Did You Say, AIDS? - HOW AND WHY EXACTLY DO AIDS PATIENTS DIE

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Did You Say, AIDS?
By Dr. Vivek Jain

HOW AND WHY EXACTLY DO AIDS PATIENTS DIE

Depending on how severe the infection at exposure is, patients usually develop symptoms at around 7 years after the entry of the virus.

Symptoms can be in the form of any single or multiple system involvement. Infection occurs which either does not respond to routine treatment because of resistant strains or, if it responds, it does so after a long time only to recur. Such repeated infections debilitate the body leading to death. The drugs too, often produce rare reactions in AIDS patients not commonly seen otherwise. Some of the commonly encountered symptoms in HIV positive patients would be as follows.

RESPIRATORY GASTROINTESTINAL NERVOUS SKIN

Cough Persistent diarrhoea (by common and rare pathogens) Headache Xerosis (Dry Skin)

Breathlessness Difficulty in swallowing or eating Altered Personality Purpuric Spots

Rapid Breathing Perianal discomfort Lethargy Hair loss/ Greying of hair

Blood stained cough Dementia

Effusions in Lung cavity Convulsions Bacterial Viral infections
Fungal

Meningitis

Visual Impairment

[It is the causative organisms of these common symptoms, which are important in HIV positive].

There are a few conditions, which were extremely rare till now, the occurrence of which almost confirms AIDS and are called markers.
A few of these could be
a)     Recurrent/ widespread Herpes Zoster
b)     Oesophageal Candidiasis
c)      Kaposis Sarcoma in a young person
d)     Oral Hairy Leucoplakia

PART 5 - How to Proceed When You Suspect Infection

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