Utilizing the World Health Organization (WHO) framework of clinical categories for persons with acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) over 15 years of age,
a visitor to the United States goes to a city clinic complaining of diarrhea, weight loss of 20 lb, and feeling like he is running a temperature. These manifestations have been occurring for the past 5 weeks. The nurse would identify this patient to be in which clinical stage?
A)
Stage 1
B)
Stage 2
C)
Stage 3
D)
Stage 4
Ans:
C
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Clinical stage 3 includes unexplained chronic diarrhea for greater than 1 month, persistent oral candidiasis, oral hairy leukoplakia, TB, neutropenia, anemia, and thrombocytopenia.
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