Viver com HIV/AIDS: um olhar da fenomenologia existencial

Abstract

Introduction: The perception the diagnosis of the seropositivity for the human immunodeficiency virus is an experience linked to ideations of death, loss, abandonment, prejudice, rejection, rupture of social relations and fear of the unknown. Objetive: Unveil the phenomenon of the experiences of people with HIV/AIDS. Method: A qualitative study was developed in light of the existential phenomenology of Martin Heidegger. Contributed to this study 20 participants who were being tracked at Unit of Infectious and Parasitic Diseases of a wide public hospital situated in the city of Maceió, Alagoas. The statements were obtained by means of interview throught na tool semi structured composed of two parts, in the month of June of 2017. Results: The analysis of the statements of the participants generated three structures, named ontologic unifications: The phenomenon unveiled in the discovery of belonging to the world of HIV/AIDS, which comprises the reverberations of diagnostic knowledge; The experiences subsequent to living in the world of HIV/AIDS, which involves the developments followed the initial impact of the discovery of seropositivity; and the resilience in coping with adversity, that refers to the coping strategies used. Conclusion: Being- sick is already enough emotional and family disruptive. But when it comes to Being-in-the-world-with-HIV the proportion of events takes up annihilating dimensions.