Shortly after being diagnosed with HIV, a client has begun highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART). The client asks, "My doctor tells me that my viral load is going down. What does that mean?" The nurse's best response is:
A) "This means that you are in the long-term nonprogressors stage of HIV."
B) "Your HAART medications are working to slow the progression of the disease."
C) "Your medications are going to decrease your ability to transmit the virus to your sexual partners."
D) "You are developing drug resistance and may need to have your medications adjusted."
Ans: B
Feedback:
Antiviral therapies such as HAART are prescribed to slow the progression of AIDS and improve the overall quality of life and survival time of persons with HIV infection. Extension, not limitation, of the latent period is a goal. Minimizing transmission and preventing seroconversion are not normally achievable goals through drug therapy alone. The final 5% to 15% are long-term nonprogressors, who remain asymptomatic for 10 years or more after seroconversion, with stable CD4+ T-cell counts and low plasma HIV RNA levels.
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