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AREVALO BAREA, Arturo Raúl; DE LA FUENTE JERIA, Jeannett  y  FOREST YEPEZ, Mariel. AIDS AND TUBERCULOSIS IN ADOLESCENT FEMALE OF 16 YEARS. Rev. Méd. La Paz [online]. 2012, vol.18, n.1, pp.38-44. ISSN 1726-8958.

Adolescents in our environment are not apart from suffering the disease caused by the virus of human immunodeficiency (HIV) and complicated with tuberculosis, either pulmonary or extrapulmonary, that determines the appearance of the Association of human immunodeficiency (AIDS) and Tuberculosis (TB) syndrome its evolution clinic is erratic, which in many occasions delayed their diagnosis. Although the diagnostic methods have improved in recent years, in relation to AIDS and pulmonary and extrapulmonary TB in Pediatrics presented a Mantoux and/or negative chest Rx. In these cases, the diagnostic suspicion is crucial for the treatment of TB and early HIV infection. The World Health Organization (who) considers adolescence between 10 and 19 years of age. Adolescents living with HIV, they can be in two ways; teenagers that they conveyed the virus in the perinatal period and the second group corresponds to those who were infected during his teenage years. Assuming the revelation be living with HIV by teenager requires a reliable guidance for staff with experience in this area, that has also sufficient patience in time and mental and physical effort to ensure that the patient accepts his State and with real responsibility to assume their future and measures must assume in the personal care and the people around, and also understand that antiretroviral treatment is for life, and assumes responsibly their adherence and persistence to this treatment. So every teenager must be informed according to their individual psychological characteristics on the meaning of living with HIV, the clinical evolution of opportunistic diseases, mental and nutritional hygiene. You must achieve to assume his responsibility to attend their regular medical checks, surveillance ofhaving adequate staffing of ARVS and the adverse and side effects that will be presenting at the time. You must be also sufficient awareness that sits in the confidence you want to share your information with persons of their environment. You must ensure them that they can always count on a support system so that they know where to get the help and guidance when necessary. It will always be the best strategy to follow in the absence of an effective vaccine and a curative treatment, do understand that prevention was, is and will be the main tool in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The main objective is the change or modification ofbehaviors of adolescents, especially that refers has practices that involve greater risk. This objective can onlybe approached from information and education in sexual and mental health, promoting individual choice before the options of prevention, respect for different beliefs and positions towards life.

Palabras clave : HIV; AIDS; TUBERCULOSIS; ADOLESCENSE.

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