The nurse caring for a patient with advanced AIDS notes that the patient has lost several pounds as the result of having no appetite and poor food consumption.Based on these findings,what should the nurse be alert to?

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Anasarca is generalized edema in the trunk,extremities,and around the eyes.It results in patients with advanced AIDS from a severe depletion of albumin when the patient has an insufficient nutritional intake,as is evident with this patient.Lymphedema is an abnormal collection of lymph fluid accumulated in the peripheral and periorbital areas,sometimes seen in AIDS patients.Hypoglycemia and hypotension are typically seen in patients with advanced AIDS who have poor nutritional and fluid intake.

The Nurse Caring for a Patient with Advanced AIDS Notes