HIV infection

Deficiency of awareness of HIV prominence can attack HIV rates. Approximately 1 in 5 adults and adolescents in the U.S. living with HIV don’t know their HIV standing. This translates to about 116,750 persons in the African-American community. Late diagnosis of HIV infection is common, which creates missed opportunities to obtain early medical care and prevent transference to others. The sooner an individual is diagnosed and linked to appropriate care, the better the outcome.
All people should know their HIV status. The only sure way to know if you have HIV is to get tested. That's because you can have HIV and still sense in good. Once you know your status, you can take steps to protect yourself and stop the spread of HIV:
- Use latex condoms every period you have any kind of sex (vaginal, oral, or anal).
- If you inject drugs and cannot or will not stop, do not share needles, syringes, or other items used to prepare drugs. Always use new, unproductive syringes and needles. If you cannot get new ones, clean used ones with full-strength household lighten after each use. After unprotected sex, injection drug use is the next most common way that HIV is spread.
- Be faithful. Only have sex with an uninfected partner who only has sex with you.
Another way HIV is spread is from an infected mom to her baby during pregnancy or delivery. Because many people who are infected with HIV don't know they have it, all newly pregnant women should be tested for HIV as early in the pregnancy as possible, even if they are at low danger. With originally prenatal care and treatment, many babies of HIV-explicit mothers do not get HIV. For good health, many patients use Retrovir. Retrovir (Zidovudine) is an antiviral medication that prevents human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) cells from multiplying in your body.