The nurse is caring for an older patient recently diagnosed with HIV. What best describes the delay in diagnosis?
1. Older patients have an increased immunity to fight the infection.
2. Older patients' symptoms are less severe than younger patients with HIV/AIDS.
3. Older patients often have symptoms that may be attributed to other conditions associated with age.
4. Older patients are more likely to have contracted the disease from contaminated blood or blood products.
3. Older patients often have symptoms that may be attributed to other conditions associated with age.
Explanation: 1. The older patient does not have improved immunity to fight the infection. The diagnosis is often made later because the manifestations can be confused with other problems associated with weight and memory loss.
2. Older patients are more ill and have higher death rates than younger patients who have HIV/AIDS.
3. Since many symptoms of AIDS mimic those of normal aging, such as memory loss, fatigue, and weight loss, physicians can miss a diagnosis of HIV infection.
4. Today, HIV/AIDS infection is likely to be the result of unprotected sex with an infected person or intravenous illicit drug use because the blood and blood products are tested for HIV.
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