No. It's possible to have a heel spur â a bony growth that usually begins on the front of your heel bone and points toward the arch of your foot â without realizing it. Heel spurs don't always cause pain. In fact, heel spurs often show up unexpectedly on X-rays taken for some other problem.
Immune suppression: Article Excerpts about Immune deficiency conditions. The immune system is a complex and highly developed system, yet its mission is simple: to seek and kill invaders. If a person is born with...(Source: Genes and Disease by the National Center for Biotechnology).
Immune restoration means repairing the damage done to the immune system by HIV. In a healthy immune system, there is a full range of CD4 cells (T-cells, see Fact Sheet 124) that can fight different diseases. As HIV disease progresses, the number of CD4 cells drops. The first CD4 cells that HIV attacks are the ones that specifically fight HIV. Some types of CD4 cells can disappear, leaving gaps in the immune defenses. Immune restoration looks for ways to fill these gaps. A healthy immune system can fight off opportunistic infections (OIs, see Fact Sheet 500).