A client who is receiving highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) tells the nurse, "The doctor said that my viral load is reduced. What does this mean?" What is the nurse's best re-sponse?
a. "The HAART medications are working well right now."
b. "You are not as contagious as you were anymore."
c. "Your HIV infection is becoming resistant to your medications."
d. "You are developing an opportunistic in-fection."
A
The fact that the amount of virus is reduced means that the HAART regimen is working well to suppress viral replication. The risk of becoming infected by an HIV-positive person is always present. The reduced viral load is not related to an opportunistic infection or to resistance to me-dication.
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