PCS 181 Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Harm Reduction, Sodium Bicarbonate, Minority Stress
22 Apr 2018
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Week 8 is written on a piece of paper. No treatment but can be manageable: self adherence and viral load can be reduced and live as long as someone without it, chronic medication schedule, compromises your money, and quality of life. Hpv: there"s a vaccination for this, controversy surrounding this one. Hep c: can be potentially curable, different transportation route. We see a rise in sti incidence in canada: we have people coming to canada with hiv, msm is 49. 3, msm idu 3. 2. Abor represents on 4 percent of canada pop: but 10% of them have hiv. Hsm small percent in canada but high rate: something beyond bio that create a perfect opportunity to spread. We need certain levels of fat for healthy function of the immune system but these drugs and reduce it. One big problem is the adherence of strict drug intake: 90% of adherence to prescription and regimen is difficult, cannot miss each dose.
