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AIDS prevention & treatment
The prevention and treatment of acquired immune deficiency syndrome or AIDS, which is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). The illness interferes with the immune system, making people with AIDS much more likely to get infections. HIV is transmitted through direct contact with HIV-infected body fluids, such as blood, semen, and genital secretions, or from an HIV-infected mother to her child during pregnancy, birth, or breastfeeding (through breast milk).
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AIDS prevention & treatment
adenopathy
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Enhver sygdom, der involverer hævede kirtler, især lymfeknuder.
patogenet
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Enhver sygdomsfremkaldende mikroorganisme, f.eks. en bakterie eller virus.
AIDS-definerende tilstand
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Enhver HIV-relaterede sygdom inkluderet i Centers for Disease Control og forebyggelse (CDC) liste over diagnostiske kriterier for AIDS. AIDS-definerende betingelser omfatter opportunistiske ...
lipoma
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Godartede (ikke kræft) klumper af fedt, der udvikler under huden. Lipomas kan udvikle som et resultat af lipodystrofi, som kan være forårsaget af visse antiretroviral (ARV) medicin.
cholangiopathy
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Galdegang sygdom. (Galdegangene er rør, der bærer galde fra galdeblæren til tyndtarmen, hvor galden bruges til at fordøje fedtstoffer.) Cholangiopathy kan forekomme som en komplikation af AIDS eller ...
røde blodlegemer
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Blodlegemer, som transporterer ilt til alle dele af kroppen. Røde blodlegemer har en høj koncentration af hæmoglobin, et protein, der binder sig til ilt fra lungerne og der giver blod dets røde ...
hæmaturi
Health care; AIDS prevention & treatment
Blod i urinen. Brug af visse antiretroviral (ARV) medicin kan forårsage hæmaturi.