Main Page [2] | Risk Factors [3] | Symptoms [4] | Diagnosis [5] | Treatment | Screening [6] | Reducing Your Risk [7] | Talking to Your Doctor [8] | Living With AIDS [9] | Resource Guide [10]
Treatment aims to decrease the amount of virus in the body and keep the immune [11] system as healthy as possible to prevent infections and cancers. Treatment for HIV may involve the following:
Medications [12]
Lifestyle changes [13]
Other treatments [14]
Alternative and complementary treatments [15]
Surgical procedures are sometimes combined with medical [16] therapy for the treatment of various opportunistic infections and cancers associated with AIDS.
References:
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website. Available at: http://www.cdc.gov [17].
Conn's Current Therapy 2001 . 53rd edition. WB Saunders Company; 2001.
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases website. Available at: http://www3.niaid.nih.gov/ [18].
Textbook of Primary Care Medicine . 3rd edition. Mosby, Inc.; 2001.
Last reviewed January 2007 by Jill D. Landis, MD [19]
Please be aware that this information is provided to supplement the care provided by your physician. It is neither intended nor implied to be a substitute for professional medical [16] advice. CALL YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER IMMEDIATELY IF YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A MEDICAL EMERGENCY. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified health [20] provider prior to starting any new treatment or with any questions you may have regarding a medical [16] condition.
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