Mrs. Roberts, who suffers from AIDS, has been given an ordinarily illegal drug at the university hospital. Considering her specific medical condition, it is likely that she has received marijuana.
Describe AIDS.
- AIDS stands for Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome.
- Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV).
- By damaging the immune system, HIV interferes with the body's ability to fight infection and disease.
- It spreads by blood products (unclean needles or unscreened blood),by having unprotected sex, by mother to baby by pregnancy, labor, or nursing.
- Symptoms occurs in two phases:
Early: Flu-like illness
Later: Large lymph nodes, fever, weight loss
- This is a non-treatable condition. So in such types of diseases prevention is better.
- Prevention includes Safe sex, needle exchange, male circumcision, pre-exposure prophylaxis, post-exposure prophylaxis.
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