Source: Weifang City Weekly Radio and Television Time :2011-04-29 Weifang media network
City CDC recommends the best approach is psychotherapy
According to the "city of Weifang Radio and Television Weekly" reporter Zhang Ying reports:
Recently, the "negative AIDS" incident provoked much discussion, the patient said he was an unknown viral infection, symptoms similar to AIDS, but HIV negative, which the Ministry of Health said they are "fear of AIDS disease." Recently, the reporter interviewed the Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Weifang City, chief of Midland AIDS Prevention, love, According to her, Weifang, the "fear of AIDS patients," either.
■ symptoms: diarrhea, lymph nodes and other early symptoms of AIDS have
"Just this morning, just one Song to City CDC testing, he has examined 8 times, an average of two or three days to consult again." Midland said Love, an interview, she just had a "fear of AIDS patients "away.
3 months ago after a prostitute a prostitute, 28-year-old Song that he was suffering from some kind of terrible unknown disease, diarrhea, lymph nodes and other early symptoms of AIDS appeared in his body.
"Song is not a special case, the city CDC AIDS Prevention Branch often encounter such people, who have had experience of prostitution and other 'high-risk sexual behavior', you thought he was infected with AIDS, also after testing found no abnormalities did not give up, like Mr. Song, in addition to testing outside the CDC in the city, he also detected in other hospitals too many times, a combined total of 8 times, but he was not assured. "Midland Love said.
■ detection: not found in the U.S. HIV testing
WANG Gui-Love told reporters, in order to explain the fear of AIDS patients, AIDS control subjects were selected some of the fear of AIDS blood tests sent to the United States, "but the test results show that the detection of AIDS antibodies were negative, related to disease is not detected pathogens, and the lack of a new virus or evidence of unknown pathogens. "
WANG Gui love introduction, not only in Weifang, the Ministry of Health for the "negative AIDS" has also made two in-depth investigation. September 2009 -2010 in January, the Chinese CDC experts recruited 59 volunteers of the "readme suspected AIDS," conducted the first survey. February-March this year, in the first survey, based on the Ministry of Health has issued an internal document, in Beijing, Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Hunan and Guangdong six provinces (municipalities) to conduct epidemiological investigations. A total of 40 people, the results were not abnormal.
■ Patients: see sense, but is overcome "fear of AIDS," Psychology
"To the CDC tested how people are generally all go away in time, every time his face looks like a pair of patients, believes that he had AIDS." Midland love to reporters about a student "fear of AIDS patients," the situation 3 years ago, once the student because of prostitution prostitution, feel had AIDS, after an average of two days to detect trip. "Later, a staff member in the department told him, 'Do not go without Daner to prostitution, do not be afraid to go get sick!' That his 'drive' away."
WANG Gui-Love told reporters that some "fear of AIDS patients," he knew, the staff said, "To believe in science," "did not detect HIV is not AIDS," and so they are aware of, but could not convince myself. "Like, like obsessive-compulsive disorder, there have been uneasy heart after high-risk behavior, and only told them that they have got AIDS, so they will be assured, but as a medical officer, can not deceive patients." Midland Love said.
■ Recommendation: "This is a mental illness, only through the psychological treatment"
For the patient's "fear of AIDS," Psychology, Midland love that these people's mental health was significantly lower than the general population, in the face of suspected HIV infection, did not take a mature defense style.
"This phenomenon as some medical students in learning, learn what symptoms to feel what ails." Midland Love said, "Some patients say that their lymph nodes, the symptoms can be caused by a throat infection. Another patients said their diarrhea, which is a common disease, not only AIDS patients have. "
For these "fear of AIDS patients," the treatment, Midland love that did not use multiple testing, to encourage them to believe that science is useless, the best way is to see a psychiatrist, only the last heart that Dao Kaner be considered as completely cured.
