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How Can You Tell If You Have HIV? The only way to know for sure if you have HIV is to get tested. You can't rely on symptoms to tell whether you have HIV. Knowing your HIV status gives you powerful information so you can take steps to keep yourself and your partner(s) healthy: If you test positive , you can take medicine to treat HIV. By taking HIV medicine daily as prescribed, you can make the amount of HIV in your blood (your viral load) very low—so low that a test can't detect it (called an undetectable viral load). Getting and keeping an undetectable viral load is the best thing you can do to stay healthy. If your viral load stays undetectable, you have effectively no risk of transmitting HIV to an HIV-negative partner through sex. If you test negative , there are more HIV prevention tools available today than ever before. If you are pregnant , you should be tested for HIV so that you can begin treatment if you're HIV-positive. If an HIV-positive woman is treated for HI...

Normal vaginal discharge is odorless and clear or white in color.  Yellow discharge could be a sign of a condition like chlamydia, cervical cancer, or trichomoniasis. If you have yellow vaginal discharge, schedule an appointment with an OB-GYN to determine the cause. Vaginal discharge is normal and typically clear, white, and odorless, says Peace Nwegbo-Banks, MD, an OB-GYN at Serenity Women's Health & Med Spa.   However, discharge that is a different color like yellowish-green or accompanied by a fishy odor may be a sign of the following underlying conditions. 1. Pelvic Inflammatory Disease Pelvic inflammatory disease is an infection that occurs when bacteria travels from the vagina to the uterus, fallopian tubes and ovaries. ...

It's the first time underwear has been authorized for this purpose, and it provides a new choice for protection where the few options have been unpopular. This is a story about infections, sex and underwear. More specifically, it's about sexually-transmitted infections, oral sex and ultrathin, super-stretchy, vanilla-flavored panties. The Food and Drug Administration has authorized the panties to be considered protection against infections that can be transmitted from the vagina or anus during oral sex. It is a first for underwear. The undies are part of an understudied but important area of sexual health where the few options for protection are considered cumbersome and hardly used. "Oral sex is not totally risk-free," said Dr. Jeanne Marrazzo, director of the division of infectious diseases at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She said the need for protective methods was of growing importance because more "teenagers are initiating their first sexual acti...

In the acute HIV infection stage, the US Department of Health and Human Services cautioned that within a month of catching the virus, two-thirds of people will experience a flu-like illness. Considered a "natural response" to the virus, flu-like symptoms can include: Fever Chills Rash Night sweats Muscle aches Sore throat Fatigue Swollen lymph nodes Mouth ulcers. These symptoms can last for a few days to several weeks, but some people do not even have any symptoms during the early stage of HIV. As the virus multiples within the body, people tend not to experience any symptoms. Frighteningly, people can remain in this symptomless – and contagious – stage for up to 15 years. The virus can be passed on via sexual intercourse, hence why regular sexual health checks are critical. Eventually, HIV weakens the body's immune system and will progress to AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) if treatment is not sought. Following a diagnosis, treatment can help prevent you from p...

After reaching historic lows more than a decade ago, rates are on the rise again. Last month, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention released its latest data on cases of sexually transmitted infections during the first year of the pandemic. In the early months of 2020, the number of people diagnosed with gonorrhea and syphilis declined, as you might expect — it was, after all, a time of extreme isolation for many. Subsequently, though, infection rates surged so much that by the end of the year, the case counts were 10 percent and 7 percent higher than in 2019. In total, there were some 134,000 reports of syphilis and 678,000 reports of gonorrhea. These were "stunning" increases, says Hilary Reno, an associate professor at the Washington University School of Medicine and medical director of the St. Louis County Sexual Health Clinic. "I can't tell you how many primary-care physicians have called me recently and said, 'I just saw my first-ever case of syphil...

Introduction Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is an immunological disease caused by the Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), which infects cells and causes malfunctions of the immune system. It results in immune-hematological abnormalities, secondary and/or opportunistic infections, and tumors. 1 In addition, extreme weakness and progressive harm of cellular and humoral immune responses are one of the characteristics of HIV. 2 HIV was a global public health issue that claimed the lives of 770,000 people living with HIV (PLWHIV) at the end of 2018. From the HIV-infected personnel, more than two-thirds of the 37.9 million people were lived in Africa. 3 In Ethiopia 2017 census indicated that a higher prevalence rate of HIV was found in Amhara, Oromia, and Addis Ababa, which accounted for 16.2% (613,000/37,900,000). 4 Hematological abnormalities and/or cytopenia are the most common HIV-AIDS consequences and the leading predictors of HIV infection in PLWHIV, which has been ...

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