HIV: Do you know what internalized stigma is?
According to sociology, stigma is a condition or trait that is attributed to a person and that causes society to classify them in a group of which they have a negative opinion. Unfortunately, the stigma that still persists around HIV leads to the idea that those living with the virus “asked for it” by engaging […]
What you need to know about pelvic inflammatory disease
The importance of preventing and treating sexually transmitted infections (STIs) is not only that they are annoying, but also that they can have long-term consequences and even be an obstacle to a woman’s fertility. Some harmful microorganisms that are sexually transmitted can “climb” up the female reproductive system and into the womb, where they will […]
Management of two chronic diseases: diabetes and HIV
Starting in 1996, when the first treatment scheme to stop HIV was created, people began to talk about this infection as something manageable, which had become a chronic disease “like diabetes”. The latter is a disease characterized by the body’s inability to produce insulin, which processes sugars, and is one of the most common chronic […]
Were you exposed to HIV? This you should do
After the hard years that the COVID-19 pandemic has left behind, the end of the year celebrations seemed like the perfect time to live again. But if perhaps you took it too intensely and so many toasts led you to an unprotected sexual encounter, here we tell you what you can do in that situation in which you were exposed to HIV.