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AIDS
MATHEW VARGHESE V
MSN(RAK),FHNP (CMC Vellore),CPEPC
Nursing officer
AIIMS Delhi
INTRODUCTION
HIV continues to be a major global public health
issue, having claimed more than 32 million lives so
far.
However, with increasing access to effective HIV
prevention, diagnosis, treatment and care, including
for opportunistic infections, HIV infection has
become a manageable chronic health condition,
enabling people living with HIV to lead long and
healthy lives.
There were approximately 37.9 million people
living with HIV at the end of 2018.
HIV AND AIDS IN INDIA
BASIC FACTS ABOUT HIV
Advanced 200−349/mm3
immunosuppression
Severe immunosuppression <200/mm3
IMPLICATIONS FOR CLINICAL AND IMMUNOLOGICAL
CRITERIA FOR INITIATING ART IN ADULTS AND
ADOLESCENTS
Clinical ART
stage
4 Treat.
1 or 2 Only if CD4<200/mm3
OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS COMMON TO
HIV/AIDS
CANCERS COMMON TO HIV/AIDS
Kaposi's sarcoma.
A tumor of the blood Lymphoma.
vessel walls, this cancer is This cancer starts in the
rare in people not infected white blood cells. The
with HIV, but common in most common early sign is
HIV-positive people. It painless swelling of the
usually appears as pink, lymph nodes in your neck,
red or purple lesions on armpit or groin.
the skin and mouth.
COMPLICATIONS
Wasting syndrome
Neurological
complications
Kidney disease.
DIAGNOSIS OF HIV INFECTION
Tuberculosis Hepatitis
Sexually
Toxoplasmosis transmitted
infections
Patients
Factor 1
Factor 2
and of disease
readiness
to begin Other
Factor 3
therapy health
problems
WHEN IS ART GIVEN?
AIDS MEDICATIONS
Fusion Inhibitors
Fusion inhibitors are a new class of drugs that act
against HIV by preventing the virus from fusing with
the inside of a cell, preventing it from replicating.
The group of drugs includes Enfuvirtide, also
known as Fuzeon or T-20.
Non-Nucleoside Reverse Transcriptase Inhibitors
(NNRTI)