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A nurse is caring for a client who has HIV infection dementia and has progressed to AIDS. Which of the following findings should the nurse expect?
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Night sweats
Rationale:
🟦 Clients with AIDS commonly experience night sweats due to chronic infection and immune system dysfunction.
🟦 Advanced HIV leads to opportunistic infections and inflammatory responses that trigger fever and sweating, especially at night.
🟦 Night sweats are a classic systemic manifestation seen as the disease progresses from HIV to AIDS.
🟦 This finding often occurs alongside weight loss, fatigue, and recurrent infections.
🟦 Recognizing night sweats helps nurses assess disease severity and progression.
Increased hemoglobin
🟦 Clients with advanced HIV/AIDS are more likely to develop anemia, not elevated hemoglobin.
🟦 Bone marrow suppression and chronic illness contribute to reduced red blood cell production.
Increased WBC count
🟦 AIDS is associated with immune suppression, particularly decreased CD4+ T cells.
🟦 White blood cell counts are often low or impaired, not elevated.
Weight gain
🟦 Advanced HIV/AIDS commonly leads to weight loss and wasting syndrome.
🟦 Poor appetite, malabsorption, and increased metabolic demands prevent weight gain.
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- Domain: RN ATI MedSurg
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