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FlashCards por Rebecca Giddings, atualizado more than 1 year ago
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Criado por Rebecca Giddings
quase 9 anos atrás
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| Questão | Responda |
| What does HIV stand for? | Human Immunodeficiency Virus |
| What does AIDs stand for? | Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome |
| How long can it take to discover you're infected? | 5 - 15 years Symptoms take time to show |
| Can it be cured? | No, it is incurable |
| Can it be treated? | Yes - ARV Drugs (antiretroviral drugs) |
| What do ARV drugs do? | Slows down the virus by slowing down multiplication |
| What 5 fluids carry the virus? | - Blood - Pre-seminal fluids - Breastmilk - Vaginal fluids - Sperm |
| How do you contract HIV/AIDs? (5 Answers) | - Unsafe sex - Contaminated needles - Contact with contaminated blood - Childbirth (infects child) - Breast feeding |
| What are the symptoms of stage 1 HIV/AIDs? (4 answers) | - Continuous fever - Swollen glans - Asymptomatic (shows no signs) - Seropositive (positive test result) |
| What are the symptoms of stage 2 HIV/AIDs? (2 answers) | - Airway infections - Mouth, skin & genital lessions (open wounds) |
| What are the symptoms of stage 3 HIV/AIDs? (5 answers) | - Weight loss - Meningitis - Tuberculosis (TB) - Long term diarrhoea - Other serious infections |
| What are the symptoms of stage 4 HIV/AIDs? (3 answers) | - AIDs related dementia - Affects central nervous system - Motor loss (loss of movement) |
| What is the case study for HIV/AIDs? | Malawi, Sub-Saharan Africa |
| What's the population for Malawi? | 16.36 million (2013) |
| How many people are living with HIV in Malawi? | 1,000,000 (1 million) |
| How many deaths are due to AIDs in Malawi? | 48,000 |
| How many adults (aged 15+) are living with HIV? | 850,000 |
| How many of these are women? (aged 15+) | 500,000 |
| How many orphans (aged 0-17 years) are there due to AIDs? | 790,000 |
| Husbands abandon HIV+ partners - Why? (Malawi) | HIV+ people viewed as dirty/contaminated. Left to die/suffer due to this |
| More women (HIV+) turn to prostitution - Why? (Malawi) | Earn money to support themselves and/or families after being abandoned - Helps to spread virus |
| Husbands have other wives - Why? (Malawi) | Culture of communities. Males are dominant --> Manly for having multiple partners Women lack power/say (no voice) |
| Some sing songs such as 'virus woman' - Why? (Malawi) | HIV+ people stigmatized Illness isn't understood Those infected seen as dirty; generally rejected from community |
| HIV+ people who trade lose business if their state of health is discovered - Why? (Malawi) | Consumers worried about contracting HIV. People uneducated about virus |
| HIV+ people become isolated - Why? (Malawi) | Avoided in fear of contracting virus Negative stigma attached to illness & those it effects |
| What are the current problems with healthcare in Malawi? (4 answers) | - Lack of staff in hospitals - Resources are stretched - Location of hospitals - Over-crowded (strained - patients sit on floor) |
| How many doctors and nurses are there to staff one hospital in Malawi? | 1 doctor & 9 nurses |
| What are advantages of community based care? (3 answers) | - Look after those affected at home - Travel isn't an issue (until a hospital is required) - Bicycle ambulance (supplies help at home) |
| What are disadvantages of community based care? | - Travel an issue when a hospital is required - Travel for nurses can be a problem - Traditional healers cause a problem; 3/4's people believe in them |
| What are possible solutions to HIV/AIDs? (6 answers) | - Raising awareness - Finding a vaccine - Blood screening - Education - specially women - Free/available contraception - ARV (antiretroviral drugs) therapy |
| What are ARV drugs known as? | Combination therapy 3 drugs, 3 times a day (specific times) |
| What are the benefits of taking ARV drugs? (3 answers) | - Slows down the virus - Prevents contraction of TB & meningitis - 99% effective in not transferring HIV to a child when pregnant |
| How many of those infected with HIV take ARV drugs? (Malawi) | 1/2 (half) 500,000 out of 1,000,000 |
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