Onsa d.i symptoms og naa kay AIDS?

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WHAT FACTORS INFLUENCE A CD4 CELL COUNT?

The CD4 cell value bounces around a lot. Time of day, fatigue, and stress can affect the test results. It’s best to have blood drawn at the same time of day for each CD4 cell test, and to use the same laboratory.

Infections can have a large impact on CD4 cell counts. When your body fights an infection, the number of white blood cells (lymphocytes) goes up. CD4 and CD8 counts go up, too. Vaccinations can cause the same effects. Don’t check your CD4 cells until a couple of weeks after you recover from an infection or get a vaccination.

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IS THERE A CURE FOR AIDS?

There is no cure for AIDS. Antiretroviral therapy can slow down the HIV virus, and slow down the damage to your immune system. Most people stay healthy as long as they continue ART. There is no way to "clear" the HIV out of your body.

Other drugs can prevent or treat opportunistic infections (OIs). In most cases, these drugs work very well. The newer, stronger ARVs have also helped reduce the rates of most OIs. A few OIs, however, are still very difficult to treat.

WHAT IS ANTIRETROVIRAL?

ART means treating retroviral infections like HIV with drugs. The drugs do not kill the virus. However, they slow down the growth of the virus. When the virus is slowed down, so is HIV disease. Antiretroviral drugs are referred to as ARV. ARV therapy is referred to as ART.

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WHAT IS THE HIV LIFE CYCLE?


There are several steps in the HIV life cycle:





1. Free virus circulates in the bloodstream


2. HIV attaches to a cell.


3. HIV empties its contents into the cell.


4. The HIV genetic code (RNA) is used by the reverse transcriptase enzyme to build HIV DNA.



5. The HIV DNA is inserted into the cell’s DNA by the integrase enzyme. This establishes the HIV infection in the cell.



6. When the infected cell reproduces, it activates the HIV DNA, which makes the raw material for new HIV viruses.


7. Packets of material for a new virus come together.


8. The immature virus pushes out of the infected cell in a process called “budding.”


9. The immature virus breaks free of the infected cell.


10. The new virus matures: raw materials are cut by the protease enzyme and assembled into a functioning virus.

[yiox]

wow.nice info.thanks

[yiox]

pila nmn ka csases sa aids sa cebu.any statistics?

[takas bahay]

pila nmn ka csases sa aids sa cebu.any statistics?

Check this link: 150 positive in city in 6 months: Alarming rise in HIV cases | The Freeman >> The Freeman Sections >> Cebu News

These are CONFIRMED cases ss of mid year 2010 pa na...but still counting for sure....Wala pa ni apil sa daghan kaayong UNREPORTED / UNDETECTED cases.