Geneva: Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS. Keywords: HIV/AIDS, Physical, Problems, Postpartum women, qualitative study References Physical symptoms management design and implemented in health care services should provided for HIV/AIDS patients. The most common physical symptoms were exhaustion, fever, headache, low back and joint pain, nausea, and weight change. We found three themes concerning the major physical problems experienced by postpartum women with HIV/AIDS: 1) physical response toward disease prognosis 2) body weight changes, and 3) the side effects of HIV drugs. Six participants agreed to join in this study. Colaizzi’s method was used to analyze the data. Purposive sampling was applied to select the participants. The semi-structured interview was used to collect information from women of between 24 and 38 years old, with a child with a maximum age of 12 months, and various other inclusion criteria. This study used a qualitative design with a phenomenology approach. This study aims to explore the physical problems among postpartum women with HIV/AIDS in West Java, Indonesia. Few studies have been conducted into these physical problems, especially in a low income country whereas the access to HIV drugs is still limited. Many of them have high risk for opportunistic infection such as tuberculosis, chronic diarrhea, and meningitis. Postpartum women with HIV may suffer from a lot of physical problems due to the immune system disruption. Indonesia is experiencing the fastest HIV/AIDS cases development in Asia, especially with regards to mother to child transmission levels. The 4th International Virtual Conference on Nursing
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