Testing positive for HIV no longer carries a death sentence, because medical and pharmaceutical research have developed ways for HIV-patients to control their infections and maintain their health.  If you have tested positive for HIV, however, you must seize the initiative for managing your health and your healthcare.  First, secure the assistance and counsel of a physician with training and experience in managing HIV; your regular primary care physician probably is not qualified to give the kind of detailed and specialized care you need.  As soon as you have consulted with your physician, begin the course of care the doctor lays out for you, and do not vary from the prescriptions without discussing your options with your caregiver.

Medicate

Your physician will prescribe a potent cocktail of anti-retroviral medications and immune system boosters.  The meds radically slow the disease’s progression by inhibiting the virus’s capacity to reproduce, but they do not cure the disease.  Most specialists advise a combination of anti-retrovirals called HAART.  Although the components of HAART remain constant, dosages vary from patient to patient, so that your doctor will stress the importance of carefully following instructions in your treatment plan.  Your treatment probably will include multi-vitamins and dietary supplements; most experienced physicians will advise that you consult with a nutritionist to set-up a healthy diet, because “wasting” numbers among the leading symptoms of HIV.  “Healthy diet” here means nothing extreme; instead, it signifies lots of fruits and vegetables and lots of lean meats—the stuff your mother always said you should eat.

            HAART may cause side effects, so that you should make certain you understand the risks before you finish your first consultation with your doctor.  Most side effects are mild and manageable, but they frequently mimic HIV symptoms, so that you should consult your doctor if you experience severe stomach distress, headaches and body aches, profuse perspiration, or fever.  Your doctor will schedule regular appointments for blood tests and other diagnostic procedures; always capitalize on those opportunities to ask questions and register complaints and concerns.

Protect yourself and your loved ones.

Because the virus has compromised your immune system, you are exceptionally vulnerable to “opportunistic” infections—especially flu and pneumonia.  In fact, more HIV patients suffer severe complications from influenza and pneumonia than suffer from HIV’s advance to AIDS.  Therefore, get vaccinated.  Moreover, because HIV is most frequently transmitted by intimate sexual contact, get the full panel of tests for other sexually-transmitted diseases, which may be fatal if they go untreated.  Health officials recently have reported spikes in the rates of syphilis and gonorrhea in major American cities, and Chlamydia and hepatitis continue at near-epidemic rates.  Especially on or near America’s largest college campuses, as many as one in four undergraduates have some kind of STD.  Get tested and get treatment. 

            If you are in a committed relationship and you and your partner elect to continue sexual relations even with your infection, you absolutely must practice safe sex.  If you have engaged in risky sexual behaviors, stop. You also incur a social responsibility to alert your previous sexual partners of your HIV-positive status, so that they can seek diagnosis and testing.  Meanwhile, neither you nor your family should panic.  Although the condition is undeniably serious and demands some serious lifestyle changes and choices, it is manageable.  Your physician will probably refer you to an especially well-qualified HIV counselor, who will help you manage the emotional and relational ramifications of your diagnosis.

            If you smoke or chew tobacco, quit.  Whatever it takes to quit completely, do it. Smoking alone increases your susceptibility to opportunistic infections, and smoking in combination with HIV makes you especially prone to sever upper respiratory problems and heart disease.

Immediately contact your physician

If you develop breathing problems—serious congestion or deep wheezing, shortness of breath or persistent cough that fails to respond to over-the-counter remedies, make the call or go to the emergency room.  If you run a fever for more than two days and regular NSaid pain relievers do not seem to affect it, get professional help right away, because a fever signals your body’s fight against an infection.  Severe weight loss also signals your need to visit your doctor—especially if it results from persistent diarrhea.  Your diet probably will help you lose between five and ten pounds over the course of about six weeks; but if your weight drops precipitously, contact both your physician and your nutritionist.

Similarly, contact your doctor right away if you experience mouth problems, such as thrush (white spots), sores, change in taste, dryness, trouble swallowing, or loose teeth.  Your doctor probably will encourage you to visit your dentist at least twice a year, and you should enlist your dentist’s services in aggressive treatment of your condition.

Educate yourself and your loved ones.

