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Scenario: A nurse working in the Emergency Room is attempting to start an IV on a...
Scenario: A nurse working in the Emergency Room is attempting to
start an IV on a very bloody trauma patient. The patient starts to
seize and the nurse looses her grip and sticks herself with the
bloody IV needle...
Describe the viral characteristics of HIV and discuss why the
virus eventually results in the disease AIDS. If the patient is in
the initial few weeks of their HIV infection, is it likely that the
test will show their true HIV status? Would the test need to be
repeated at a later date? If so, why?
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Life cycle and destruction of
CD4 cells:-
-HIV infects a white blood cell called the CD4 positive T cell,
which has a protein on its surface called CD4.
-The protein spikes of the virus bind to the CD4 protein, which
then allows HIV to bind to and enter the white blood cell.
-Because HIV requires the CD4 protein for infection, HIV is only
able to infect CD4 positive T cells.
-CD4 positive T cells are needed for the immune system to fight off
infections.
-As the virus attacks and destroys these CD4 positive T cells, the
body's immune system becomes weak.
2. In early stages of HIV:-
-After becoming HIV infected, it typically takes up to 3 months to
develop a positive antibody test result.
-During this "window period" (the time between when a person gets
HIV and when a test can accurately detect it) the HIV antibody test
is negative.
-A negative result doesn't necessarily mean that you don't have
HIV.
- If you get an HIV test within 3 months after a potential HIV
exposure and the result is negative, get tested again in 3 more
months to be sure.
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