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...not like to many people know that is what she had she was always trying to cover it up when she was not feeling well and she was also dying from this and at first did not want the support of her family but at the end of the movie she has accepted her family help again. I did some research on this disease and this is what I found and this Sara had to deal with when she was living. HIV/AIDS HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. The virus acts in a way in which it uses other cells within the body for nutrients and easier passage, and for energy as it proceeds to infect other human cells. This enables the virus to grow and reproduce. HIV is a member of a group of viruses called retroviruses, which means the HIV virus needs a host cell in order to survive. The cells that act as the “helper” cell are called CD4 cells or T cells, in which they function as an aid in the replication of the HIV virus. As the virus progresses and other opportunistic infections arise, the immune system becomes weaker, and one will be diagnosed with AIDS. AIDS is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS is a disease that causes the body's immune system to break down and makes it unable to fight off infection. As a nation, and a community, we don’t stop to realize the affects and brutal significance of the disease. If we don’t understand its wrath or presence in daily life and how affected we all are by it, yourself or someone you love may become infected by HIV or AIDS, making the epidemic not just the worlds problem, but your own. HIV/AIDS Transmission HIV/AIDS is transmitted through blood, semen, vaginal fluids, and breast milk from an infected person. The primary means of transmission among adults and adolescents is through unprotected sex with an infected person (Landau, Meyers & Pryor, 2006, p. 872). For men transmission is likely to occur, through same sex contact and...
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