A positive HIV test doesn’t mean you have AIDS, the most advanced stage of the disease. HIV treatment can keep you from getting AIDS, so talk to your doctor right away about starting medications called antiretroviral therapy (ART). These drugs lower the amount of the virus in your body,...
Human immunodeficiency virus(HIV) infection is caused by a virus that attacks the T-cells of the human immune system. This results in progressive weakening of the immune system leading to acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS), when the body is no longer able to fight infection effectively. ...
By Becky Allen
Stage 2: chronic HIV infection. HIV is still active but reproduces much more slowly. ART treatment can keep you in this stage for many decades. This can help maintain CD4 at healthy levels, sometimes indefinitely. If, without adequate treatment, this period starts to head toward stage 3, yo...
Blood tests are usually done in all cases of suspected cancer and may also be done routinely in healthy individuals. Not all cancers show up on blood tests. Blood tests can give information about the overall health status, such as thyroid, kidney, and liver functions. What does it mean if...
What does Addison disease mean? Addison’s disease is a rare disease of the adrenal glands. Adrenals are two small organs situated atop the kidneys. They secrete hormones (chemical substances) in the blood that help maintain salt and water balance and other essential body functions. In this di...
The purpose of this article is to present a critical overview of internationally published work concerning the integration of HIV and AIDS into the curriculum of higher education, to determine what has been done in terms of integration, to assess what has been evaluated as successful, and to ...
Explain what exactly is the ART therapy for HIV. What is meant by the stress process model? What exactly does specific gravity mean in a urinalysis? What were some critical thinking and observational errors regarding epidemiology that were made by Dr. Caverly? What is meant by synthetic biology...
What indicates a positive reaction in a Sudan IV test? What does blood screening mean? Why might an SIV chimpanzee in Southern Cameroon test positive to a human HIV test? What does ELISA stand for? What is the test used for? Explain how this serological test is used: Fluorescent Antibo...
Cell-associated (CA) HIV RNA has received much attention in recent years as a surrogate measure of the efficiency of HIV latency reversion and because it may provide an estimate of the viral reservoir size. This review provides an update on some recent i