HIV-part1

currently, im revising on this topic. one word for me to describe this Human Immunodeficiency Virus would be ~ genius. Subhanallah...

really, it's so small, n yet may cause a catastrophic effects once it infects a person. hijacking one group of cells that i can say, one of the most important of all in regulating the body's immune system (the T-Helper Lymphocyte), it hides from being elliminated. in these cells, the virus replicates itself and while doing so, it will destroy these T-cells. n let me remind you, that HIV is a retrovirus. its genetic make-up is from RNA ~ which is far more 'fragile' and 'unstable' than DNA. another way to interprete it, its genetic code may change everytime they replicate. which make it hard for our immune system to keep up to fight against it. n it renders the existing immune cells useless too. A retrovirus replicates its self via reverse transcriptase to make a more stable DNA which will be incorporated into human DNA. And just so u know, they replicate themselves using OUR i mean HUMAN's genetic material. so, all they need is just some kind of instuctions on their RNA for the proteins that they need to survive and attack our immune system. bijak kann??

these T-helper cells that the HIV hijack are suppose to give out signals to other cells of our immune system in order to fight against infections. n so, since this HIV is invading and at the same time destroying out T-cells, how do we suppose to fight against them? and other infections...? hmmm....

so.. what happens next? at a much later stage, when the immune system has gotten really weak... the person will start to be infected by many bugs. and this stage is what we call AIDS (acquired immuno deficiency syndrome). some people may not develope this condition. why..? only Allah knows. they believe that different individuals have different ability to adapt and fight againts the HIV and they might be infected with a strain which is "less" agressive.... (is it?... ) And ppl with AIDS will get all the infections that normal people did not usually get. they even get sick with the bugs that normally present in human's body. these are what we call opportunistic infections. owh, and they also get cancers that is rare. mcm cancer of the brain. so what about brain cancer? urmm... sbb, in the brain, we dont normally get a metastatic or cancerous ones. brain tumours are usually benign. meaning: brain tumour normally dont spread to other site. that is why it is pelik to get a brain cancer.

and, for the treatment, there's actually no cure for AIDS/HIV. at present, drugs which exist are just to slow the development of the AIDS. and to treat them symptomaticly.

n to me, personally, the only way to treat this condition is to prevent it. well, they say prevention is better than cure. aite? i mean, we all know how does this virus spread right? Intravenous Drug use (sharing needles), un-safe sexual practices (homosexuals are at the greatest risk, as well as those who r having multiple partners and not using protection.) and less commonly via blood transfussions and needle stick injury in the hospitals...

but somehow.. i do think that it is a way of which Allah teach us, balasan nya bile we dont comply to His guidance. Even in the Quran pon ade state that some of wut we did on the earth akan dapat balasan nye di dunia ni juge... but i dare not to comment much on it as i dont have enough knowledge on it.

hmmm.... so think before we are tempted to do things that is obviously wrong.

ps: ill sambung on part 2 at a later stage. tak sempat lah.... so many things to cover pulak. ;p

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" oh, how good is it to live..?
....with nothing left to give;
...forget, but not forgive;
..not loving aLL you see. "

~swallowed in the sea:coldplay:X&Y~

*exams in 25days time... mazlinda, sile berusaha!

revealing clothes and rape cases..

here's a well written article by abg. safwan on that topic.

words of wisdom

There is no drop more loved by God than a teardrop that falls in the dark of the night from fear of God, meant solely for him and no one else. - Imam Muhammad al-Baqir

Some Facts & Figures on the Middle East Crisis: Israel-Lebanon

the figures says it all.

source: BBC NEWS, Middle East Crisis, Facts and Figures. available here.

tHe song of the mOnth. =)

Judul : Dua Sejoli
Album : Bintang Lima
Ciptaan : Dhani



Usap air matamu
Yang menetes di pipimu
Ku pastikan semuanya
Akan baik-baik saja

Bila kau terus pandangi
Langit tinggi di angkasa
Tak kan ada habisnya
S'gala hasrat di dunia

Reff :
Hawa tercipta di dunia
Untuk menemani sang Adam
Begitu juga dirimu
Tercipta tuk temani aku

Renungkan sejenak...
Arti hadirku di sini
Jangan pernah ingkari
Dirimu adalah Wanita

* :
Harusnya dirimu menjadi
Perhiasan sangkar maduku
Walaupun kadang diriku
Bertekuk lutut di hadapanmu...
Back to Reff, *, Reff :

Bukalah pintu jiwamu
Dengar bisikan sanubari
Semua adalah isyarat
Isyarat dari Sang Pencipta

~isn't that the sweetest? =)~

me daddy's & mOmmY's =)

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aLong's & aBg Mua's look alikes.. + muji!! ;p

aNgah's kAndAzrul's n aDeq's =)

my celebrity faces- part2!!! hehehh

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my celebrity faces!!! hehehh

boycott.

Does the boycott work?

Oh yes! For example, one of the companies hardest hit by the boycott is McDonalds.

McDonalds is a "major corporate partner" of the Jewish United Fund. In its own words, the Jewish United Fund "works to maintain American military, economic and diplomatic support for Israel; monitors and, when necessary, responds to media coverage of Israel." Also, McDonalds chairman and CEO Jack M. Greenberg is a honorary director of the American-Israel Chamber of Commerce and Industry.

McDonalds has 80 resturants in israel,
providing employment to 3000 israelis.

McDonalds has just announced it is closing down its operation in the middle east due to loss of revenue as a direct result of the boycott (Oct 2002), and is replacing Greenberg as its chairman and CEO (Dec 2002). Since the launch of the boycott campaign, two of Jordan's six McDonald's franchises have closed due to lack of business. In Egypt, McDonald's decided to change its brand name to Manfoods this past March, in an attempt to dodge the boycott. It had no effect and Egyptian police forces were ordered to guard the entrances to McDonald's restaurants, after stone throwing incidents took place. A total of 175 restaurants will be closed at a loss of $350 million.

In the face of giants like McDonalds crumbling under the pressure of the boycott, smaller companies are weary of supporting Israel and are steering clear in fear of being boycotted.

what else??

BRANDS & LABELS TO BOYCOTT

so why not try it.. it's hard to do it, i know. especially when almost all their goods are mostly all that we use on a daily basis... im trying to not to use so much of them now. but lets do it. to me, this is the least that i can do to contribute in the war against the israel. for more info, do visit this site