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Mental  health  is very  important in our life,like physical health, if we are sick will impact to our mental health. Mental  health problems directly affecting about a quarter of the population in the world.  and anxiety are the most widespread conditions.

Mental Health – Type of Dementia
Dementia is the loss of mental functions, such as thinking, memory and reasoning, that is severe enough to interfere with a person’s daily life. Dementia is not a disease itself, but rather a group of symptoms that may accompany certain diseases or conditions. Symptoms may involve changes in personality, mood and behavior.

Causes of Dementia

• Vascular disorders, such as multi-infarct dementia, which is caused by multiple strokes in the brain
• Depression
• Infections of the central nervous system such as meningitis, HIV, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, a quickly progressing and fatal disease that is characterized by dementia and muscle twitching and spasm

Causes of Mental Health Illness

Although the exact cause of most mental illnesses is not known, it is becoming clear through research that many of these conditions are caused by a combination of biological, psychological and environmental factors.

Symptoms Of Mental Health Disturbance

ACTING DIFFERENT THAN USUAL. Can you link this change in behavior to something that has happened recently? Any event, such as the death of a close relative, or even something positive – like a job promotion – can trigger a troublesome emotional reaction.

BECOMES AGGRESSIVE, RUDE, AND ABUSIVE OVER MINOR INCIDENTS.
Are there remarks about groups or individuals “out to get me?” If that last remark was made in all seriousness, and blowups and violent physical behavior occur, there is a strong indication some help may be required.

The greatest symptoms which trigger mental health concerns have to do with the person’s ability to function. When they suddenly start missing a lot of work or school or losing jobs, not eating or eating too much, barely sleeping or not sleeping at all, and seem to be irritable or angry with everyone and everything, these are usually early symptoms of mental health issues. As symptoms progress the individual may experience self harm such as cutting or burning themselves and taking unnecessary risks with their safety. Any significant drastic change can be a symptom of a mental health issue

Rights violations forced to hide for those who need information or treatment
New York .- The Cairo police have arrested four men suspected of having HIV, signaling an intensification of the crackdown that endangers public health and violates basic human rights, Amnesty International today expressed Rights Watch and in a joint statement.

With these 12 men are now detained in the context of a campaign against people suspected of being HIV positive. Four have been sentenced to one year in prison, and the other eight remained in custody. Both organizations have urged the Egyptian authorities to respect human rights of these men and their immediate release if they do not want to cause profound damage to initiatives for HIV / AIDS in the country.

“In their misguided attempt to apply Egyptian law on the unjust homosexual conduct, authorities are conducting a crackdown against people living with HIV / AIDS,” said Rebecca Schleifer, of the HIV / AIDS and Human Rights Human Rights Watch. This not only violate basic human rights of people living with HIV / AIDS, but also endanger public health by making request information on the prevention and treatment of HIV / AIDS is a risk. ”
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AIDS is a disease that most dreaded at this moment. HIV, the virus that causes this disease, damage the body’s defense system (immune system), so people who suffer from this disease the ability to defend itself from disease attack reduced. Someone who is HIV positive, do not necessarily have AIDS. Many cases in which HIV-positive person, but do not become sick in a long time. However, existing HIV in a person’s body will continue to damage the immune system. As a result, viruses, fungi and bacteria are usually harmless to extremely dangerous because they damage the body’s immune system.

Because dengerous this disease, the various efforts made to develop drugs that can overcome them. Treatment developed at this time, targets are enzymes produced by HIV, and is required by the virus to flourish. These enzymes is inhibited by using inhibitors that would inhibit these enzymes work and will ultimately inhibit the growth of the HIV virus.

HIV is a virus genetic material was RNA (ribonucleic acid) that is wrapped by a matrix composed mostly of protein. To grow, it needs to change its genetic material into DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid), integrated into the host DNA, and subsequently undergo a process that would eventually produce the protein. The proteins produced will then form new viruses.