The Guide to Living with HIV Infection: Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

by Dr . John G . Bartlett M D (Author), Ms . Ann K . Finkbeiner (Author)

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  Paperback
  1993

  $12.58

  The Guide to Living with HIV Infection is first and foremost a coping book - medically reliable, comprehensive, and marvelously human. It is for all people affected by the diagnosis of HIV infection; for patients and caregivers, for families and friends. The book is about how to live with HIV infection , the authors write, that is, how to live as long and full and satisfying a life as possible . In this thoroughly revised and updated edition, John G. Bartlett, Ann Finkbeiner offer straightforward advice to help people deal with the medical and emotional problems HIV infection presents: what to do when first diagnosed; how to prevent transmission; the physical and emotional effects of HIV infection; HIV-associated dementia; options for medical care; financial and legal concerns; what to do when feeling sick; and when feeling well. New to this edition are detailed discussions of the effectiveness, availability, and side effects of new drugs; HIV and women; recent data on CD4 cell counts; updated information on the traris,missian of HIV; revised definitions of the stages of infection; the new form of tuberculosis; and the facts about opportunistic infections.