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It's just there are a lot of things that annoy me about HIV. Yes I know that this might not be the most serious issue out there, but I do think that if we people don't think about it, nothing will change.
I know that there is medication that helps them have normal life, but those pills are available in the rich countries. In Africa the things are terrible. There are a lot of sick kids and so far there are no pills for the kids. The ones they have (and there are not that many too and there is not enough for anyone) are too strong for kids. Shouldn't we care about kids? The problem is that most medical companies think about the money. In the rich countries there are not that many sick kids, so they don't see the point in doing pills for kids that are needed for HIV therapy. Those kids are destined to die there in Africa and they simply don't care, because they won't gain money. It pisses me off, it makes me even cry while I'm writing this. The situation in Africa is horrible (not only because of HIV, but also over all). And I know that a lot of people would say that they don't care, because that's Africa, but I think that will bite them in the butt. Till some time ago there were only 2 strains of HIV, now there are three and the third one is far more progressive than the first two. Why? Because it was actually collaboration between the two other strains. It's not difficult for this to happen. You need two people who have the both strains of HIV and one of them to get infected with the other's one and there you have new more progressive, more dangerous one. And that one somehow at some point will go to those richer countries. There is so many injustice out there in the world that sometimes I get sick only by thinking about it. __________________
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At least HIV can be controlled with education and responsibility. Cancer, Parkinsons, etc can't. It is the children that I feel most badly for. They are the innocent victims...born with the disease. It's very sad. Quote:
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I agree with you there are other diseases . I actually read that stem cell research might help cancer too. As for Parkinson I even read articles about experiments for that too. I would say the same about Alzheimer. It's awful disease too.
I do encourage every attempt to find a cure for such diseases - especially the ones that come from the DNA, because you know you are born with that and you can't change it. I do feel badly for the children, because the most innocent ones. __________________
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Cancer prob kills more people than HIV and the treatments are poor. It scares me because my mother has had it twice and is once again I remission. The probability of my getting it is pretty high and it's such a real fear for so many people.
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I def do that and she is doing well now, but there are so many families in a similar situation. It's sad the lack of research there is for cancer medicines. I def think more needs to be done especially on the awareness front.
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I agree that in cancer should be found treatment. My grandfather died of cancer, my grandmother's brother too. Well I knew a lot of people that have died from cancer.
The problem is that so far I'm not sure what could be done there. I mean basically cancer are some malicious cells in the organism. And the operation is the only way to get rid of them. I do know about attempts to create artificial organs. Maybe that might help? They couldn't operate my grandfather, because they had to take too much. So maybe if there is a way to replace this, they could perform the surgeries? I also know about studies that inject viruses in the cancer cells, but that is in every young, very experimental stage. Shu sorry about that. You might not get it, but if you take measures in time, I'm sure that you'll be fine! You know what annoys me? When my grandfather was bad, sometimes we needed to take him to the hospital. One time the doctor asked us why he care. He is going to die anyway. I was shocked that those people call themselves doctors. __________________
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Hm, Betty, I believe in this for a lot of diseases.
It's like if people could have created viruses in 1970 doesn't sound logical that they could create cure? Do you think that someone would create deadly virus or disease with the risk of getting it if this one doesn't have cure? I highly doubt it. I actually think the same way about computer viruses. I think that companies for antivirus software create them so that they could gain money. __________________
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This is a fabulous discussion. I am enjoying it.
To add one thing... my sister is a scientist (she has a double major in biology/chemistry, minor in physics and a masters in biochemistry) and does research daily on a cure for cancer. She is not working with anything stem cell related at the moment but all I know is seeing what she does for a living, I couldn't be more proud of my sister and what she is trying to accomplish. I might never tell her this but I can say it here. Shu, great to have you on board here... stick around, we kind of like ya. ETA: One more thing... yes, HIV is now considered more of a chronic illness than a terminal illness with all the treatments available. People are living, not dying, with the illness more times than not now which is terrific news. |
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