| 1. | Merck Frosst Canada - HIV Disease and AIDS |
| | The Target :Your Immune System. The immune system is where a basic understanding of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) disease and Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) begins.. Although the immune system is highly complex, the role it plays in our health is clear and essential : to protect the body from diseases such as HIV.. |
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| 2. | Merck Frosst Canada - HIV Disease and AIDS |
| | How HIV Invades the Immune System... Unlike other viruses, HIV directly strikes and cripples the immune system - - normally the body's primary defense against infections like HIV.... With an increasing number of CD4 cells infected and destroyed, the immune system has fewer quarterbacks to alert and stir the other disease-fighting cells to action - - and the virus expands its attack.... |
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| 3. | Merck Frosst Canada - HIV Disease and AIDS |
| | As CD4 cells are destroyed and the immune system breaks down, HIV eventually leads to the so-called opportunistic infections associated with AIDS.... Because these infections take advantage of the door left open by the failing immune system.... But, at some point, it is likely the balance between the immune system and HIV will begin to shift in favour of the virus.... |
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| 4. | Merck Frosst Canada - HIV Disease and AIDS |
| | Anything less can weaken your immune system and your battle against the disease.... When your immune system is not working at full strength, the water you drink may put you at risk for certain diseases.... When you're under stress, your body releases certain chemicals that work against your immune system.... |
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| 5. | Merck Frosst Canada - HIV Disease and AIDS |
| | AIDS : the abbreviation for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, the disease caused by HIV which destroys the body's immune system defenses, making it unable to resist infection.... Immune system : although the immune system is highly complex, the role it plays in our health is clear : to protect the body from diseases such as HIV.... |
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| 6. | Merck Frosst Canada - HIV Disease and AIDS |
| | From the first day of infection, HIV goes to work, producing copies of itself, while destroying the disease-fighting cells of your immune system.... In the battle against HIV, they serve as fresh troops brought in to help support your body's immune system.... |
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| 7. | Merck Frosst Canada - HIV Disease and AIDS |
| | Your CD4 count may vary widely, however, so do not rely on any one test as a sure sign of how your immune system is doing.... |
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| 8. | Merck Frosst Canada - HPV |
| | If the immune system does not clear the infection, normal cells can begin to grow abnormal, and turn into precancerous lesions.... |
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| 9. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Do vaccines weaken the immune system ?... No. Vaccines " strengthen " the immune system to help protect children and adults from certain diseases without causing the suffering of the disease itself.... Some vaccines, like VARIVAX® III, should not be given to patients with weakened immune systems.... |
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| 10. | Merck Frosst Canada - Vaccine-Preventable Diseases |
| | Have HIV infection, or other conditions associated with an impaired immune system... |
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