Chinese medical team of doctors went to Guinea: the initial reception AIDS
At 5:04 p.m. on November 28, 2008
  Source: Medicine reported that the economy Author: Yue Hui Xie
This year's Dec. 1 is the first of 21 World AIDS Day. Since 1988, around the world in order to curb the spread of AIDS has made great efforts had been made although a positive effect, but the latest report on the global AIDS epidemic show that in some parts of the world, the AIDS epidemic is far from being controlled.
 
 

In China, AIDS appears to be far away from us, although I have daily dealings with patients, but AIDS and we did not see or hear, not to mention a more in-depth understanding of. If a hospital ward identified case of HIV-positive patients, will immediately become an explosive news. It is no exaggeration to say that the people of the AIDS panic of no less than in 2003 when the SARS epidemic of tension. Although the care of AIDS patients, "Red Ribbon in Action" in the expanding influence, but I believe we must, like me, are still talking about mere mention of Ai, not only because of the fear of "an incurable disease of the century", but also the patient's disease Origin is full of suspicion and contempt, as well as imagination. But in Africa, as a result of the AIDS prevalence rate is so high, people's attitude toward AIDS and also we are totally different.

As we all know, AIDS, Africa is the hardest hit areas, according to television reports Guinea, Guinea is currently the National AIDS cent of the total population distribution is: Conakry (our medical team a few countries where the capital) 5%, 2.7% under Guinea, France Du region 3.9 percent, 2.1 percent on Guinea, Guinea Forest 7%. It is estimated that these figures or conservative, after all, several countries announced by the United Nations is the world's least developed countries and regions, medical conditions and poor infrastructure, it is difficult for large-scale population screening test. In fact, early in our country a few years ago, the prevalence of the disease we have a concern.

Friday is the director of great rounds, doctors, nurses and interns of the total number of students who Shiwu Liu, the Chinese experts, as I naturally want to take part in order to fully understand the patient's general overall situation. I have great respect for the director, let rounds when I was standing by his side, from time to time in French to explain to me over and over in patients with the diagnosis and the patient's condition because of language barriers, I can only understand a little on January 2. However, when introduced into a middle-aged women suffering from pneumonia, I understand none, the woman looked very weak and can not breathe with Lateral Horizontal, large areas of right lung pneumonia, in a desperate eyes looking at me . Director told me that in a low voice: "The women VIH (English is HIV) positive." I think that got it wrong to ask: "is AIDS?" "Right, yes La

SIDA (French, meaning AIDS). "It's almost saying I do mine, this is not infectious Housing ah, I have not mentally prepared for that, truly on the way to see a doctor since the first case of contact with AIDS patients. And participate in the rounds of Africa Health care workers, none wearing masks and hats, they seem to be such a patient has already got used to them and I was very nervous, but still pretending to be calm, very calm look forward to listening to the presentation director.

Due to Corey electrocardiogram no one will do, let alone look at the ECG, director of the electrocardiogram want me to do in order to help patients understand the heart. I very readily agreed to talk, in fact, was very worried about is, after all, this is ah AIDS. I do check the one hand, the mind flashes on the side of Premier Wen Jiabao shook hands with AIDS patients, as well as AIDS patients and AIDS Ambassador Pu Cunxin dinner scene, I have been inspired to tell their own: no contact with live infected with AIDS; not mosquito-borne AIDS ... ... Electrocardiogram done, my heart is also a lot of calm, when I tell you that in patients with electrocardiogram showed: sinus tachycardia; overloading of the left atrium, suggesting that lung infection is caused by heart failure, we all admire. Then, I put forward the views of the treatment: cardiac, diuretic, anti-inflammatory. As the Division did not monitor, I asked them to pay attention to blood pressure and electrolyte. I am pleased to say that the next day to see the patient, her condition improved markedly, has been able to Lateral Horizontal, family members told me time and again expressed gratitude. After I saw several cases of AIDS, was no longer a fear, more compassion and a responsibility. In order to understand the disease more, I went to a special AIDS-specific pharmacy, to see a lot from India, Ghana and other countries of the anti-AIDS drugs.

AIDS in Africa has a high incidence of a variety of reasons, I can not make improper comments. However, it is worth mentioning that, with the assistance of the international community, Africa is also active in efforts to fight AIDS, the HIV antibody test here is very cheap, about as long as more than 10 yuan, while the drug is provided free of charge, the Waste Management Similarly, measures to benefit the country in a few foreigners.

I believe in the near future, the African continent will surely overcome the "incurable disease of the century", just like the human conquest of smallpox, AIDS, so that a thing of the past! (The author of this article went to the Department of Chinese medical doctors Guinea)