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AIDS prevention & treatment
The prevention and treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS, which is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The illness interferes with the immune system, making people with AIDS much more likely to get infections. HIV is transmitted through direct contact with HIV-infected body fluids, such as blood, semen, and genital secretions, or from an HIV-infected mother to her child during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding (through breast milk).
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AIDS prevention & treatment
statin
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Et rusmiddel, der anvendes til at sænke mængden af kolesterol og visse fedtstoffer i blodet. Statins blok en nøgle liver enzyme involveret i at gøre kolesterol.
antiretroviral (ARV)
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Et rusmiddel, der bruges til at forhindre, at et retrovirus, som HIV, replikering. Begrebet henviser primært til antiretroviral (ARV) HIV narkotika.
antikoagulant
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Et rusmiddel, der bruges til at forhindre, at blodet koagulationstid.
hypergammaglobulinemia
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
En højere end normal niveau gamma antimuseglobulin i blodet. Gamma-globulins er en gruppe af blod proteiner, der omfatter de fleste antistoffer. Hypergammaglobulinemia kan forekomme med kroniske ...
humant væksthormon (HGH)
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Et hormon, der produceres af hypofyse kirtel og stimulerer væksten af knogler, muskler og andre organer. A syntetisk udgave af menneskelige væksthormon (hGH) er godkendt af Food and Drug ...
insulin
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Et hormon, der udskilles fra bugspytkirtlen og styrer mængden af glukose i blodet. Glucose er kroppens vigtigste energikilde. Insulin stimulerer celler for at absorbere og bruge glukose for energi. ...
interstitiel nephritis
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
En Nyre disorder, hvor mellemrummene mellem Nyre tubules (lille urin-indsamling rør) bliver pustet op. Interstitiel nephritis kan forringe nyrefunktionen, herunder en Nyre evne til filter affald og ...
