HIV/AIDS

• What type of infection in HIV and what does it do?


  HIV is a viral infection that destroys the patient's immunity
• What does the low immunity in a patient cause?


  The low immunity makes the patient prone to a variety of other infections
• Transmission of HIV/aids


  Person to person

  • Sexual activity
  • Mother to child
  • blood borne
• Diagnosis for HIV/aids

  Fingerprick blood test
• HIV related diseases because of lowered immunity include:

  TB, Pneumonia, gastro and many others
• Treatment of HIV/AIDS

  • Potential side effects (detection + management)
  • Treatment is for life (compliance issue= HIV is prone to mutation so resistance to med is common)
• HIV/aids

  Basically STD with Stigma + confidentiality issues
• New infections per day in SA, despite prevention programmes

  1000/day = huge effect on H/C systems