SAR HS 325 Lecture 10: HIV and Aids
6 Feb 2019
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Key terms: in case you need them in the slides, not tested. Latency period: time before you get the clinical disease. Hiv has a long latency period (5-10 years) Flu like: fever, chills, muscle aches, sore throat, fatigue, rash etc. ) Swollen lymph nodes are important because these are not usual. Diarrhea, mouth sores, anal sores, genital sores, memory loss, depression etc. People w/o hiv = 500-1500 cells per cubic mm of blood. Cd4 decreases over time esp. if you have hiv and are not receiving treatment (art) Levels below 200-> patients are susceptible to wide variety of opportunistic infections. 1st dip for people just infected by hiv. As your body fights, it boosts itself up so overcomes the dip. After a year or so your cd4 count begins to dip again. If you take drugs you can get this back up then you can live as long as it takes. Possible through contact with certain bodily fluids (not everything)
