Have safe sex.Tell your sex partners that you are HIV-positive. Use a latex condom correctly each time you have vaginal, anal, or oral sex. If you are female, you may use a latex female condom when a male condom cannot be used. Do not share sex toys. ...
Learn more about HIV-1 and how treatment options work together to help lower your viral load to undetectable and raise your CD4 cell count.
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there's about a 2 percent risk of becoming pregnant while using a condom, but it's a good idea to use another method of birth control along with it. Condoms are probably the most effective means for preventing human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs...
“Having HIV may change your medical health and the frequency in which you see your doctor, but it doesn’t change who you are or why you matter. People who love you will still love you because you are no less worthy than you were before testing positive,” says Shane. ...
The goal of ART is to lower the level of HIV in your blood – your “viral load” – to an undetectable level. This means the level of HIV in your blood is so low that it doesn’t show up in tests. You still have the virus. And your HIV levels will grow again if you stop tr...
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If you are HIV-positive, it means that you have HIV. A second test will then be given to confirm the results, after which a trained healthcare worker will discuss your results and explain howHIV is diagnosedandtreated. If you are HIV-negative, it means there is no evidence of the virus...
HIV means “Human Immunodeficiency Virus.” This virus attacks the immune system, specifically the CD4 cells (T cells), crucial in our body’s defense against infections and diseases. Over time, HIV can destroy so many of these cells that the body cannot effectively fight off infections and di...
When a man has sex without a condom with an HIV-positive woman, Langerhans cells work to transport the virus to CD4 T-cells to have it destroyed. But with HIV, this may actually boost the chance of HIV infection. STIs and genital tract infections can further increase the risk of HIV.8...