There are many diseases linked with HIV/AIDS. Many of these diseases are due to opportunistic infections that invade the body when the immune system is compromised. According to MedlinePlus, AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV infection, and...
Natalizumab is a medication used to manage multiple sclerosis (an autoimmune disease affecting your spinal cord and brain) and Crohn's disease (inflammatory bowel disease). Natalizumab is given intravenously (through your vein) every four weeks at...
Demyelinating diseases are medical conditions that damage the myelin sheath that protects the brain, spinal cord and other parts of the central and peripheral nervous systems. These diseases can cause progressive neurological difficulties, which...
The brain mediates your thoughts, sensations, actions, emotions and memories. Any damage to the brain can lead to cognitive or physical disability. Brain atrophy is the wasting away of vital brain tissue, either in response to a disease process or...
Multiple Sclerosis (MS) is a disease in which your immune system attacks your body and starts to destroy the protective covering of your nerves. When this happens, your brain cannot effectively communicate with your body. This can lead to the...
The human immune deficiency virus (HIV), the causative agent of the acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) attacks specific components of the immune system of the body, making the body prone to certain opportunistic infections, cancers and...
The myelin sheath is a fatty layer that protects nerve cells, extending to cover the nerve throughout its length, except in small, unmyelinated gaps known as the nodes of Ranvier. Myelin aids in accelerating the speed at which an impulse travels...
Demyelinating disorders are degenerative in nature and originate in the brain. The demyelinating process is the eventual wearing-away of the myelin sheath, a vital protective covering for nerves. Within this process, the body begins disconnecting...
Acquired immunedeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease caused by the human immunedeficiency virus (HIV). According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), there are over 30 million people worldwide living with...
Myfortic (mycophenolate) is a medication used to prevent kidney, liver or heart transplant rejection, says MedlinePlus. Myfortic belongs to a group of medicines called immunosupressive agents. It disables your immune cells from attacking your new...
Multiple sclerosis (MS) is an autoimmune disease caused by the body's own immune system attacking the protective covering (called myelin) around the nerves. MS affects over 400,000 Americans and women are 2 to 3 times more likely to develop the...
Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is an autoimmune disease that causes crippling pain and deformities to the joints. While no cure for the diseases exists, medications that relieve the symptoms are available. Today, more medications are being administered...
The most current statistics produced by the Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS in 2009 reported that an estimated 35 million individuals currently live with HIV globally. Of the 35 million, 1.4 million live in the North America. This...
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, or AIDS, has killed almost 22 million people all over the world already and another 42 million people are battling the virus. But these figures are only the tip of the iceberg. The Centers for Disease Control...
