Hva skjer når du får aids?
Aids-diagnosen stilles ikke ved hjelp av prøver. Den stilles når du begynner å få infeksjoner eller visse typer kreftsykdom som normalt ikke rammer mennesker med velfungerende immunsystem.

Sist oppdatert:
10. jan. 2023
Hvordan stilles diagnosen?
Aids-diagnosen stilles når en pasient med kjent hiv-smitte begynner å få infeksjoner eller visse typer kreftsykdom som ikke rammer friske mennesker. Dette kalles opportunistiske infeksjoner. Et eksempel på en slik tilstand er Pneumocystitis jiroveci lungebetennelse. Dette er en vanlig infeksjon blant pasienter som har utviklet aids/har nedsatt immunforsvar, ikke i befolkningen for øvrig. Sykdommen kan gi tungpusthet, feber og tørrhoste.
Disse infeksjonene utvikles fordi immunsystemet er så ødelagt av hiv-infeksjonen at det ikke lenger kan beskytte mot enkelte sykdomsframkallende bakterier, virus eller sopp. Dette skjer vanligvis når CD4-tallet (antall T-lymfocytter) faller under 250. Friske mennesker uten hiv har CD4-tall på 800-1200.
Animasjon av aids
Vil du vite mer
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- Hiv-infeksjon i svangerskapet
- Forekomst av hiv-infeksjon
- Diagnostikk av hiv-infeksjon
- Hva skjer når hiv-diagnosen stilles?
- Når testen er positiv
- Lover og rettigheter
- Behandling av hiv-infeksjon
- Opportunistiske infeksjoner og kreftsykdommer
- Lungebetennelse med Pneumocystis carinii
- HivNorge
Dette dokumentet er basert på det profesjonelle dokumentet Hiv-infeksjon og aids . Referanselisten for dette dokumentet vises nedenfor
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