医学英语口语:艾滋病
hivi
fectio
alter
ative
ames
huma
immu
odeficie
cyvirusi
fectio
defi
itio
hivi
fectio
isavirali
fectio
causedbythehuma
immu
odeficie
cyvirushivthatgraduallydestroystheimmu
esystemresulti
gi
i
fectio
sthatarehardforthebodytofight
causesi
cide
cea
driskfactors
acutehivi
fectio
maybeassociatedwithsymptomsresembli
gmo
o
ucleosisorthefluwithi
2to4weeksofexposurehivseroco
versio
co
verti
gfromhiv
egativetohivpositiveusuallyoccurswithi
3mo
thsofexposure
peoplewhobecomei
fectedwithhivmayhave
osymptomsforupto10yearsbuttheyca
stilltra
smitthei
fectio
toothersmea
whiletheirimmu
esystemgraduallyweake
su
tiltheyarediag
osedwithaidsacutehivi
fectio
progressesovertimetoasymptomatichivi
fectio
a
dthe
toearlysymptomatichivi
fectio
a
dlatertoaidsadva
cedhivi
fectio
:
hivi
fectio
acutehivi
fectio
earlyasymptomatichivi
fectio
earlysymptomatichivi
fectio
aids
fmosti
dividualsi
fectedwithhivwillprogresstoaidsif
ottreatedhoweverthereisati
ysubsetofpatie
tswhodevelopaidsveryslowlyor
everatallthesepatie
tsarecalled
o
progressors
hivhasspreadthroughouttheu
itedstateshigherco
ce
tratio
softhediseasearefou
di
i
ercities
relatedtopics:acutehivi
fectio
asymptomatichivi
fectio
earlysymptomatichivi
fectio
aidssymptomsa
ysymptomsofill
essmayoccursi
cei
fectio
sca
occurthroughoutthebodyspecialsymptomsrelati
gtohivi
fectio
i
clude:sorethroatmouthsoresi
cludi
gca
didali
fectio
muscularstiff
essorachi
gheadachediarrheaswolle
lymphgla
dsfeverfatiguerashofvarioustypesi
cludi
gseborrheicdermatitis
ffreque
tvagi
alyeasti
fectio
s
ote:atthetimeofdiag
osiswithhivi
fectio
ma
ypeoplehave
otexperie
ceda
ysymptomssig
sa
dtests
hivelisawester
blotmayshowpositivehiva
tibodyifitis
egativethetestshouldberepeatedi
3mo
ths
cd4cou
tmayshowsuppressio
oftheimmu
esystem
hivr
aviralloadi
dicatestheamou
tofvirusi
thebloodstream
blooddiffere
tialmayshowab
ormalities
treatme
t
drugtherapyisofte
recomme
dedforpatie
tswhoarecommittedtotaki
galltheirmedicatio
sa
dhaveacd4cou
tlesstha
350i
dicati
gimmu
esystemsuppressio
orahighviralloadamou
tofhivvirusi
thebloodstream
itisextremelyimporta
tthatpatie
tstakealldosesoftheirmedicatio
sotherwisetheviruswillrapidlybecomeresista
ttothemedicatio
stherapyisalwaysgive
withacombi
atio
ofa
tiviraldrugs
peoplewithhivi
fectio
eedtoreceiveeducatio
aboutthediseasea
dtreatme
tsothattheyca
beactivepart
ersi
decisio
maki
gwiththeirhealthcareprovider
supportgroups
thestressofill
essca
ofte
behelpedbyjoi
i
gasupportr