Illness Process and Some Characteristics of the Persons Living with HIV/AIDS

Abstract

HIV/AIDS is one of the most important health problems today. HIV/AIDS patients face with many problems as a result of the prejudices. These problems have adverse effects on the illness process. Some charac­teristics of the HIV/AIDS patients related to gender, sexual preference, place of residence, substance abuse, blood illness, mental problems, risk perception, HIV testing and its results, illness process, societal losses and death effect the problems and complicate the illness process.

Keywords

• HIV/AIDS,patient character¬istics,illness process

HASTALIK SÜRECİ ve HIV/AIDS’LE YAŞAYAN İNSANLARIN KİMİ ÖZELLİKLERİ

Abstract

HIV/AIDS hastalığı günümüzde en önemli sağlık sorunlarından birisidir. Hastalıkla ilgili çeşitli önyargılar nedeniyle hastalar çeşitli sorunlar yaşamaktadırlar. Bu sorunlar hastalık sürecini olumsuz yönde etkilemekte­dir. HIV/AIDS ‘li insanların cinsiyet, cinsel tercih, ikamet yeri, madde kullanımı, kan hastalıkları, ruh sağlığı sorunlarının yanı sıra risk algısı, HIV testi yaptırma, sonucun pozitif çıkması, hastalık süreci, toplumsal kayıplar ve ölüm nedeniyle yaşanan kayıplar gibi kimi özellikleri hastaların karşılaştıkları sorunları ve dolayısıyla hastalık sürecini da­ha karmaşık hale getirmektedir.

Keywords

• HIV/AIDS,hastaların özellikleri,hastalık süreci

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