HIV 2

Question 1

What are the characteristics of Stage 1 of HIV infection?

Answer 1

Acute retroviral infection with symptoms such as fever, arthralgia, malaise, lymphadenopathy, headache, and sore throat. It can last up to 18 months from infection.

Question 2

What are the characteristics of Stage 2 of HIV infection?

Answer 2

Weight loss less than 10%, rashes, herpes zoster within 5 years, recurrent UTI, and normal activity performance scale.

Question 5

What are the characteristics of Stage 3 of HIV infection?

Answer 5

• Weight loss greater than 10%,
• Chronic candidiasis and herpes zoster,
• Vulvovaginal candidiasis for more than 1 month,
• PTB, severe bacterial infections,
• Generalized lymphadenopathy,
• Malaise, muscle pain, and bed-ridden performance scale less than 50%.

Question 6

What are the characteristics of Stage 4 (AIDS) of HIV infection?

Answer 6

• HIV wasting syndrome,
• PCP,
• Toxoplasmosis of the brain,
• Cryptococcal meningitis,
• Herpes simplex zoster,
• Lymphoid intestinal pneumonitis,
• Neurological signs,
• Candidiasis, and tumors such as Kaposi’s sarcoma.

Question 7

What are antiretroviral drugs (ARV) meant to do?

Answer 7

Prevent the multiplication of the virus in the body and inhibit protein synthesis by the virus.

Question 8

What are some side effects of ARV therapy?

Answer 8

Pancreatitis, hypersensitivity type 1, liver cirrhosis, hepatic jaundice, kidney problems, and thyrotoxicosis.

Question 8

What is the eligibility for ARV therapy?

Answer 8

Being sero-positive, understanding ARV therapy implications, being in groups 3 or 4, having a CD4 count less than 200, or being in stage 3 or 4 regardless of the CD4 count.