help me pls D:

Do you understand the word "prophylactic"?

Well we can rule out B. if you remember the bodily fluids through which HIV/AIDS can be transmitted. D is obviously wrong. So A or C. I'm gonna take a wild guess and say C. I'm sure someone else would know the correct answer before me though

Prevention? :)

I would guess c.

Thats y I confused cause some of my friends said it is A . And some of them said C. The answer given is C. But we don't have the exact answer from the exam board.

How I look at it is:

What will prophylactic antibiotics do?

The mother has HIV but we don't know if the child does.

I think you are asking about treating the child? If the child is HIV+ is the immune system affected? If so, what is your main goal?

Okay so my thinking is that if you don't prevent infection, and give a prophylactic antibiotic, baby is less likely to acquire HIV than if you were to only try to prevent infection and not give prophylactic antibiotic. So by that logic, the more correct answer would be C. If I'm way off, please, someone help me out in explaining this lol

How I look at it is:

What will prophylactic antibiotics do?

The mother has HIV but we don't know if the child does.

I think you are asking about treating the child? If the child is HIV+ is the immune system affected? If so, what is your main goal?

Then the answer would be C then

Okay so my thinking is that if you don't prevent infection, and give a prophylactic antibiotic, baby is less likely to acquire HIV than if you were to only try to prevent infection and not give prophylactic antibiotic. So by that logic, the more correct answer would be C. If I'm way off, please, someone help me out in explaining this lol

Thanks for the explanation! ?? I really appreciated it ?? now I understand and I believe the answer is C. Thanks for your help guys ^^

Thanks for the explanation! ?? I really appreciated it ?? now I understand and I believe the answer is C. Thanks for your help guys ^^

Good luck :)

I do agree that the main concern is to administer a prophylactic but I'm confused because answer C says antibiotic. Antibiotics act against bacterial infections...HIV is a virus.

Antibiotics are useless against HIV therefore C is wrong. Prevent infection, A is the best of the options you have. You would administer anti-viral drugs and perform a bloodless c-section to reduce transmission to the baby. Antibiotics not needed would do more harm than good. Look up HIV. You are trying to prevent infections such as PCP pneumonia, increased viral load and other signs of AIDS. Not all HIV + patients are ill.