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management of patents withHIV, Cancer, Anemia{LATEST2021\future care}GRADED A+

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Management of Patients With HIV Infection and AIDS Transmission of HIV o Transmitted by body fluids containing HIV or infected CD4 lymphocytes ▪ Blood, seminal fluid, vaginal secretions, amniotic... fluid, and breast milk ▪ Most prenatal infections occur during delivery o Casual contact does not cause transmission o Breaks in skin or mucosa increase risk High-Risk Behaviors ▪ Sharing infected injection equipment ▪ Having sexual relations with infected individuals Prevention ▪ Standard precautions ▪ Safer sex practices and safer behaviors -Abstain from sharing sexual fluids -Reduce the number of sexual partners to one -Always use latex condoms; if allergic to latex, use non-latex condoms ▪ Do not share drug injection equipment ▪ Blood screening and treatment of blood products HIV Life Cycle ▪ Attachment ▪ Uncoating ▪ DNA synthesis ▪ Integration ▪ Transcription ▪ Translation ▪ Cleavage ▪ Budding Stages of HIV Disease • Primary infection • HIV asymptomatic • HIV symptomatic • AIDS Primary Infection • AKA acute HIV infection/acute HIV syndrome • Part of CDC category A • Symptoms: none to flu-like syndrome • Window period: lack of HIV antibodies • Period of rapid viral replication and dis [Show More]

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