HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) refers to a chronic and debilitating disease in which a person's immune system is severely weakened. MedlinePlus indicates that HIV's symptoms include fever, fatigue, headache, diarrhea, sore throat and swollen lymph nodes. This condition can also lead to muscle stiffness or aching, fever, and frequent vaginal infections (in women). Fortunately, there are drugs available for people with HIV.
Antiretroviral drugs target human immunodeficiency virus 1 to slow the progression of the HIV to acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. As of 2010, the World Health Organization estimates that among the 33.4 million peopl...
Estimates from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention put the number of people living with HIV/AIDS in the United Staes at more than 1 million, with more than 50,000 new cases each year. Drugs, according to AIDS.gov, a...
HIV (human immunodeficiency virus) is a virus that can be transmitted by bodily fluids such as blood, semen and vaginal fluids. This virus infects and kills immune cells, which causes a gradual depletion of the immune system ca...
According to the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAD), there are more than 1 million people living with the disease in the U.S. and more than 37 million worldwide. HIV remains incurable to date with seve...
