Archive for July 2011

07.27.2011

HIV: CAUSES OF CONSTITUTIONAL SYMPTOMS-CYTOMEGALOVIRUS (CMV)

CMV, like the herpes viruses to which it is related, causes infection in many people, lies dormant after symptoms disappear, and can recur later. Like MAI, CMV infections are spread throughout the body, almost always when the CD4 count is less than 200, usually less than 100. In the liver, CMV causes hepatitis; in the [...]

07.15.2011

HOUSING FOR PEOPLE WITH SPINAL CORD INJURY: CONDOMINIUMS

A condominium is an apartment or townhouse that is privately owned, usually by the occupant. All the rules that govern the purchase of a single-family house apply here. The difference is that condominiums normally have a governing body of owners that determines policies affecting each unit and the common areas. In some cases condominium boards [...]

07.6.2011

EPILEPSY AS A PSYCHO-SOCIAL DISEASE: ATTITUDES OF FRIENDS

It is up to you and your child to tell friends about the epilepsy. The information conveyed, and the persons to whom it is conveyed, should depend on the type and frequency of the seizures. For the child with absence or partial complex seizures that occur with some frequency, it is far better for the [...]