The importance of nutrition Good nutrition means eating the right amounts of the correct nutrient filled foods to promote strong healthy bodies. Finding a good health care provider before beginning a diet is advisable. The six food classes: #1 Vitamins Vitamins are a much-needed supplement as they regulate various processes in the body. They are …
The shock of an HIV positive diagnosis As with any life-threatening disease, it is a great shock when you have first been diagnosed. At first, it does not register and your mind reels like you are in a very bad dream. With HIV you also must live with the fact that you are infected with …
HIV/AIDS research HIV/AIDS is still one of the top major health issues worldwide with the disease has claimed over forty million lives and over 12 million living with HIV. Some of the top research centers are dedicated to eradicating the disease. The top ten HIV/AIDS research institutes worldwide #1 Calimmune The institute was founded in …
The HIV virus The HIV virus is a virus that attacks the bodies CD4 cells, these are the cells the body uses to fight diseases, infections and foreign bodies. Once infected the virus remains in the body and if not treated will eventually overpower the bodies immune system completely leaving it vulnerable and unable to …
Supporting your loved ones It is basic human instinct to want to care for, support and protect the ones we love. Sometimes it can be quite daunting and frustrating as we are not the ones going through what they are. We so want to be able to fully understand what it is they are going …
We all cope in different ways to devastating news We all have our own coping mechanisms when it comes to coping with various devasting blows, dealt us during our lifetime. Although we may not all have the exact same reactions to this there are similarities. The HIV 5 stages of grief #1 Denial The shock …
The challenge of detecting the residual virus after retroviral therapy The HIV virus is a tricky virus in that it has the ability to hide in immune cells at an undetectable level. This is especially true after retroviral therapy. Retroviral therapy can greatly reduce the viral load levels in the blood. The challenge for researchers …
HIV Treatments Unlike a few years ago the medication that is available to help maintain the HIV viral load is a lot more effective and displays fewer side effects. There are more than twenty-fourantiretroviral drugs on the market today that is FDA approved. These drugs are broken down into about six different groups depending on …
Life with HIV When it was first discovered a diagnosis of HIV was a certain death sentence. Without the medication on the market, today HIV would become full-blown AIDS in no time. But extensive research and a better understanding of the virus has produced a various medication that can control HIV and AIDS. 5 Ways …
Aids vs HIV Whilst HIV and AIDS are very much interlinked they are two very different diagnoses. The difference between AIDS and HIV HIV is a virus, one that the human body is never able to combat and completely rid itself of. The virus can lead to an infection. AIDS is a condition brought about …