Explain options to improve oral intake for cancer and HIV/AIDS patients.
They should drink more fluids even if they have sore throat or any other problem.Tell them to have juice,soups,milk,ice cream etc.to enhance the fuid intake.if patient have difficulty to chew food ,they can use blender to mix vegetables or make it in the form of paste.so that they can have it easily.
Explain options to improve oral intake for cancer and HIV/AIDS patients.
2. Explain options to improve oral intake for cancer and HIV/AIDS patients.
1. Compare and contrast the types and levels of proteins necessary for renal patients with nephrotic syndrome, acute kidney disease, and chronic kidney disease. 2. Explain options to improve oral intake for cancer and HIV/AIDS patients.
How do you think the general public should change the way they treat HIV/AIDS patients, cancer patients, alcoholics, and those with mental illness? Have you seen examples of how these patients are treated?
Drug Treatments for HIV/AIDS While HIV/AIDS is still currently incurable, the prognosis for patients with this infectious disease has improved due to advancements in drug treatments. Consider the case of Kristy Aney. Kristy was diagnosed with HIV in 1992 and was told she would survive, at most, 10 more years. Despite unfavorable odds, Kristy is still alive 20 years later. Since her diagnosis, she has witnessed tremendous improvements in HIV/AIDS treatments which have helped patients live longer with fewer side...
Consider a group of 10,000 50 year-old patients with HIV. HIV can lead to AIDS and death. Each year, patients with HIV have a 90% chance of staying in that state, a 7% chance of contracting AIDS, and a 3% chance of dying. Furthermore, patients diagnosed with AIDS have a 60% chance of staying in the AIDS state and a 40% chance of dying each year. Death is thus an "absorbing state", which once entered, cannot be left. The expected...
HIV/AIDS patients are regularly monitored for their CD4 counts in order to make sure the antiretroviral therapies are effective. Suppose the distribution of CD4 counts in a population is approximately normal with mean = 237 and standard deviation = 43. If HIV patients are defined as progressing to AIDS after their CD4 counts are less than 200, what proportion of this population is considered to be suffering from AIDS?
Caring for Patients with Aids/HIV The AIDS patient population is especially subject to prejudice and caring for them can bring fear to caregivers with little knowledge of the disease process. Have you encountered this in practice, and if so, how did you handle it?
HIV/AIDS is still a major problem in the Usa Explain why or why not Do you think HIV/Aids is still a stigmaized diseases
Why do you think patients with HIV are more prone to certain types of cancer?
2 questions 29. While HIV does not directly cause cancer, there is an increased risk for the development of various cancers when an HIV-infected individual develops AIDS. Which of the following constitutes an AIDS-defining cancer in an HIV positive person? (A) Pneumocystis pneumonia (B) Cervical cancer (C) Kaposi's sarcoma (D) Breast cancer 30. HIV specifically attacks and kills helper T cells. This drastically weakens the immune system because helper T cells (A) produce antibodies (B) turn off the immune response...