HIV/AIDS Flashcards
How many AA men in DC are HIV +
~1/4
Cdc definition of AIDS
Less than 200 CD4 T cells
How many more times likely are males than females
4
What is the most common way to get AIDS
Male sex with males
Greatest area in us at risk for hiv/AIDS
South
Least area in us at risk for hiv/AIDS
Midwest
Greatest ethnicity at risk for hiv/AIDS
Aa>whites>Hispanic
Recommendation for getting tested
6 weeks after incident
3 months after that
6 months after thAt
3 common illness of someone with hiv/AIDS
Heart attack
Osteoporosis
Lipodystrophy
Precautions for hiv/AIDS patients
Policy manual
Spill kit
Most common group with AIDS
Young
Men
How many in us with hiv/AIDS
1 million
Area in us with big epidemic of hiv/AIDS
DC
How they test for hiv
Elisa then Western blot
Unexpected clinical concerns in hiv
Heart attack Osteoporosis Lipodystrophy Lipoatrophy Kaposi sarcoma
Opportunistic infection due to compromised immunity
Yeast infection, kaposi sarcoma, pneumonia