This book provides consumer health information about transmission, testing, stages, and treatment of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), with facts about prevention, related complications, and tips for living with HIV/AIDS.
Front Cover.
Half Title Page.
Title Page.
Copyright Page.
Table of Contents.
Preface.
1: Human Immunodeficiency Virus/Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome: An Overview.
2: Origin of HIV and AIDS.
3: HIV Stages and Types.
4: Symptoms of HIV.
5: How HIV Causes AIDS.
6: HIV/AIDS: A Statistical Overview.
7: Impact of HIV on Racial and Ethnic Minorities in the United States.
8: HIV/AIDS among Specific Populations.
9: HIV/AIDS Transmission, Risk Factors, and Prevention.
10: HIV Transmission: Questions and Answers.
11: Risky Behaviors and HIV.
12: HIV Risk in the Healthcare Setting.
13: HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies.
14: HIV/AIDS Prevention.
15: Preventing Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV.
16: HIV Vaccines and Microbicides.
17: HIV Prophylaxis.
18: Receiving an HIV/AIDS Diagnosis.
19: HIV Testing.
20: Types of HIV Diagnostic Tests.
21: Understanding Your Test Results.
22: You and Your HIV/AIDS Healthcare Provider: First Steps.
23: Laboratory Tests after an HIV Diagnosis.
24: Treatments and Therapies for HIV/AIDS.
25: Treatment Overview.
26: Decision Making: To Start Therapy or Not.
27: How to Find HIV Treatment Services.
28: Antiretroviral Treatment.
29: HIV/AIDS Treatment Adherence.
30: Treatment Recommendations for Pediatric HIV Infection.
31: HIV and AIDS Treatment for Pregnant Women.
32: HIV/AIDS Treatment Interruptions.
33: HIV/AIDS Treatment Side Effects.
34: Other HIV/AIDS Treatment Complications.
35: Alternative (Complementary) Therapies for HIV/AIDS.
36: Medical Marijuana for HIV/AIDS.
37: HIV/AIDS Treatments in Development.
38: Investigational HIV Drug and Its Role in HIV Treatment.
39: HIV/AIDS Clinical Trials and Research.
40: Paying for HIV Care and Treatment.
41: Common Co-occurring Infections and Complications of HIV/AIDS.
42: Opportunistic Infections and Their Relationship to HIV/AIDS.
43: Preventing Opportunistic Infections.
44: HIV/AIDS and Co-occurring Bacterial Infections.
