An appraisal on quality of life in AIDS patient

Abstract

Quality of life is the expectation of the individual or society for a good life which outline both positive and negative features of life. Acquired immunodeficiency disease is caused by human retrovirus which was considered as a fat illness before the introduction of proper treatment. Symptoms of the disease include flu like illness, skin rash, sore throat, opportunistic infections, enlarged lymohnodes in necks and so on. According to Who ,since the beginning of pandemic 76 million people have been infected with hiv virus and about 33 million deaths has been reported. At the end of 2019 about 38.0 million people were living with the disease globally. Antiretroviral drugs are used for the treatment of human immune deficiency virus. The review paper was prepared by referring review and research papers from research gate, pubmed, goggle scholar, science direct and search was based on key words such as AIDS, HAART, Quality of life in Aids patients. Aids was considered as a fatal illness till the introduction of proper treatment regimen. The morbidity, mortality and disease severity was reduced to a great extent by antiretroviral drugs. Quality of life was also seen to be improved in patients. Social support has a positive impact on quality of life. Factors like depression, emotional stress, unemployment, suicidal ideation affect the quality of life in AIDS patients.