HIV & AIDS Clinic

13/04/2025

ART (Antiretroviral Therapy) is the treatment used for HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus).
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What it is:
A combination of medicines that people with HIV take daily.

What it does:

Reduces the amount of HIV in the body (called the "viral load")

Helps the immune system stay strong

Prevents illness and transmission to others

Is it a cure?
No, but it allows people with HIV to live long, healthy lives and can reduce the virus to undetectable levels

18/01/2025

20/01/2024

when do u need to test for hiv?
when there are so many tests available which hiv test i should do?
what is window period and which tests are done in window period?
what is the accuracy of hiv test?
Do i need to repeat the test ?

if u have any queries reagarding these u can consult me at srinivasa hospital narayanguda 10 to 1 pm

01/12/2023

WORLD AIDS DAY 2023 theme LET COMMUNITIES LEAD is to raise awareness about the challenges that remain to achieve the goals of ending AIDS by 2023.
The theme emhasizes the importance of community led organisations in the fight against HIV/AIDS

18/11/2023

Prevention of hiv can be done by taking PEP MEDICINES with in 72 hrs of exposure.
These medicines should be taken for 1 month.
Early diagnosis and treatment can prevent many complications which are common if left untreated

09/04/2023

PEP IS POST EXPOSURE PROPHYLAXIS

It is used to prevent HIV after unproteted exposure.
There are various treatment options to prevent hiv .
PEP should be started within 72 hrs of exposre.
it should be used for 28 days
PEP medicines are safe and they donot cause any major side effects.

11/12/2022

WHAT ARE THE DIFFERENT STAGES OF HIV?
STAGE 1
In this stage the patient has no symptoms and signs .Some patients develop flu like symptoms like fever ,headache and bodypains.
STAGE 2
In this stage patient presents with mild symptoms like fever, sorethroat and skin infectons like herpes .They start developing antibodies against hiv.
STAGE 3
In this stage patient can develop opportunistic infections like tuberculosis, various fungal (candida) and bacterial infections(pnemonia).
STAGE4
In this stage patient is in advanced stage of hiv and is at risk of getting various infections like extra pulmonary tuberculosis and malignancies like lymphomas and kaposis sarocome. CD4 counts are below 50.

19/11/2022

The slide shows the difference between HIV and AIDS.

HIV infected patient can be in any stage but AIDS is the last stage of hiv infection.
Patients with cd4 counts less than 50 are defined as AIDS patients as they are prone to get infected with many life threatening infections like
miliary tuberculosis, pneumonias, disseminate fungal infections and viral infections and malignancies.

The prognosis of patients in AIDS stage is poor and they need to be monitored closely and treated without delay.

28/08/2022

Many patients come to us with symptoms of fever . neck swelling , headache , weight loss and loss of appetite.
These symptoms can be seen in many infections like tuberculosis hepatitis and they are not specific to hiv.
Hiv infected patients may not have any of these symptoms in the early stages.
The best way to diagnose HIV is by getting tested .
Only in the advanced stages many patients develop such symptoms suggestive of some oppertunistic infection.
paid consultation and virtual consultation available

06/07/2022

12/06/2022

Many people who are on hiv medicines will have doubts as to contine oral medicines or switch to other injectable treatments for hiv

The newer injectables hiv drugs like raltegravir and cabotegravir are now on trials and many are showing promising results when given once in a month .

As of now oral medicines are very effective and continue to remain main treatment for most of these patients as most of them are very safe and effective with least side effects.

25/05/2022

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