You are the best advocate for your own health and well-being.  The more you and your family understand about the symptoms of and treatments for HIV, the more you can extend your life and enhance its quality.  For up-to-date and accurate information about HIV, call the Centers for Disease Control, or visit the Centers’ websites:  CDC-INFO at 1-800-232-4636; the CDC Internet address, www.cdc.gov/hiv/ and http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/contentfiles/

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AIDS is a syndrome caused by HIV virus. HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency virus and AIDS is an abbreviated form of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. AIDS is caused by a special virus named HIV, it’s special because it duplicates or replicates itself in fraction of seconds and attack the human immune system severely. As you all know that immune system contains antibodies that fight against many diseases. If these antibodies are weakened the human body becomes more vulnerable to infections like tuberculosis and Aids/HIV. So, Aids/HIV can be fatal, and may lead to some serious problems in human body.

Aids/HIV is transmitted through various factors, which one should take care of. If infected person’s blood is transmitted to another person, it can cause Aids/HIV. Unprotected sexual activities can lead to Aids/HIV. The use of unsterilized instruments like needle, razor etc can cause Aids/HIV. A mother having Aids/HIV can cause the same to her unborn child. Blood transfusion can lead to Aids/HIV if the transfused blood contains Aids/HIV. These are the basic ways which can lead to transmission of Aids/HIV. Aids/HIV cannot be spread by mosquito bites, kissing, handshaking or any other personal activities or by sharing same towel or clothes.

Blood test can assure you weather you have contacted the virus or not. You have to be regular for your blood tests and should visit from time to time, within a time span of around 4-5 months. You must use sexual devices while engaging in sexual intercourse with your partner. You should go for a safe sex. You should avoid unprotected sexual activities and other ways which can cause you Aids/HIV. Aids/HIV in today’s time has a negative effect on people. People having Aids/HIV are simply rejected by their loved ones. People have a fear in their minds that the disease may get transmitted to them also, by just simply playing or hugging those who have already suffered with Aids/HIV.  Some people have lost their job too because they are HIV positive. So, it makes Aids/HIV a more of a psychological trauma making it more difficult for the ones who are a part of it.

You have to love these people. You have to make them believe that they are still loved by their families. They should be considered an important part of our society. You have to let them know that it’s not the end of the world for them; they can make an important mark in their life. They can lead a normal life no matter they are living with Aids/HIV. You should not blame them or hurt them for the reason that they are living with the virus, as it is not in their hands.

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Aids HIV is one disease whose cause is yet not known. But some well known scientists say that it is caused by a virus known as ‘Simian Immunodeficiency Virus’. This virus was first found in chimpanzees of South Africa.

The main causes of HIV are as follows-

It spreads in your body through a virus, which enters in your body and destroys the crypto program of the cells, which helps in building the immunity system of the body.

1. There are some special cells named ‘CD4 cells’ which uses natural product of the body to further create there replicas. The body creates the replicas of ‘CD4 cells’ so that it can boost up the immunity system of the body. But these HIV viruses destroy these cells & in turn bring the level of number of these cells low, which adversely affects the immunity system of the body.

2. The actual spreading of HIV virus inside the body is due to transfer of fluids like blood or semen from the body of affected person to the body of normal person. Also it can easily be transmitted through the sexual intercourse that is anal or oral sex.

3. Another very important way of transmission of HIV virus is using used needles, specially used while in taking illegal drugs. HIV virus is automatically transmitted to the baby if the mother is infected by HIV.

4. Even blood transfusion causes transmission of HIV. But fortunately medication is available now a day to bring this possibility down.

Now let us throw light on the symptoms of HIV.

1. The initial stage of this infection is known as ‘primary HIV infection’. A person affected by such virus start showing the symptoms in about fifteen to forty five days of the infection.

2. The symptoms include fewer, bad throat, swelling in glands, joints pain, fatigue ness, rashes on the chest etc. most of the times the symptoms of HIV are so mild that you tend to link them up with some other problem.

3. These symptoms stay constant for a very long time and show small increment only after a very long period. This is termed as ‘Asymptomatic HIV infection’.

