الحاله الغذائيه واعداد خلايا لمرضي نقص المناعه البشري المکتسب / الايدز اللاجئيين الذين يتلقون علاجا مضادا للفيروس في مصر

Abstract

A nutritional assessment can detect any abnormal finding early so that nutritional assessment conducted for 50 HIV/AIDS refugee out patients from different nationalities (Sudan, Eretria, Ethiopia, Syria, Iraqi, Somali and Zimbabwe) in Cairo Refuge Egypt Clinic at Zamalikwhich were divided into 2 groups; CD4 < 200cells/μL group and CD4 > 200 cells/μL group to Study the factors that might influence the nutritional status and detect the nutritional problems which related to HIV/AIDS refugee patients. Anthropometric measurements (weight, height and BMI), food intake and laboratory investigation were calculated. The result showed that daily intake of macronutrient and micronutrient for both groups were low but CD4 < 200 cells/μL group was lower than CD4 >200cells/μL group according to DRI. The mean value show that CD4 <200cells/μL group was underweight but CD4 >200cells/μL group was through normal range. Almost, patients of both groups were Sudanese. The majority of studded sample had black skin. The majority of the subjects were single female (64.3% and 36.4%) of the CD4 < 200cells/μL and CD4 > 200 cells/μL groups respectively. Patients which infected with HIV through sexual relationship represented all CD4 < 200cells/μL group and 77.3% of CD4 > 200 cells/μL group.May patients of sample exposed to violence and raping in traffic from their countries to another one or due to sexual abuse and poverty. Lack of job opportunities, more than 75% of women in both groups which were jobless, even job of working women were inconsistent jobs while their current job did not always provide a good