An HIV-positive patient is diagnosed with Kaposi sarcoma (KS). The patient asks why highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) is being prescribed for him. Which response by the nurse is most accurate?
a. HAART will help stop the progression of your skin lesions.
b. HAART will prevent you from getting AIDS.
c. HAART will treat any current opportunis-tic infections you have.
d. HAART will eliminate your HIV.
A
KS is a common malignancy in HIV-positive patients and appears as discolored areas on the skin, but can also form inside of the mouth, lungs, and intestines. HAART can stop the progression of skin lesions in some patients and may even eliminate the lesions. HAART can slow the progres-sion of HIV, but cannot eliminate the HIV infection or the possibility of progression into AIDS. Antibiotics are used to treat infections.
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