The first step after testing positive for HIV is to see a health care provider, even if you do not feel sick. Prompt medical care and treatment with HIV medicines as soon as possible is the best way to stay healthy. What should I do if I just got diagnosed with HIV? Take Time to P...
How newly diagnosed HIV-positive MSM look at HIV/AIDS is consequential and is potentially associated with their risk behaviors and mental health problems. Illness representation has been used to define patients' beliefs and expectations on an illness, and the revised Illness Perception Questionnaire (...
Beyond advancements in preventive medicine, testing to know your HIV status is key to taking control of your health. Getting diagnosed today with HIV does not mean the same thing as it did years ago. By simply sticking to their medication plan, most people can get the virus t...
How is HIV diagnosed? History and physical examination by the physician Complete blood investigation, including specialized blood tests to detect the presence of the virus, immune status, and treatment progression. Specialized blood and radiological investigations to diagnose superadded infections. How is...
How does HIV mutate? How is HIV and AIDS diagnosed? What is AIDS and how is it caused? Are there ways to prevent and/or cure AIDS? How are HIV and AIDS different? How can epidemics be prevented? How does HIV evade the innate immune system?
Even so, thousands of people in the U.S. each year are diagnosed with HIV. An HIV vaccine could help prevent HIV infection and save lives. Why the HIV Vaccine Has Been Hard to Develop Researchers have studied HIV vaccines for almost a quarter-century, but they have not yet found one th...
As soon as you’re diagnosed with HIV, you should see a doctor to start antiretroviral therapy (ART). These are HIV medications that lower levels of the virus in your blood, so you stay healthy and are far less likely to pass HIV to your partners through sex. Your case manager can mak...
is asexually transmitted infection (STI)caused by the bacteriaTreponema pallidum.The infection is diagnosed with blood tests that detect proteins, calledantibodies, that are produced by the body in response to the infection. Once you have syphilis, theT. pallidumantibodieswill remain in your blood ...
Persons aged ≥15 years newly diagnosed with HIV in 2015–2018 were eligible for inclusion. Data on patient characteristics and testing modality were analysed for associations with the following outcomes: ART initiation, retention in care at 12 months after starting ART, and viral suppression (<...
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