effect of delay in treatment.... [consequently, delay in medical treatment must be interpreted in the context of the seriousness of the medical need, deciding whether the delay worsened the medical condition, and considering the reason for delay”) (emphasis in original). For example, the failure to provide treatment for an otherwise insignificant wound may violate the Eighth Amendment if the wound develops signs of infection, creating a substantial risk of injury in the absence of appropriate medical treatment. See Chance, 143 F.3d at 702. Such risks may be absent, however, although an inmate suffers from an admittedly serious medical condition such as HIV, where the alleged lapses in treatment are minor and inconsequential. Cf. Evans v. Bonner, 196 F.Supp.2d 252, 256 (E.D.N.Y.2002) (<HOLDING>). We therefore conclude, given the facts of
holding that the first amendment does not by itself give rise to a cause of action for damages holding that deliberate indifference to a serious medical need establishes an eighth amendment violation holding that failure to record an assignment does not give rise to a cause of action holding that in order to state a violation of the eighth amendment an inmate must demonstrate that prison officials showed deliberate indifference to serious medical needs holding that untimely provision of medication to hivpositive in mate did not cause sufficiently serious injury to give rise to an eighth amendment violation