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The first volume in the "What Do I Do Now?: Infectious Diseases" series,
HIV uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the examination, investigation, management, and prevention of HIV. Each chapter provides a discussion of the diagnosis, key points to remember, and selected references for further reading.
List of contents
- Chapter 1: "The condom broke and I'm tired of worrying about HIV"
- Sybil Hosek and Raphael J. Landovitz
- Chapter 2: "I just found out that I have HIV"
- Ronald Lubelchek and John H. Stroger Jr.
- Chapter 3: "I hear there is a new medicine that means I don't need to take so many pills?"
- Gretchen Snoeyenbos Newman and Brian R. Wood
- Chapter 4: "I'm not that good with taking pills every day"
- Blake Max
- Chapter 5: A "false-positive" HIV test?
- Michael J. Peluso and Timothy J. Henrich
- Chapter 6: "Do I need to use condoms if I'm taking my meds?"
- Robert K. Bolan
- Chapter 7: "My doctor changed my HIV medications, and now my hepatitis B is back"
- Jessica A. Meisner and Mamta K. Jain
- Chapter 8: "I've got HIV and I want to have a baby"
- Thana Khawcharoenporn and Beverly E. Sha
- Chapter 9: "Can I breastfeed my new baby?"
- Mariam Aziz
- Chapter 10: "My hair is falling out, and they told me I have syphilis!"
- Ronnie M. Gravett and Jeanne Marrazzo
- Chapter 11: "I've been rashed and confused": Part 1
- David E. Barker
- Chapter 12: "I've been rashed and confused": Part 2
- David E. Barker
- Chapter 13: "I've been rashed and confused": Part 3
- David E. Barker
- Chapter 14: "Doc, I think I have a hemorrhoid"
- Hillary Dunlevy
- Chapter 15: "This lump under my jaw doesn't hurt but keeps getting bigger"
- Estefania Gauto-Mariotti and Paul G. Rubinstein
- Chapter 16: Sex, Drugs, and Acholic Stools
- Sarah A. Rojas and Christian B. Ramers
- Chapter 17: Persistent Fever and Cough
- L. Beth Gadkowski and Connie Haley
- Chapter 18: "I've got a bad headache"
- Khalil Nasser and Moti Ramgopal
- Chapter 19: "I feel pretty good, but my body is slowing down . . ."
- Patricia Heaslip and Oluwatoyin M. Adeyemi
- Chapter 20: "Is the bright red patch on the roof of my mouth related to the purple splotches on my back?"
- Juliana Netto and Monica Merçon
- Chapter 21: "I feel fine. Do I really need to take a cholesterol pill?"
- Arvind Nishtala and Matthew J. Feinstein
- Chapter 22: "Am I going to end up on dialysis?"
- Huma Saeed and Carlos A. Q. Santos
- Chapter 23: "I want to stop using drugs. What should I do next?"
- Rick Elion
- Chapter 24: "Even if I did have HIV, I can cure it with vitamins and herbs"
- Anna B. Moukouri Kouch, Nicolas P. Schweizer, and Glenn Treisman
- Chapter 25: Silent No More
- Rebekah Shephard and Pamela Vergara-Rodriguez
- Chapter 26: "Don't disrespect me, I'm Ms., not Mr."
- Antonio E. Urbina
- Chapter 27: "What shots do I need?"
- Giorgos Hadjivassiliou and Edgar T. Overton
- Chapter 28: "My gums are really red"
- Fariba Younai
- Chapter 29: Tray Tables Up, Ready for Departure
- Gregory Huhn
About the author
Dr. Huhn is an infectious diseases specialist in Chicago, Illinois. He is currently an attending physician at Cook County Health and The Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center, and an associate professor of medicine at Rush University Medical Center, where he serves as the associate director for the joint Rush University/Stroger Hospital of Cook County infectious diseases fellowship program.
Summary
The first volume in the "What Do I Do Now?: Infectious Diseases" series, HIV uses a case-based approach to cover common and important topics in the examination, investigation, management, and prevention of HIV. Each chapter provides a discussion of the diagnosis, key points to remember, and selected references for further reading.
