HIV Infection
Alternate Names : Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
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HIV Infection Treatment
Drug therapy is often recommended for patients who are committed to taking all their medications and have a CD4 count less than 500 (indicating immune system suppression) or a high viral load (amount of HIV virus in the bloodstream).
It is extremely important that patients take all doses of their medications, otherwise the virus will rapidly become resistant to the medications. Therapy is always given with a combination of antiviral drugs.
People with HIV infection need to receive education about the disease and treatment so that they can be active partners in decision making with their health care provider.
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