Opportunistic Infections: Since HIV infection increases the risk of several opportunistic infections, it is important to take special precautions to prevent them. Detailed below are the preventive   measures   for   common opportunistic infections.  Sexually transmitted diseases: Regular use of condoms for all sexual activities can prevent sexually transmitted diseases. It can also prevent [...]

The treatment for HIV infection ideally needs to be started as soon as a person gets infected. However, since it is difficult to diagnose HIV infection unless a series of specific blood tests are done, the treatment should start as soon as the infection is detected. People at high risk of getting the infection should [...]

MEAN-INDETERMINANT TEST RESULTS The virus is either present or not present—there is no middle ground. But like all tests in medicine, the test for antibodies to HIV does not always give decisive positive or negative results. Indeterminant test results are a gray zone, and they are an obvious source of anguish for the person tested. [...]

HIV affects the body in several different ways. The first way it affects the body is directly, causing an early mononucleosis-like disease or a late dementia called AIDS dementia complex. The second way is by causing the immune system to overreact and attack, not foreign tissue, but the tissues of the body. One example of [...]