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The nurs e in the c ollege clinic prov ides
Austin, a 19 y ear-old c ollege student, with
inf ormation at the health f air
about HIV prev ention and treatm ent af ter he
shares his concern about "catching AIDS".
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th e nurse educates
Austin on the
Sources of
Modes o f
Transmiss ion
In fectio n
Clin ical
Man ifestatio n s
HIV is p rog res siv e
Acute p h ase
1-3 weeks after
initial infection
P reven tio n
Strateg ies
In flu en za-like s ymp to ms
develop: fever
so re th roat
head ache
malaise
n ausea
P hases of HIV
th e best preventio n
is
Educatio n
safe life sty le
in clu de
red u cin g risk
Early Chro n ic
CD4 T cell cou n t > 50 0 mm3 .
Generally asympto matic, may have
lo w grade fev er, nig ht s weats,
h eadache, fatig ue.
ch ro nic p h ase
divid ed into
EARLY
n ormal CD 4 T cell count
8 00 -1 20 0 mm3
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