Who can get HIV?
How do you get HIV?
Stopping the spread of HIV
Are you or others at risk?
Signs and symptoms of HIV
Testing for HIV
How HIV works in the body
The facts about HIV
Questions for your healthcare provider
Questions for your healthcare provider
Starting treatment
Treatment plans and goals
Tips for taking your medicines
Tips for taking your medicines
Are your medicines working?
Side effects of treatment
Tips for dealing with side effects
Tips for dealing with side effects
Treatment breaks
Switching medicines
Paying for treatment
Public assistance
Private health insurance
Patient assistance programs
The truth about treatment
Talking about HIV
Telling your partner
Telling your family
Telling your friends
Telling your coworkers
Healthy eating
What is a healthy diet?
Staying active
Depression and HIV
Women and HIV
Living with pets
What is HIV
Testing for HIV
How HIV works in the body
Preventing infections
Around the house
Cooking and food safety for people living with HIV
Cooking and food safety for people living with HIV
Giving everyday care
Taking care of the caregiver
Herpes and other STDs
Genital herpes
Syphilis
Gonorrhea
Chlamydia
Trichomoniasis
Genital warts and HPV
Depression and other nervous system diseases
Depression and other nervous system diseases
Depression
Toxoplasmosis
Cryptococcal meningitis
Peripheral neuropathy
GI system problems
Diarrhea
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Gastroesophageal reflux disease
Oral thrush
Diabetes and other metabolic disorders
Diabetes and other metabolic disorders
Diabetes
Wasting Syndrome
Lipodystrophy
Heart disease
Kidney disease
Liver disease
Hepatitis A
Hepatitis B
Hepatitis C
Cirrhosis
Pneumonia and other respiratory diseases
Pneumonia and other respiratory diseases
Pneumonia
Tuberculosis
Overview of the epidemic
What are HIV and AIDS?
HIV/AIDS on a global scale
HIV/AIDS in the United States
The changing face of HIV/AIDS
Section quiz
From HIV to AIDS
The biology of HIV
How HIV makes people sick
After HIV infects cells
How HIV is diagnosed
HIV stages and symptoms
Advanced HIV/clinical AIDS
Section quiz
Transmission of HIV
Overview of HIV transmission
Conditions for HIV transmission
Conditions for HIV transmission
Myths about HIV transmission
Sexual transmission of HIV
Drug-associated transmission of HIV
Drug-associated transmission of HIV
Vertical transmission of HIV
Transfusion, transplant, and artificial insemination HIV risk
Transfusion, transplant, and artificial insemination HIV risk
HIV transmission in healthcare settings
HIV transmission in healthcare settings
Section quiz
Correlates of HIV risk
Biological risk factors for HIV
Biological risk factors for HIV
Psychological risk factors for HIV
Psychological risk factors for HIV
Demographic risk factors for HIV
Demographic risk factors for HIV
Behavioral risk factors for HIV
Behavioral risk factors for HIV
Section quiz
HIV/AIDS treatment
Treatment advances in HIV/AIDS
Treatment advances in HIV/AIDS
Slowing down HIV
Successful antiretroviral therapy
Successful antiretroviral therapy
HIV treatment success factors
HIV-related complications
Section quiz
Living with HIV/AIDS
Psychological disorders in HIV
Psychological disorders in HIV
The psychology of HIV/AIDS therapy
The psychology of HIV/AIDS therapy
Uncertainties of HIV/AIDS
HIV/AIDS-related grief
Stigma and discrimination
Section quiz
Positive prevention
The need for positive prevention
The need for positive prevention
Positive prevention target populations
Positive prevention target populations
Prevention goals and barriers
Positive prevention strategies
Positive prevention strategies
Prevention via antiretroviral therapy
Prevention via antiretroviral therapy
Section quiz
Our commitment
Positive action
Patient Assistance
Useful links
Organizations
The advent of antiretroviral therapies has changed the face of the HIV/AIDS epidemic. This section describes the development of antiretroviral therapies, how they work, and why they sometimes do not work. This section also discusses HIV/AIDS-related complications and their treatment.
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