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READ ARTICLE IN THE LINK BELOW FROM OPRHA WINFREY
What does undetectable = untransmittable (U=U) mean?
READ THE ARTICLE IN THE LINK BELOW BY Bakita Kasadha
KEEPING INFORMED
ABOUT HIV/AIDS
What Is HIV?
HIV is a virus that attacks the human immune system. There is no cure for HIV. Unlike some other viruses, such as the common cold, HIV cannot be cleared from the body. However, there are treatments available. Talk to your healthcare provider and see below for more information.
How can HIV affect your body?
HIV attacks and destroys CD4 T-cells — important immune system cells that help your body fight infections. The more CD4 T-cells that are destroyed, the weaker your immune system can become. With fewer CD4 T-cells due to HIV, it can be harder for your body to fight illnesses and infections.
What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?
Being HIV positive is not the same as having AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). HIV is a virus that kills CD4 T-cells in the body. Over time, if so many CD4 T-cells are killed that the body has a reduced ability to fight infection, HIV can advance to AIDS. HIV infection advances to AIDS when there are less than 200 CD4 T-cells per cubic millimeter of blood. If this happens, it means your immune system has become very weak, and you can quickly become very sick.
THE MORE YOU KNOW...
MONKEY POX AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW
VACCINATION SITES IN ORLEANS PARISH:
- 9/8/2022 AT The Page Bar 542 N Rampart St From 4-8 pm
- 9/2-9/5/2022 AT Louis Armstrong Park 801 N. Rampart St. 11am-5pm
- 9/20/2022 AT The Crossing Bar 439 Dauphine St New Orleans 4-9 pm
- 9/6/2022 AT The Phoenix Bar 941 Elysian Fields Ave New Orleans 5-9 pm
- Crescent Care Health and Wellness Center 1631 Elysian Fields Ave.
New Orleans (504) 821-2601
- DEPAUL CHC/CARROLLTON 3201 S Carrollton Ave New Orleans
(504)207-3060
- Ochsner 1516 Jefferson Hwy New Orleans (504) 842-3000
- Tulane University School of Medicine 1430 Tulane Avenue New Orleans (504) 988-6224
- UMC 2000 Canal St New Orleans (504) 702-3000
- TULANE TOTAL HEALTH CLINIC 711 N Broad St New Orleans (504)988-3002
- ST. THOMAS CHC/MAGAZINE ST 1936 Magazine St New Orleans
(504) 529-5558
ARTICLE FROM THE WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION- MAY 19, 2022
The incubation period (interval from infection to onset of symptoms) of monkeypox is usually from 6 to 13 days but can range from 5 to 21 days.
The infection can be divided into two periods:
- the invasion period (lasts between 0–5 days) characterized by fever, intense headache, lymphadenopathy (swelling of the lymph nodes), back pain, myalgia (muscle aches) and intense asthenia (lack of energy). Lymphadenopathy is a distinctive feature of monkeypox compared to other diseases that may initially appear similar (chickenpox, measles, smallpox)
- the skin eruption usually begins within 1–3 days of appearance of fever. The rash tends to be more concentrated on the face and extremities rather than on the trunk. It affects the face (in 95% of cases), and palms of the hands and soles of the feet (in 75% of cases). Also affected are oral mucous membranes (in 70% of cases), genitalia (30%), and conjunctivae (20%), as well as the cornea. The rash evolves sequentially from macules (lesions with a flat base) to papules (slightly raised firm lesions), vesicles (lesions filled with clear fluid), pustules (lesions filled with yellowish fluid), and crusts which dry up and fall off. The number of lesions varies from a few to several thousand. In severe cases, lesions can coalesce until large sections of skin slough off.
Monkeypox is usually a self-limited disease with the symptoms lasting from 2 to 4 weeks. Severe cases occur more commonly among children and are related to the extent of virus exposure, patient health status and nature of complications. Underlying immune deficiencies may lead to worse outcomes. Although vaccination against smallpox was protective in the past, today persons younger than 40 to 50 years of age (depending on the country) may be more susceptible to monkeypox due to cessation of smallpox vaccination campaigns globally after eradication of the disease. Complications of monkeypox can include secondary infections, bronchopneumonia, sepsis, encephalitis, and infection of the cornea with ensuing loss of vision. The extent to which asymptomatic infection may occur is unknown.
The case fatality ratio of monkeypox has historically ranged from 0 to 11 % in the general population and has been higher among young children. In recent times, the case fatality ratio has been around 3–6%.
