Scientists
have identified the mysterious disease that has symptoms similar to
AIDS even though the person is not infected with HIV. The disease is found in some people in Asia and the United States.Symptoms
of the disease, among other things, damage to the immune system so the
body is able to fight off viruses and bacteria as well as healthy
people. The trigger is unknown, but the disease is not thought to be contagious.According
to Dr. Sarah Browne, scientists from the National Institute of Allergy
and Infectious Disease, a mysterious disease is another form of immune
disorders that are not revealed, but it is not spread by viruses like
AIDS.Browne doing research in Thailand and Taiwan, where the disease is found since 2004."It's
very exciting. Past 10 years, I've seen at least three patients," said
Dr. Dennis Maki, an infectious disease specialist of the University of
Wisconsin in Madison, USA.Maki
said, there is still the possibility of certain infections trigger this
mysterious disease although the disease itself is not contagious
between people.The disease generally affects adults aged about 50 years, but it was not revealed in the family. According to Browne, the majority of patients die from infections incredible.One patient, Kim Nguyen (62), the Vietnamese who have lived in the U.S. since 1975, was diagnosed with this mysterious disease. He went to a doctor due to a fever that never healed. Since 2009, he also had many strange symptoms. In 1995 and 2009, he was reportedly visited Vietnam.At first, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. Later, he was known to suffer from symptoms of immune system disorder and was treated in hospital for a year Hamir.AIDS is a disease-specific and cause the immune system of people infected with the HIV virus is disrupted. The HIV virus will destroy T cells, the major forces in the human immune system to fight pathogens.Meanwhile, a mysterious disease does not interfere with the cells, but caused other damage. In
a study conducted Browne to 200 people in Taiwan and Thailand, most
patients this mysterious disease that holds the body makes
autoantibodies gamma interferon, a chemical signal that helps the body
get rid of the infection.Disruption
of chemical signals that will make a person, such as AIDS patients are
more susceptible to fungal infection, viruses, and other parasites that
are similar to tuberculosis and cause lung damage.Scientists now call this mysterious disease as immune disorders in adults as it is emerging in old age.Treatment
with antibiotics is not always effective, so doctors usually perform a
wide variety of treatments, including cancer drugs to suppress the
production of antibodies.Because
the disease is experienced by the majority of oreng Asian or of Asian
descent, the experts called genetic factors may play a role in
triggering the disease.
