HIV causes AIDS by attacking immune cells called T-cells. HIV is transmitted through sexual contact, blood transfusions, needle sharing, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. AIDS is classified in stages from asymptomatic HIV infection to full blown AIDS with opportunistic infections. Diagnosis involves analyzing symptoms, exploring risk factors, physical exams looking for signs of infection, and laboratory tests like HIV antibodies and lymphocyte counts.
HIV causes AIDS by attacking immune cells called T-cells. HIV is transmitted through sexual contact, blood transfusions, needle sharing, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. AIDS is classified in stages from asymptomatic HIV infection to full blown AIDS with opportunistic infections. Diagnosis involves analyzing symptoms, exploring risk factors, physical exams looking for signs of infection, and laboratory tests like HIV antibodies and lymphocyte counts.
HIV causes AIDS by attacking immune cells called T-cells. HIV is transmitted through sexual contact, blood transfusions, needle sharing, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. AIDS is classified in stages from asymptomatic HIV infection to full blown AIDS with opportunistic infections. Diagnosis involves analyzing symptoms, exploring risk factors, physical exams looking for signs of infection, and laboratory tests like HIV antibodies and lymphocyte counts.
HIV causes AIDS by attacking immune cells called T-cells. HIV is transmitted through sexual contact, blood transfusions, needle sharing, and from mother to child during pregnancy, delivery, or breastfeeding. AIDS is classified in stages from asymptomatic HIV infection to full blown AIDS with opportunistic infections. Diagnosis involves analyzing symptoms, exploring risk factors, physical exams looking for signs of infection, and laboratory tests like HIV antibodies and lymphocyte counts.
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DEFINITION
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a
collection of symptoms and infections or syndromes that arise due to damage to the human immune system due to infection with the HIV virus. HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus). Including one retrovirus that specifically attacks white blood cells (T cells). Retroviruses are animal ARN viruses that have an ADN stage. The virus has an enzyme, the reverse transcriptase enzyme that converts a single ARN chain (as a template) into a double chain copy of ADN (cADN). Next, cADN joins the host ADN following the host ADN replication. When the ADN host experiences eplication, the ADN virus directly replicates. Ways of transmitting AIDS (Arif, 2000) include the following:
a. Sexual intercourse, with a risk of transmission of
0.1-1% per sexual relationship
b. Through blood, namely:
1) Blood transfusion containing HIV 2) Needle puncture containing HIV 3) Exposure to mucosa that contains HIV 4) Transmission from mother to child: a) During pregnancy b) At delivery, the risk of transmission is 50% c) Through breast milk (ASI) 14% CLASSIFICATION Stage I : HIV infection is asymptomatic and not categorized as AIDS
Stage II : includes manifestations of small mucous
membranes and recurrent inflammation of the upper respiratory tract
Stage III : includes chronic diarrhea that cannot be
explained for more than a month, severe bacterial infection, and tuberculosis.
Stage IV : includes brain toxoplasmosis, esophageal
candidiasis, trachea, bronchi or lungs, and Kaposi's sarcoma. All of these diseases are indicators of AIDS. DIAGNOSTIC
Diagnostic tests for AIDS sufferers (Arif Mansjoer, 2000) are:
1) Analyze the symptoms of opportunistic infections and cancer
associated with AIDS.
2) Explore risky behaviors that allow transmission.
3) Physical examination to look for signs of opportunistic
infections and related cancers. Don't forget glandular
changes, oral examination, skin, and funduscopy.
4) In investigations, total lymphocytes, HIV antibodies and X-ray
examinations are sought.
a. Oral lesions b. Neurologic c. Gastrointestinal d. Respiration e. Dermatologist f. Sensory High risk of infection associated with immunosuppression, malnutrition and risky lifestyle. High risk of infection (patient contact) associated with HIV infection, the presence of nonopportunicitic infections that can be transmitted. Activity intolerance is related to weakness, oxygen exchange, malnutrition, fatigue. Changes in nutrition less than the body's needs related to lack of intake, increased metabolic needs, and decreased absorption of nutrients. Diarrhea is associated with GI infection Ineffective family coping is related to anxiety about the condition of a loved one.