What is the best defense against AIDS?
Education remains best defense against HIV/AIDS.
How do you cope with AIDS?
There are many things that you can do to help a friend or loved one who has been recently diagnosed with HIV:
- Talk. Be available to have open, honest conversations about HIV.
- Listen. Being diagnosed with HIV is life-changing news.
- Learn.
- Encourage treatment.
- Support medication adherence.
- Get support.
Can AIDS be reversed?
At present, there is no way to cure HIV infection or remove the virus from the body. However, drug therapy can slow down the virus and the damage that it does to the immune system. Other drugs are available to prevent or treat opportunistic infections that can be life threatening to the person with HIV infection.
Why is it difficult for person with HIV to fight infections?
It is particularly difficult for the immune system to fight off HIV infection for a number of reasons, including the following: HIV attacks the immune system itself, weakening its ability to fight back. HIV replicates in large quantities that are more than the compromised immune system can handle.
What is the cure for HIV AIDS?
FAST FACTS. There is no cure for HIV, although antiretroviral treatment can control the virus, meaning that people with HIV can live long and healthy lives. Most research is looking for a functional cure where HIV is reduced to undetectable and harmless levels in the body permanently, but some residual virus may remain.
How do you cure AIDS?
Being diagnosed with HIV is frightening, but with proper treatment, you can still live a full, healthy life. While there’s no cure for HIV, you can keep it under control and minimize the amount of virus in your body by taking a combination of antiretroviral therapy (ART) medications.
Which system does HIV and AIDS attack?
AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS is the most advanced stage of HIV infection. HIV attacks and destroys the infection-fighting CD4 cells of the immune system. The loss of CD4 cells makes it difficult for the body to fight off infections and certain cancers.
