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Question | Answer |
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What is a normal CD4 count? | 800-1200 cells /mm |
What are lymphocytes used for? | ability to fight off infection |
What does the HIV virus do? | It knocks down CD4 count, which enables the body to fight off normal infections |
A CD4 count lower than 200 = | death...opportunistic disease |
Prevention of maternal infan transmission | Maternal compliance of ART(antiretroviral rx), AZT durign labor & AZT to infant for 6 wks |
HIV CD4 count during asymptomatic stage | greater than 500 |
HIV CD4 count during compromised immune system | less than 350 |
Advanced HIV/AIDS CD4 count | less than 200 |
Viral load - | measurement of HIV/RNA per ml of blood, predicts disease progression,a rise means viral replication & a decrease means EFFECTIVE antiretroviral rx regime |
What is the most common opportunstic infection (protozoal infection) | pneumocystis carinii (parasitic lung infection) |
name a malignancies & wasting syndrome | Kaposi's Sarcoma painful lesions (bone cancer) |