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HAART and The Treatment of HIV/AIDS

    The availability of HAART since 1996 has had a dramatic effect on the face of HIV AIDS. HAART is a customized combination of different classes of medications that a physician prescribes based on such factors as the patient’s viral load, CD4+ lymphocyte count, and clinical symptoms. CD4+ lymphocytes are white blood cells that [...]

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Entering HIV Treatment

Each HIV infected patient who is entering into care should have a full medical history, physical, lab evaluation and counseling. This is to confirm the presenence of HIV, get historical and laboratory data, discuss treatment of HIV with patient, and initiate care as suggested by HIV primary care guidelines. Baseline data then is utilized to [...]

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