HIV/AIDS RELATION TO CANCER

HIV/AIDS RELATED CANCER
First Acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a disease of the Immune system caused by infection with the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). HIV is transmitted from person to person most commonly in blood and bodily secretions such us semen.
People with HIV/AIDS have an increased risk of developing the following cancers:
Kaposi Sarcoma
Non- Hodgkin lymphoma
Cervical cancer
For people with HIV, these 3 cancers are often called “AIDS-defining conditions.” This means that if a person with an HIV infection has one of these cancers, it can mean that AIDS has developed. Most cancer begins when healthy cells changes and grows out of control, forming a mass called a tumor. A cancerous tumor is malignant, meaning it can grow and spread to other part of the body.
Kaposi sarcoma.
This is a type of soft-tissue sarcoma that has traditionally occurred in older men of Jewish or Mediterranean discount, young men in Africa or people who have had organ transplant.
 Today, Kaposi sarcoma is often found in homosexual with HIV/AIDS and is related to an infection with the human herpes virus 8 (HH-V8).
It cause tension to arise in more than one area of the body including the skin, Lymph nodes and organs such as the liver, spleen, lungs and digestive tract.
Non- Hodgkin lymphoma
Non –Hodglain Lymphoma (NHL) is a cancer of the lymphatic system. Lymphoma begins when healthy cell in the lymphatic system changes and grow of control.
The lymphatic system carries lymph, a colorless fluid containing white blood cells called lymphocytes. Lymphocytes fight germs in the body. Lymph nodes are found in clusters in the abdomen, groin, pelvis, underarms and neck.
 These are many different subtypes of Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma.
The most common subtypes in people with advance HIV/AIDS include.
Primary control nervous system lymphoma, which affect the brain.
Primary effusion lymphoma, which causes fluid to build up around the lungs or heart or in the abdomen.
Aggressive B-cell lymphomas, most commonly the diffuse large B-cell or Borkitt subtypes.
Recently, doctor have found that even patients with well controlled HIV/AIDS can develop NHL
Cervical Cancer
Cervical cancer starts in a woman’s cervix, the lower, and narrows part of the uterus. The vagina forms the birth canal.
Cervical cancer is also cancer of the cervix.
Woman with HIV/AIDS have a tougher risk of developing cervical intraepithelial neoplasia (CIN), a precancerous growth of cells in the cervix that is associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection.
High grade CIN can turn into invasive cervical cancer.

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