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 […]
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 […]
Oral lesions want to tell you something
If you are living with HIV, you know that some symptoms in your body may be indicating something else. And you also know that you should pay special attention to the health of your mouth, since the mucosa that covers it can be quite vulnerable to certain effects. Small and annoying injuries They are small […]
Lymph nodes and what they tell us about HIV
Has it happened to you that you run your fingers through your neck and notice lumps, as well as some pain, just below your jaw, at the level of your ears? If you have already gone through some health problems, you know that there are two lymph nodes in that place, and that if they […]
HIV and psoriasis, a close relationship
Psoriasis is an inflammatory disease whose main symptom is skin rashes, which are very striking due to their intense red color and scaling, which cause significant repercussions on the self-esteem of those who suffer from it. Until recently it was considered a skin disease that could spread and affect other structures, mainly nails and joints, […]
Premature aging due to HIV: how to stop it
In recent years, research has shown that people with HIV experience accelerated cellular aging, regardless of whether or not they are on antiretroviral therapy. Unlike those without HIV, people with the virus appear to have age-related conditions and diseases long before the general population. For example, heart disease, some cancers, and cognitive problems (such as […]
Older people with HIV need multiple specialists
Thanks to the high efficacy of antiretroviral treatments, more and more people with HIV are reaching old age, which is posing new challenges for their health care. Although the infection can be controlled with medication, bringing the quality of life closer to that of people without HIV, it is also true that those who have […]
Do you know all types of HIV?
If you have just received an HIV diagnosis, it is very likely that your medical team has told you that, as long as you do not reach an undetectable level of virus in your blood and you are not with a partner who is in the same condition, you should continue using a condom, why? […]
These types of pain you can experience if you live with HIV
Pain is one of the health problems that most deteriorates people’s quality of life and the worst thing is that it is totally subjective, that is, there is no technological tool capable of measuring the amount of pain that a person feels, so that it needs to be explained.
Overcome digestive discomfort from ARV treatment with these tips
Many of the medications taken for various health problems can cause digestive discomfort, from nausea to diarrhea, which can make it more difficult to take the treatment properly. In the case of drugs to combat HIV, gastrointestinal side effects are the most common and usually occur when a person starts taking antiretroviral treatment, so it […]
Do you live with HIV and didn’t have severe COVID? This could be the reason
Since the emergence of the new coronavirus pandemic at the end of 2019, scientists around the world began to explore all kinds of already known drugs in an attempt to treat the infection. From antivirals used for respiratory viruses to anticancer drugs, they went through stages of experimentation to end SARS-CoV-2, and antiretroviral, used to […]
Gay doctors talk about how to prevent HIV among men
In the first moments of the HIV pandemic, at the beginning of the 1980s, there were very marked roles for those involved in the problem. Infectology specialists (mainly men, but also many women) provided the best care they could to people with a hitherto unknown condition, while gay men were the majority of patients who […]