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HIV Causes
HIV is primarily a sexually transmitted disease but can be contracted in three ways. All require the exchange of bodily fluids, such as semen, blood, breast milk, or vaginal secretion.
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HIV Diagnosis
HIV may manifest, at first, as symptoms of the common flu or fail to produce any symptoms at all. A diagnosis, therefore, may be difficult to initially come to.
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HIV Risk Factors
An early common misconception about HIV was that it only infected homosexual men. However, anyone can contract the virus, regardless of age, race, sex, or sexual orientation.
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HIV Symptoms
Immediately after exposure to the virus, an infected person may experience “acute retroviral syndrome.” This is the incubation period, in which the immune system is first being exposed to HIV. The body attempts to have a robust response to the vi...
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HIV Tests
Several tests can be administered to determine whether or not a person has been exposed to the HIV/AIDS virus and to what stage the disease has progressed. When a person is infected with HIV, different substances, such as proteins and antibodies,...
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HIV/AIDS Alternative Treatments
Alternative or complementary treatments may be used in conjunction with HAART. These treatments are usually proposed for symptomatic relief and not to treat HIV or AIDS directly. There is no alternative therapy that will fight HIV effectively or c...
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HIV/AIDS Complications
Tuberculosis (TB) is the most common opportunistic infection associated with HIV. For people with healthy immune systems, tuberculosis does not cause as great a danger as those suffering from a weakened immune system. TB affects the lungs or centr...
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HIV/AIDS Doctors
HIV is a dangerous and complex disease that requires specially-trained physicians. For the treatment of HIV, it is crucial to find a doctor who can design a specifically tailored drug regimen for you and manage the side effects and symptoms of the...
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HIV/AIDS Drugs
There are currently no vaccines or cure for HIV or AIDS but directly after exposure to the disease, patients will undergo several post-exposure treatments. This involves highly active antiretroviral therapy, or HAART, which utilizes five classes ...
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HIV/AIDS Overview
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is contracted through sexual contact via anal, oral, or vaginal intercourse; blood exchange; shared intravenous syringes; or from mother to child during pregnancy, labor, delivery, or breast-feeding. It originate...
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