HIV/AIDS

HIV causes AIDS. HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. It breaks down the immune system — our body's protection against disease. HIV causes people to become sick with infections that normally wouldn't affect them.
Diagnostics
1. Blood/Saliva for presence of antibodies to the virus
2. Tests to tailor treatment
  1. CD4 count
  2. Viral load
  3. Drug resistance
3. Test for complication
  1. Tocoplasmosis
  2. Sexually transmitted infections
  3. Liver/kidney damage
  4. Tuberculosis
  5. Hepatitis
  6. UTI
How is HIV Spread
1. Blood
2. Semen
3. Vaginal fluids
4. Breast milk
Management/Treatment
1. Classes of anti-HIV drugs
  1. Entry or fusion inhibitors
  2. Non-nucleoside reverse trancriptase inhibitors (NNRTIs)
  3. Nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (NRTIs)
  4. Protease inhibitors (PIs)
  5. Integrase inhibitors
2. When to start treatment
  1. You're being treated for hepatitis B
  2. You have HIV-related kidney disease
  3. You're pregnant
  4. Your CD4 count is under 500
  5. You have severe symptoms
3. Lifestyle
  1. Eat healthy foods
  2. Avoid certain foods
  3. Get immunizations
  4. Take care with companion animals
Symptoms
1. HIV
  1. Swollen glands
    1. In the
      1. Armpit
      2. Groin
      3. Throat
  2. Early HIV sypmtoms
    1. Fever
    2. Headaches
    3. Fatigue
    4. Muscle aches
2. AIDS
  1. Yeast infection
  2. Pelvic inflammatory disease
  3. Abrupt Weightloss
  4. Bruise easily
  5. long periods of diarrhea
  6. Trush
  7. Swelling/hardening of glands
  8. Coughing
  9. unexplained bleeding
  10. Skin rashes
  11. Numbness/Pain
  12. Frequent infections
  13. Weakness
  14. frequent fevers
  15. Skin discoloration
  16. SOB
  17. Confusion, personality change, or decreased mental abilities

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