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A pregnant female of age 38 years, her weight is 80 Kgand her height is 160 cm, was admitted to hospital due to unknownreason high temperature 38 ºC, she had symptoms like night sweat,general weakness, weight loss of unknown reason, also non- itchyspots on her neck. The physician advised her to admit hospital formore investigations as she is pregnant in the 3rdtrimester, after blood test, WBC count was 3500 /mm3 andHb was 9 g/dL, and she was told HIV-positive patient?

1-Would you recommend any other laboratory tests toprove she is HIV-positive patient? If yes, mention them with theirnormal values? (Please notice that your answer not toexceed 50 words, and list the reference you have used).

2-What are your dietary, exercise, and lifestylerecommendations for her as AIDS patient? (Please noticethat your answer not to exceed 1 word page, single spaced, and listthe reference you have used).

3-Do you advice her to take ART medication? If yes,Mention 2 medications used to treat AIDS? What are thesemedications originally used for ? What are the side effects ofusing these 2 medications you have mentioned, and what food- druginteraction may occur due to use these medications?(Please notice that your answer not to exceed 100 words for eachquestion part, and list the reference you have used).

4-After delivering her baby as AIDS patient, do youadvice her to breast-feed her baby? Explain?

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1 An HIV infection can be confirmed by western blot test or by ELISA test Western blot is done if the ELISA test is positive During western bot test we are separating the blood proteins and separate specoific protein that indicate the HIV infection ELISA or enzymelinked immunoassay is a commonly used laboratory test to detect antibodies The normal or absence of HIV infection is detected    See Answer
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