A patient presents at the clinic complaining of fever and skin rash. The nurse reviews the patient's health history and notes that the patient is newly diagnosed with HIV. What would the nurse suspect is wrong with this patient?
A) Pneumocystis pneumonia
B) Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy
C) Wasting syndrome
D) Acute retroviral syndrome
Ans: D
Feedback: An estimated 40% to 90% of patients who are acutely infected with HIV experience symptoms of acute retroviral syndrome characterized by fever, lymphadenopathy, pharyngitis, skin rash, myalgias/arthralgias, and other conditions. Pneumocystis pneumonia is a common opportunistic lung infection caused by an organism, believed to be a fungus based on its structure. Progressive multifocal leukoencephalopathy is an opportunistic infection that infects brain tissue and causes damage to the brain and spinal cord. Wasting syndrome is an involuntary weight loss of 10% of baseline body weight with chronic diarrhea or chronic weakness and documented fever.
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