Chennai. If you notice any symptoms of anal cancer or are diagnosed with anal cancer then consult with Robotic and Laparoscopic Surgeon in Chennai Dr. Srivatsan Gurumurthy at GEM Hospital, Chennai.

[perculiar]

Very brave of me to take half a meth med when my tummy has been wrecked for 2 months (i need to do work)

I was thinking about my body and why it’s going thru it internally more than usual and

January: STI checks and course of PEP from being raped in December; mental health fucking dive - general shame, self-blame, isolation

Feb: managed to come out of the haze a little to have my CSA trauma flare the fuck up alongside OCD meaning hypersexuality begins in an incredibly overwhelming confusing way; return to place of SA for large blackwork tattoo (with incredibly sensitive skin)

March: started T on the 1st; more sexual health blood tests (syphilis + HIV checks); flying to Spain to take care of a dear friend, then launched into the worst 2 month acting job I’ve had

April: emergency dentist bc jaw n tooth pain meant I couldn’t eat or breathe and no pain meds + wine combo were touching it, I was almost on the edge of passing out n had to take a week out to have the rest days I was told I could have but was never given; food issues flared up; started vaping also which hurts my tummy; second inter-muscular dose of T administered by a friend after googling; ADHD psychosocial needs assessment; break up with post-assault counsellor bc she makes me feel awful and doesn’t understand dissociation is also an emotional reaction.

May: push to finish this job after unionising with the cast and crew - can barely take care of myself and therapist breaks usual neutrality to tell me they’re really concerned that this job is traumatising me in a way reminiscent of being stuck in domestic abuse childhood situations (it was and the mantra was “the only way out is through” lol); lost about £800 to ongoing dental needs to be decided it was grinding and I needed a specialist splint 👌🏽; finally finish the worst job of my life to immediately get sick for a week

June: finish off first root canal (still hurts to use left side of mouth); can’t eat and experience IBS-like symptoms and bloating in a big way for the first time; start round of antibiotics; mental health in York nosedives and I start feeling trapped and panicked; find and sign for new Manchester flat despite being over budget; more blood tests; podiatry appointment; generally quite ill and having to miss birthdays and events

July: MOVE TO MANCHESTER 🥳; start second root canal with round of stronger antibiotics that fuuuck up my mouth bc turns out I have an infection in the bone; third T injection; domestic violence support worker meeting (Chloe IDAS); second root canal; doctors about IBS = turns out to be extremely swollen stomach lining, possibly bc of ibuprofen use

Now here we are in

August: tummy getting better; mouth less fucked; need to stop vaping; felt like i dislocated my shoulder but after 3 very high pain days the hot osteopath helped ease it; need to call drs + find out where the blood test is + do the anonymous intelligence against the guy (NHS dr) who raped me

So that’s. Health stuff, mostly. Writing it out helped me see that I’m not actually just fucken,, wasting my time constantly. I can take more time for rest and recovery even. Jfc