Assignment
Eric Nuñez
Feb. 5, 2011
Composition II
Opportunistic Infections Related with AIDS.
Opportunistic infections are different kind of
sickness that people infected by AIDS commonly
suffer. These opportunistic infections are caused by
germs or bacteria that era normally around us, but in
most of the cases the inmunitary system can face
them. The infections are called opportunistic because
they take the opportunity to attack when your immune
system is weak. For example: Tuberculosis which is
an illness that can degenerate from a simple cold, or
Kaposi sarcoma which is a kind of cancer that can
affect the skin, internal organs, mouth and eyes of the
patient. Finally, opportunistic infections can affect
and cause serious damage in the human body in many
cases the death.