Medical Answers About AIDS Booklet
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Title
Medical Answers About AIDS Booklet
Subject
AIDS education
AIDS (Disease)
HIV (Viruses)
HIV/AIDS
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis B vaccine
AIDS information centres
AIDS organisations
Monogamous relationships
Description
Booklet entitled "Medical Answers About AIDS".
Copyright page: States that this booklet is made available by the Department of Education, Federico González, Director Gay Men's Health Crisis, Box 274, 132 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011. Copyright dated 1984 by Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. Mentions that GMHC is, "A not-for-profit corporation founded in January 1982 to provide assistance and information about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)." Recto: Medical Answer About AIDS. Basic questions and answers about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). States that it is prepared by Lawrence Mass, M.D. Revised June 1984. Published by Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York.
Next page verso: intentionally left blank. Recto: Page 1. What is AIDS? What causes AIDS?
Page 2: Who is at risk?
Page 2-4: Are there different forms of AIDS?
Page 4: How many of us are immunodeficient? (How many of us already have some form of AIDS?) If I have what seem to be an early or mild form of AIDS, how likely am I to develop KS, PCP, or other serious complications of AIDS, and over what period of time?
Page 5: What are the symptoms of AIDS?
Page 6: Besides amebiasis, what would cause persistent diarrhoea in someone with AIDS? Why might easy bruisability or bleeding be symptoms of AIDS?
Page 7: What should I do if I have any of these symptoms?
Page 7-9: If I have some form of AIDS (if I am immunodeficient), what precautions should I take?
Page 9: What are the diagnostic tests for AIDS?
Page 10: Can AIDS be treated?
Page 10-11: Is AIDS caused by a single infectious agent or by multiple factors?
Page 11: Is there any risk of catching AIDS from the new hepatitis B vaccine? Advises active gay men to undergo vaccination and mentions Hepatitis B screening facilities.
Page 11-12: Should special infectious precautions be taken by hospital personnel in the management of patients with AIDS?
Page 12: Can AIDS be spread by casual social contact? What is the mortality rate associated with AIDS in New York? What is the prediction for the future?
Page 12-13: Who should refrain from donating blood?
Page 13: How can the risk of AIDS be lowered?
Page 13-14: One implication of this information is that, apart from abstinence, mutually monogamous relationships represent the lowest risk potential, not only for AIDS but for a wide range of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Provides risk reduction recommendations for those who are not engaged in mutually monogamous relationships.
Page 14: States that "Lawrence Mass, M.D., was the first physician to write regularly for the gay press. He was a founding member of Gay Men's Health Crisis, is a past Vice President of the New York Physicians for Human Rights and is medical director of Greenwich House West in New York City.
Page 15-24: Referrals and references. References include books and bibliographies. Lists referral sources according to national, regional and international areas.
Page 25: About Gay Men's Health Crisis. Addressed: GMHC, Box 274, 132 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011.
Next page (unpaginated), verso: intentionally left blank. Recto: An appeal for contributions.
Copyright page: States that this booklet is made available by the Department of Education, Federico González, Director Gay Men's Health Crisis, Box 274, 132 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011. Copyright dated 1984 by Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. Mentions that GMHC is, "A not-for-profit corporation founded in January 1982 to provide assistance and information about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS)." Recto: Medical Answer About AIDS. Basic questions and answers about acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS). States that it is prepared by Lawrence Mass, M.D. Revised June 1984. Published by Gay Men's Health Crisis, New York.
Next page verso: intentionally left blank. Recto: Page 1. What is AIDS? What causes AIDS?
Page 2: Who is at risk?
Page 2-4: Are there different forms of AIDS?
Page 4: How many of us are immunodeficient? (How many of us already have some form of AIDS?) If I have what seem to be an early or mild form of AIDS, how likely am I to develop KS, PCP, or other serious complications of AIDS, and over what period of time?
Page 5: What are the symptoms of AIDS?
Page 6: Besides amebiasis, what would cause persistent diarrhoea in someone with AIDS? Why might easy bruisability or bleeding be symptoms of AIDS?
Page 7: What should I do if I have any of these symptoms?
Page 7-9: If I have some form of AIDS (if I am immunodeficient), what precautions should I take?
Page 9: What are the diagnostic tests for AIDS?
Page 10: Can AIDS be treated?
Page 10-11: Is AIDS caused by a single infectious agent or by multiple factors?
Page 11: Is there any risk of catching AIDS from the new hepatitis B vaccine? Advises active gay men to undergo vaccination and mentions Hepatitis B screening facilities.
Page 11-12: Should special infectious precautions be taken by hospital personnel in the management of patients with AIDS?
Page 12: Can AIDS be spread by casual social contact? What is the mortality rate associated with AIDS in New York? What is the prediction for the future?
Page 12-13: Who should refrain from donating blood?
Page 13: How can the risk of AIDS be lowered?
Page 13-14: One implication of this information is that, apart from abstinence, mutually monogamous relationships represent the lowest risk potential, not only for AIDS but for a wide range of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs). Provides risk reduction recommendations for those who are not engaged in mutually monogamous relationships.
Page 14: States that "Lawrence Mass, M.D., was the first physician to write regularly for the gay press. He was a founding member of Gay Men's Health Crisis, is a past Vice President of the New York Physicians for Human Rights and is medical director of Greenwich House West in New York City.
Page 15-24: Referrals and references. References include books and bibliographies. Lists referral sources according to national, regional and international areas.
Page 25: About Gay Men's Health Crisis. Addressed: GMHC, Box 274, 132 West 24th Street, New York, NY 10011.
Next page (unpaginated), verso: intentionally left blank. Recto: An appeal for contributions.
Creator
Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc.
Source
Arthur Leahy Collection
Date
1984
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Format
application/pdf
Language
eng
Type
Booklet
Text
Identifier
2017.21.5.1.579
Coverage
1984
New York
United States of America
Citation
Gay Men's Health Crisis, Inc. , “Medical Answers About AIDS Booklet,” Cork LGBT Archive, accessed May 9, 2024, https://corklgbtarchive.com/items/show/885.