NCLEX Review & Nursing School

AIDS

– Acquired Immune Defficiency Syndrome
– a disorder caused by the HIV virus

MEDICAL MANAGEMENT:

– Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy (HAART): a combination of antiretroviral drugs.

ASSESSMENT:

• weakness
• fatigue
• anorexia
• weight loss
• diarrhea

NEUROLOGICAL DYSFUNCTIONS

• progressive dementia
• encephalopathy
• encephalitis
• meningitis

PRESENCE OF OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTION:

• Pneumocystis carinii pneumonia
• Herpex simplex
• cytomegalovirus
• Epstein- barr virus