The book, ‘And the Band Played On’

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Respond to each of these four discussion prompts based on pages 80-127 of ‘And the Band Played On’
Format: Use the ICE http://waldenwritingcenter.blogspot.com/2018/05/using-ice-method-to-strengthen-analysis.html (Links to an external site.) paragraph as a model and provide your:

Introduce your idea

Cite the book to back it up

Explain the importance of this idea

Developing discussions based on these focal points:
Think of it as a conflict between those fighting to stop the illness and those getting in the way:

Denial: Getting in the way: Explain why were people denying it was happening?Write about one example.
Gay people had denying happening to them;
People in the medical community downplaying the seriousness and the fact that it was spreading out of the gay community and infecting Haitians, Hemophiliacs, Heroin Addicts and babies
Fighting the illness: Doctors who “get it” seeing the terror that lies ahead an no one paying attention to them:Write about one example.
What insights did these doctors have that pointed to the scope of this deadly disease?
Fighting the illness: Members of the gay community who saw what was coming. Write about one example.
People like Larry Kramer and Cleve Jones were trying to get the message out and so many did not respond
Patient getting in the way:Write about one example.
Gaetan Dugas: Typhoid Mary of AIDS, according to the book, willfully spreading the disease

Sample Solution

-BP ≥90th percentile according to age and sex
Waist circumference percentiles for the Indian Population were published recently by Khadilkar et al (18). They have suggested a cut-off of 70th percentile for WC, to screen for Metabolic Syndrome in Indian children.

5. Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease (NAFLD):
Nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD) constitutes a spectrum of conditions, ranging from steatosis to nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) and cirrhosis, in the absence of excessive alcohol consumption. The prevalence of NAFLD is 34.2% in obese children & adolescents and the reported prevalence is highest in Asia (19).
Most children are asymptomatic, while some may complain of right upper quadrant pain or abdominal discomfort. NAFLD aggravates hepatic insulin resistance, thereby increasing the risk of developing T2DM.
The liver SAFETY (Screening ALT for Elevation in Today’s Youth) study was conducted to develop ALT thresholds and the cut-off of ALT >25 for boys and >22 for girls were suggested for screening NAFLD in children (20).

6. Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS):
Increased adiposity, especially abdominal, is associated with hyperandrogenemia and increased metabolic risk. The diagnosis of PCOS in an adolescent girl should be made based on the presence of clinical and/or biochemical evidence of hyperandrogenism (after exclusion of other pathologies) in the presence of persistent oligomenorrhea (21). Polycystic ovary morphology on ultrasound is not reliable to make a diagnosis in adolescents because multi-follicular ovaries are a feature of normal puberty that subsides with onset of regular menstrual cycles (22).

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