Hiv/aids

Question 0

Treatment for aids

Answer 0

Haart, highly active antiretroviral therapy, combo of 3 synergistic drugs from 2 different class
Vaccine can also be use to prevent opportunistic infection

Question 1

What the clinical symptoms that indicate potential HIV infection and progression to aids?

Answer 1

Serological negative-no detectable antibodies
Serological positive-no sx
Early stages - sx of influenza headache. Fever fatigue. Sx can disappear and start proliferating in the lymph nodes
Aids-positive for antibodies with various clinical symptoms,a diagnose may also be made by decrease cd4 less than 200/mm3. Avrge time for aids to develope is 10 years