The Language Of Medicine

Substance capable of causing a specific hypersensitivity in the body - a type of antigen

Exagerated or unusual hypersensitivity to foreign protein or other substance

Hypersensitivity or allergic state involving an inherited predisposition

Helper T cells that carry the CD4 protein on their surface
HIV binds to CD4 and infects and kills T cells bearing this protein

Malignant tumor of lymph tissue in spleen and lymph nodes
Reed-Sternberg cell often is found on microscopic analysis

Virus that causes AIDS

Malignant condition associated with AIDS - arises from the lining of the capillaries - appears as bluish red skin nodules

Group of malignant tumors involving lymphoid tissue
Ex: follicular lymphoma
Large cell lymphoma

Infectious disease associated with AIDS
occurs because HIV lowers the body's resistance
allows infection by bacteria and parasites normally contained

Drug that treats AIDS by blocking the production of protease - a proteolytic enzyme that helps to create new viral pieces for HIV.

RNA virus that makes copies of itself by using the hosts cell DNA
this is in reverse fashion because normally DNA copies itself onto RNA
HIV carries an enzyme called reverse transcriptase that enables it to reproduce withing the host cell

Drug that treats AIDS by blocking reverse transcriptase - an enzyme needed to make copies of HIV