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disorder or disease would be HIV, the precursor disease for those that end up developing the AIDS virus. The items that will be covered in this report has it relates to HIV would include a description of the disease, the determinants of health and an explanation of the factors that lead to the development of the disease, the epidemiologic triangle as it relates to the disease in question, the role of the community health nurse when it comes to this disease and at least one national agency or organization that makes it a direct point to address the disease including reducing the impact and reducing the spread of the disorder. While HIV and AID's are slowing turning into diseases that are chronic and incurable but yet manageable with the prior lifestyle and pharmacological interventions, there is still much work to be done and it is entirely possible to prevent (or at least reduce the risk) of HIV being contracted.

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One thing that should be explained right away for those that are not aware. That would be that AIDS is caused by HIV. In short, those that have HIV will absolutely develop AID's and eventually die if they are not sufficiently treated and addressed as patients. In short, the HIV/AID's combination serves to strip the body of its natural immune system. It eventually gets to the point where the disease leaves the body unable to even stave off an influenza or cold virus and the patient eventually dies of a disease that is brought on by the complications and immune system destruction that typifies the HIV and AIDS virus.

To be a bit more clinical, what happens is that the CD4 count (also known as T-Cell count) is greatly lessened in someone that has HIV or AIDS. Indeed, the count and result of a test to show how many cells are present will often reveal a score of less than 200 when measured via a blood test. The progression from HIV to AIDS typically takes some time and can actually be slowed down or even stopped if the right drugs are used. However, lack of treatment is basically a death sentence as the immune system will be destroyed eventually.

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At this time, about 1.2 million people in the United States are living with the HIV infection. Beyond that, there are at 50,000 more infections every year. As for how the disease is contracted, the short answer is that it comes from the interaction and mixing of certain bodily fluids and in certain situations. This would include from sexual activity with an infected person, sharing drug needles with an infected person and things like that. Getting HIV and/or AIDS does not happen when it comes to common touching and hugging between people, the sharing of public bathrooms or swimming pools, the sharing of utensils, phones and cups and bug bites. While not at common as it was, blood transfusions can also lead to the disease spreading and so can a baby being born to a woman that has HIV or that baby getting breast milk from an infected person.

The determinants of health when it comes to HIF are not all that complicated. Whether one gets the disease comes down mostly to whether the behaviors noted above are common and/or whether they involve a patient that is infected. Aside from an errant blood transfusion, people can generally have little to no risk of contracting AIDS or HIV so long as they are careful to use protection when having sex and they avoid the use of intravenous drugs, or they at least only use their own needles rather than sharing with others (Webmd, 2016). As for the epidemiologic triangle (or triad) as it relates to HIV, the triad in question is composed of three facets, those being agent, host and environment. Agent refers to the virus, host refers to a person that can get the disease and environment relates to the "extrinsic factors" that affect the agent and the opportunity for one to get exposed to a disease (CDC, 2016). For each part of….....

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