Palliative care: pain and symptom management in persons with HIV/AIDS.

Nurs Clin North Am

Section of HIV Medicine, St. Vincent's Hospital and Medical Center, Tarrytown, New York, USA.

Published: March 1999

As patients with HIV/AIDS are living longer with the illness, pain and symptom management are increasingly important health issues. This article will discuss the assessment and management of such common problems as pain, fatigue and weakness, dyspnea and cough, anorexia and weight-loss, nausea and vomiting, sleep disorders, dry mouth, diarrhea, itching, and fever and night sweats.

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