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14 Cards in this Set
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Who is at risk for HIV? |
Heterosexuals with more than one sex partner |
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Inability to clot blood |
Hemophiliacs |
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What are the 4 ways HIV can be transmitted? |
Blood Serum Vaginal fluids breast milk |
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HIV antibodies may also be present in what fluids? |
saliva sweat tears urine |
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HIV targets the body's... |
immune system |
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HIV inhibits a person's body from producing |
adequate immune defenses |
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HIV can develop into what over time? |
AIDs |
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What is the final stage of HIV? |
AIDS |
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a disease that prevents the body's ability to fight off infection and illness |
AIDs |
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What does AIDs stand for? |
Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome |
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HIV virus destroys what cells? |
T helper cells and T4 |
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What do T helper cells do? |
protect against infection |
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what affects the whole body? fever, night sweats, fatigue, malaise, diarrhea? |
constitutional disease |
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infection from an organism that usually does not cause infection unless immuno-compromised |
Opportunistic infections. |
