ABC of AIDS

Michael W. Adler0727915037, 9780727915030

This book stands as the standard single reference for all healthcare workers managing AIDS patients. This concise text discusses every aspect of the disease, from its epidemiology and all that is known of the aetiology, to diagnosis and recognition of the different manifestations of the disease. Special emphasis is placed on the care of patients both within and outside the hospital with chapters on counselling and the psycho-social aspects, palliative care and pain control, and two chapters by patients who are HIV positive which give insight into what it is like to be infected. The book is written and edited by internationally respected specialists.

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Table of contents :
Cover……Page 1
Contents……Page 6
Contributors……Page 7
Preface……Page 9
1. Development of the epidemic……Page 10
2. The virus and the tests……Page 15
3. Immunology of AIDS……Page 21
4 Natural history and management of early HIV infection……Page 26
5. Tumours in HIV……Page 32
6. AIDS and the lung……Page 39
7. Gastrointestinal and hepatic manifestations……Page 47
8. Neurological manifestations……Page 51
9. Treatment of infections and antiviral therapy……Page 55
10. HIV infection and AIDS in the developing world……Page 68
11. Injection drug use-related HIV infection……Page 74
12. HIV infection in children……Page 82
13. HIV counselling and the psychosocial management of patients with HIV or AIDS……Page 91
14. Palliative care and pain control in HIV and AIDS……Page 95
15. Control of infection policies……Page 104
16. Strategies for prevention……Page 108
17. Being HIV antibody positive……Page 115
18. Having AIDS……Page 117
Index……Page 120