Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome/drug therapy* ; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active ; HIV Infections/drug therapy* ; Humans

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; drug therapy ; Anti-Retroviral Agents ; therapeutic use ; HIV Infections ; drug therapy ; Humans

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; drug therapy ; prevention & control ; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active ; China ; Humans

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; drug therapy ; prevention & control ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; International Cooperation

Kaposi sarcoma (KS) has attracted much attention recently because of its high incidence among patients with acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Other groups with a high risk of developing KS are renal transplant recipients treated with immunosuppressive drugs and, to a lesser extent, patients with autoimmune diseases. We report the case of a patient who developed KS during corticosteroid therapy for idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura, which subsequently regressed with combination chemotherapy.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; Autoimmune Diseases ; Drug Therapy, Combination ; Humans ; Incidence ; Purpura, Thrombocytopenic, Idiopathic* ; Sarcoma, Kaposi* ; Transplantation

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; drug therapy ; immunology ; Antiretroviral Therapy, Highly Active ; Child ; China ; HIV Infections ; drug therapy ; immunology ; Humans ; Male ; Research

OBJECTIVETo investigate the optimal perioperative management of HIV infection/AIDS in surgical patients in the department of gynecology and obstetrics.

METHODSFifty-seven surgical patients with HIV infection or AIDS were studies. Before the operations, the patients were treated with highly active anti-retroviral therapy (HAART), and the surgical approach was determined according to the level of CD4(+) T lymphocytes. The operations were performed strictly following the standard procedures with careful operation to reduce surgical injuries. Routine antibiotics were administered to prevent postoperative infections. The white blood cell count, hemoglobin and CD4(+) T lymphocytes recorded pre- and postoperatively were analyzed for evaluation of the perioperative management and therapeutic effects.

RESULTSWith these perioperative managements, the white blood cells and CD4(+) T lymphocytes showed no significant changes after the operation (P>0.05) and no wound infections or opportunistic infections were found in these cases.

CONCLUSIONSAppropriate perioperative management can ensure surgical success in patients with HIV infection or AIDS in the department of gynecology and obstetrics.

Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; drug therapy ; Adult ; Female ; HIV Infections ; drug therapy ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Perioperative Care ; Pregnancy

This study explored a novel systemic community-based model for detecting and managing people living with HIV/AIDS (PLWHA). Both quantitative and qualitative research methods were used in this study. A quantitative questionnaire investigation was conducted in a sample of 1192 subjects which were randomly selected from two areas with high HIV prevalence, Xiangfan City and Shiyan City of Hubei Province, China. Twenty-two medical and health service staffs were interviewed by semi-structured questionnaire focusing on awareness, status, problems, and suggestions about community-based Voluntary Counseling and Testing and Provider Initiated Testing and Counseling (VCT/PITC). And they were organized to discuss about the aforementioned issues in Xiangfan City and Shiyan City, respectively. Our results showed that the accessibility and availability of the general VCT/PITC were bad. About 28.3% had known and only 4.9% had made use of VCT/PITC. Developing community-based VCT/PITC had some special advantages that can overcome some existing problems to remedy the aforementioned defects. We are led to conclude that, to maximize the availability and uptake rate of the VCT/PITC, we plan to detect PLWHA by developing the community-based VCT/PITC through 4 paths. Then we establish the community HIV health care center constituted of 8 sectors to provide an overall management. Thus, we can effectively detect and manage the PLWHA with a new systemic community-based model.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; China ; Community Health Services ; HIV Infections ; diagnosis ; drug therapy ; Health Knowledge, Attitudes, Practice ; Humans

Kaposi's sarcoma, non-hodgkin's lymphoma and invasive cervical was named AIDS-related cancer. This article introduces the appeal tumor research progress of modern medicine, and raises that antivirus, immune reconstitution and antitumor are the key factors in the treatment of AIDS-related cancer. Traditional Chinese medicine may play a role in the following aspect: relieve antiviral drug adverse reaction, have some antiviral effect,adjust the immune function,enhance efficacy and decrease toxicity of radiotherapy. According to the patients' immune function and the treatment phase, etc. It will contribute to improve the patients'lives and prolong the survival period to establish reasonable and comprehensive treatment strategies and to combine holistic therapy with individual therapy.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; complications ; Antineoplastic Agents ; adverse effects ; Humans ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional ; methods ; Neoplasms ; complications ; drug therapy ; immunology ; therapy

The current situation of Chinese medicine and Western medicine treatment of acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) has made the integrative medicine treatment of AIDS an important treatment strategy. Integrative medicine treatment of AIDS has made certain achievements in clinical research, basic research, and other aspects. It has good mass foundation and curative efficacy, as well as insufficiency. I hope integrative medicine can be brought into full play in the treatment of AIDS and make breakthrough progress.
Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome ; drug therapy ; therapy ; Drugs, Chinese Herbal ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Integrative Medicine ; Medicine, Chinese Traditional