Introduction
  Evaluation
  Short of breath
  Too tired
  The dwindles
  Weight loss
  Healing
  Chemotherapy
  Mom to be
  Very sociable
 
   Thanks To
   Quiz
 
 
 
 Mark W. Braun, MD
 braunm@indiana.edu

 
   Nutrition and Diagnosis-Related Care

 

 
 

Unquestionably, Mr. Abrahms has overt AIDS.
  • Low CD4 count
  • Viral load
  • Infections
  • Wasting

Click for the stages of HIV disease.

He'll be started on

  • A triple drug anti-HIV regimen
  • Therapy for his pneumocystis
  • Treatment for his candidiasis

He needs a thorough physical exam looking for signs of other AIDS related conditions:

He needs HIV therapy, treatment for his thrush and a nutrition consultation.

 
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