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There is no cure for AIDS at this time. However, a variety of treatments are available that can help keep symptoms at bay and improve the quality of life of those who have already developed symptoms.Antiretroviral therapy suppresses the replicatio...
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TREATMENT OF OPPORTUNISTIC INFECTIONS AND MALIGNANCIES. Most AIDS patients require complex long-term treatment with medications for infectious diseases.
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The treatment team often includes personal care-givers, physical therapists, dietitians, specialists (infectious disease specialists, dermatologists, nephrologists, ophthalmologists, pediatrists, psychiatrists, and neurologists), and social workers.
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Because AIDS is a fatal disease, AIDS therapies focus on improving the quality and length of life for AIDS patients by slowing or halting the replication of the virus, and treating or preventing infections and cancers that take advantage of a pers...
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AIDS patients turn to alternative medicine when conventional treatments are ineffective, and to supplement conventional treatment, reduce disease symptoms, counteract drug effects, and improve quality of life. Because alternative medicines may int...
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Often called the president's lead physician in the war against AIDS, Eric P. Goosby, M.D., has been a leading AIDS researcher for nearly two decades. He has directed HIV/AIDS policy for the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services since 1995.
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