The young man at the HIV clinic tells the nurse how relieved he is that he doesn't have HIV, because he now has no symptoms at all when just a few weeks ago he felt awful. The nurse's most helpful response would be:
1. "Flu-like symptoms frequently are misdiagnosed as HIV."
2. "In the latent stage the physical symptoms are reduced, but the HIV is still pre-sent in the lymph nodes."
3. "A high antibody count can overwhelm HIV infection in the early stage."
4. "Antiretroviral drugs are very effective in the first stage in reducing symptoms."
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In the latent stage, the symptoms are reduced as the virus enters the lymph nodes.
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