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Tratamientos para SIDA by Debra Wood, RN

El tratamiento tiene el objetivo de reducir la cantidad del virus en el cuerpo y mantener al sistema inmune lo más saludable posible para prevenir infecciones y cánceres. El tratamiento para VIH podría involucrar lo siguiente:

Medicamentos | Cambios en el estilo de vida | Otros tratamientos | Terapias alternativas y complementarias

Algunas veces, se combinan tratamientos quirúrgicos con terapia médica para el tratamiento de varias infecciones oportunistas y cánceres asociados con el SIDA.

Referencias:

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Disponible en: http://www.cdc.gov .
Conn's Current Therapy 2001 . 53rd edition. WB Saunders Company; 2001.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases website. Disponible en: http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/ .
Textbook of Primary Care Medicine . 3rd edition. Mosby, Inc.; 2001.

Last reviewed diciembre 2011 by Rosalyn Carson-DeWitt, MD

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Tratamientos para SIDA by Debra Wood, RN

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