AIDS has infected and killed so many people because of the way it works. Let's look at some of the features that make this disease so unusual. HIV can be transmitted through a variety of body fluids from infected individuals, such as blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal secretions. But...
A sexually transmitted virus or infection doesn’t have to end your sex life. Here's how to protect yourself if your partner has HIV, herpes, or syphilis.
Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) is a preventive drug that stops HIV from taking hold or spreading in your body. You take this treatment when you don’t have HIV but may be at a high risk of getting infected by your partner. If you take PrEP as instructed every day, your risk for gett...
Medications:You can consider taking preventive medications, especially if you don't have HIV and plan to have bareback sex with someone who has or may have been exposed to HIV. Pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP)is the use of oral or injectable medication to prevent HIV infection. When taken as ...
Descovy and Truvada have also been approved as ways to prevent HIV infection for people who are at high risk. But if you take either of them, you have to practicesafe sex, too. PrEP HIV Medication PrEP stands for pre-exposure prophylaxis. That means you take these medications before ("pre...
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PrEP, or pre-exposure prophylaxis, is a treatment people can take to prevent HIV from either sex or injection drug use. Approved by the FDA in 2012, the medication has played a crucial role in ameliorating what once was a massive HIV crisis. Its counterpart, PEP (post-exposur...
HIV is transmitted between humans through the exchange of certain types of bodily fluids including blood, semen, breast milk, and vaginal fluids.
PrEPis a daily pill that can help you to prevent from HIV virus. It is extremely effective when taken properly. A HIV negative person can use PrEP. If you take PrEP correctly, you don’t need to worry about a sexual partner’s HIV status. ...
This is a story that, again,I think through the Top 10, has been a thread of, we need better prevention. And we just can’t take, you know, a little blue pill every day to prevent HIV—or even just take it intermittently and prevent HIV. We need other options. And an injectable,...