1:52 1 a bconline.broward.edu Clinical Case (Blood-Immune System) A 24-year-old

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1:52 1 a bconline.broward.edu Clinical Case (Blood-Immune System) A 24-year-old male presents to your office with a 2-month history of a dry, non-productive cough that has been associated with significant shortness of breath. He has felt tired and has had intermittent fever for the past 6 weeks. On examination, he looks pale. He has significant cervical, axillary, and inguinal lymphadenopathy. No other abnormalities are found. He states that he is bisexual. He has a wife and one child but also has two other male partners His chest x-ray shows a significant bilateral infiltrate. He is HIV serology positive. 1. The most likely diagnosis cause of this patient's cough and x-rays findings is: 2 The most common malignancy associated with this patient's condition (HIV) is: Name one risk factor for this patient's condition. 4 Briefly discuss new trends in HIV/AIDS treatment (minimum 2) s Cite two references for each answer: (MLA format) Not older than 2015 b. Personal references cannot be used. c You canno t use your text book as reference. Submissions with more than 35% similarities with original sources will not be graded.

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1. patient with HIv has several reasons for dry cough but most probably it is because of tuberculosis and lesions in throat or lungs due to kaposis sarcoma

2. He may be suffered from lung cancer. because HIV patients have greater tendency for lung cancer than normal.

3. Bisexuality is one of the main risk factor for HIV

4.new retroviral therapy is main treatment for HIV and there is new therapy which states only one pill is sufficient for one week.It is in form of ingestible capsule which slowly release 1 week worth pf antiretroviral drugs.

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