4. HIV virus tends to grow internally manifold and damage the immunity system adversely.

If this problem is not taken care of at the right time then you might end up with low level CD4 cells which would cause zero immunity in your body. And the severe symptoms of this disease are dry cough, weight loss, sweats at night, blur vision, white spots on tongue, high fewer, problem while breathing, and diarrhea. All these symptoms can continue for a period of say three to four months.

Now comes how to treat you so as keep a check on HIV positive.

You should get your blood test done timely so as to see CD4 cell count and viral infection. There are some medications like HAART available to slow down the pace of HIV virus. Also there are therapies and counseling done to give you a long and healthier life.

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As we all know that nowadays Aids have become one of the most hazardous diseases worldwide. Various scientists are shedding their midnight oil by working day and night just to find a suitable cure for aids. However it is concluded recently that a double blind placebo trial which when controlled properly with an herbal supplement which is better known as Sutherlandia OPC can certainly become as an effective measure. All the Sutherlandia OPC users know that it a definite cure for HIV.

This infection is caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus. This virus plays an important role in causing deficiency in the immune system of our human body. However sources reveal that there is no proper cure for this disease. But as far as studies suggests anti-retroviral therapy to some extent has succeeded in decreasing the virus content in the human body. It helps to build up the immune system to its initial state. There are some side effects as well of this therapy as at times the virus starts multiplying on its own and the immune system gradually falls.

Ayurvedic treatment has a property as it shows its effects after a certain interval of time as compared to other treatments. They do help in improving the CD4/CD8 count and thereby reducing the virus content. If judicious use of this medicine be done that it can also increase the innate immunity of the body with subsequent excretion of the virus from body and in gaining weight.

Medicines with herbal cures which are used for the treatment of HIV aids include:-

Chitrak (Plumbago zeylanica), Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa), Punarnava (Boerhaavia diffusa) Manjishtha (Rubia cordifolia), Saariva (Hemidesmus indicus), Tulsi (Ocimum sanctum) and Amalaki (Emblica officinalis)
Such medicines are used for longer term treatments since the patients infected with Aids/HIV need lifelong or longer tenure treatments. These medicines do posses tremendous properties such as immune modulating, anti viral and adaptogenic which helpful in increasing the body weight. They also increase the Agni of our body which is responsible for stabilizing the metabolic rate of the cell to an optimum level. Herbal medicines are preferred more because of the fact that they have very few or almost no side effects.

The ultimate goal of today’s scientists is to find a cure for HIV which posses’ minimum risks and is cost effective which can certainly be achieved with the help of herbal doses.

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The first case of the Aids/HIV virus was reported some 25 years ago, since then it has become one of the most dreadful diseases which are feared the most in the whole world. At present about 25 million people have already died because of the sufferings of this diseases and already approximately 38 million people are suffering from its effects.

Actually HIV is a virus which on its later stages develops into aids. It takes almost 3-4 months to convert into disease. This virus works to destroy the cells of the immune system which are better known as T-Lymphocytes. When these lymphocytes which are also known as the suicidal bags of our body get destroyed it results in the inability of our body to cope up with diseases causing bacteria, viruses and fungi.

It is not necessary that with the infection of HIV all the symptoms of aids will be observed, in fact in some cases there might be no symptoms at all of aids. However the only common thing which is common among all HIV infections is experiencing flu like symptoms. These symptoms appear after an interval of almost six weeks from the initial stages of infection.

There are also some infections such as sore throat, rashes, swollen lymph glands and headaches which a person can exhibit while suffering from other ail nesses. If medical reports do not show a person infected with aids he is still capable of transmitted the infection to other individuals coming in sexual contact. Once this virus enters the human bodies there are all doors closed for exiting the virus since almost immediately it attacks the immune system.

There are chances that a person may not develop an HIV infection to as long as ten years but these certainly do not mean that the virus has stopped growing in numbers. Infected person may only experience some mild infections or chronic symptoms. Tests of HIV can be done with a simple blood test .this virus is acquired by having unprotected sex or by transfusion of blood.
If the virus gets detected early then there are few chances of its advancement. Every individual should get tested for aids after very one year, and specially those who contact a new partner .normally while performing sex there are more chances of getting these infections if one tries anal other then vaginal counterparts. Men whom posses sex with men (MSM’s) are at a higher risk of getting infected.

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