Surgery Notes

The states of immunosuppression have increased in prevalence in recent years. They are people with extremely low defenses which represents a major gateway for any viral or bacterial infection. The risk of infectious diseases is extremely high and can be severe. For the sporadic cases of primary immunosuppression we add more and more treatments from malignant tumors, autoimmune diseases, transplants and foremost, HIV infection, which became undoubtedly the main cause.

Dr. Jose Maria Gatell, Fefe Infectious Diseases Service of Hospital Clínic de Barcelona says that a state of immunosuppression is a state where a patient may have one or more problems to defend against external infectious agents may be against a particular infectious agent or against multiple agents.

Kaposi’s tumor, a tumor is unusual in its origins is caused by a virus called herpes virus type eight, the tumor is endemic to certain areas of some tropical and some Mediterranean areas. The emergence of cases of Kaposi’s sarcoma, so-called epidemic Kaposi’s sarcoma, appeared in 1981-1982 with the AIDS epidemic.

AIDS is one of the most common causes of acquired immune deficiency and in this context is where they can receive the Kaposi’s sarcoma.

Dr. Gatell we respond fully to the following questions to find the audio below:

What is a state of immunosuppression, so that everyone can understand?

THIS What diseases cause immunosuppression, these defenses extremely low?

Must be extremely cautious to immunosuppressed patients to avoid catching the slightest infection can become deadly?
A common pathology in immunosuppressed patients is Kaposi’s sarcoma, a tumor of vascular origin that occurs mainly in AIDS. Where you see this tumor and prognosis is usually take?

How do you explain that the cancer appears in immunocompromised patients (eg sarcoma)?

Do these sarcomas that occur in patients with very low defenses can is asymptomatic?

How is a patient immunosuppressed to avoid these risks we are now discussing?

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