Safer Sex Guidelines
You can't spread HIV if there is no HIV infection. If you and your partners are not infected with HIV, there is no risk. An "undetectable viral load" (see Fact Sheet 125) does NOT mean "no HIV infection." If there is no contact with [... more]
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Guìas Para Tener Relaciones Sexuales Más Seguras
Para diseminar el VIH durante las relaciones sexuales, tiene que haber transmisión de sangre o fluidos sexuales infectados con el VIH. Estos provienen del pene del hombre o de la vagina de la mujer antes, durante o después de un orgasmo. El [... more]
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Treatment After Exposure to HIV
Prophylaxis means disease prevention. Post-exposure prophylaxis (or PEP) means taking antiretroviral medications (ARVs) as soon as possible after exposure to HIV, so that the exposure will not result in HIV infection. These medications are only ... [... more]
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Alternative and Complementary Therapies
A health treatment that does not fit into standard western medical practice is called "alternative" or "complementary." This includes many different therapies: Traditional healing practices such as ayurveda (Fact Sheet 702), Chinese [... more]
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Terapias Alternativas
Se llama terapia "alternativa" o "complementaria" a los tratamientos que no "encajan" en la práctica estándar de medicina occidental. Estas pueden ser: Prácticas de curación tradicionales como la [... more]
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Acute HIV Infection
The amount of HIV in the blood gets very high within a few days or weeks after HIV infection. Some people get a flu-like illness. This first stage of HIV disease is called "acute HIV infection" or "primary HIV infection." About half [... more]
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Infección Aguda del VIH
La cantidad de VIH en la sangre llega a niveles muy altos a pocos días o semanas de infectarse. Algunas personas tienen síntomas de gripe. El primer estadio de la enfermedad del VIH se llama "infección aguda por VIH" o [... more]
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Participating in a Clinical Trial
Before new drugs can be sold to treat HIV disease, they must be proved to be safe and effective. The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approves new drugs and other treatments based on the results of laboratory tests, animal tests, and tests in ... [... more]
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Microbicides
Microbicides are anti-HIV substances. They could reduce the risk of HIV infection during vaginal or rectal intercourse. No microbicides are available yet. However, with sufficient funding and demand, microbicides could be available by 2010. They ... [... more]
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Microbicidas
Los microbicidas son sustancias anti-VIH. Podrían reducir el riesgo de infección con el VIH durante las relaciones sexuales vaginales o anales. Los microbicidas aún no están disponibles comercialmente. No obstante, si hubiera [... more]
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Children and HIV
Where antiretroviral medications (ARVs) and good medical care for pregnant women are available, new infections of children are rare. Anyone age 13 or younger is counted as a child in US health statistics. In 1992, almost 1,000 children were ... [... more]
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Los Niños y el VIH
Las infecciones nuevas en niños son poco comunes en lugares donde los antirretrovirales (ARVs) y una buena atención médica para mujeres embarazadas están disponibles. En las estadísticas de salud de Estados Unidos, las [... more]
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