Appointments & care. At Mayo Clinic, we take the time to listen, to find answers and to provide you the best care. Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is a chronic, potentially life-threatening condition caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). By damaging your immune system, HIV interferes with your body's ability to fight the organisms that cause disease. HIV is a sexually transmitted infection.
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Without medication, it may take years before HIV weakens your immune system to the point that you have AIDS. There's no cure for HIV/AIDS, but there are medications that can dramatically slow the progression of the disease. These drugs have reduced AIDS deaths in many developed nations. But HIV continues to decimate populations in Africa, Haiti and parts of Asia. 1  Symptoms.
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Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV). HIV stands for human immunodeficiency virus. If left untreated, HIV can lead to the disease AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome). Unlike some other viruses, the human body cannot get rid of HIV. That means that once you have HIV, you have it for life.
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1 It is given in injectable form like insulin. 2  Another drug called maraviroc (Selzentry) binds to a protein on the surface of the human cell and can be given by mouth. 3  Both drugs are used in combination with other anti-HIV drugs. 4  Integrase inhibitors stop HIV genes from becoming incorporated into the human cell's DNA.
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What is used to treat HIV/AIDS? A. antiretroviral medications B. chemotherapy C. blood transfusions D. antibiotics.
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Drug interactions. HIV medicines can interact with other HIV medicines in an HIV regimen. They can also interact with other medicines that a person with HIV is taking. A drug interaction can reduce or increase a medicine's effect on the body. Drug interactions can also cause unwanted side effects.
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Over the past years, several drugs have become available to fight both the HIV infection and its associated infections and cancers. These drugs are commonly called highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) and have substantially reduced HIV-related complications and deaths. However, medications do not cure HIV/AIDS. In one case, a patient treated for cancer apparently was cured of HIV through use of a stem cell transplant, but this stem cell cure is not recommended for HIV due to the high risk of mortality and uncertain chance of success.
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The only way to know for sure if you have HIV is to get tested. Testing is relatively simple. You can ask your health care provider for an HIV test. Many medical clinics, substance abuse programs, community health centers, and hospitals offer them, too.
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Antiretroviral therapy (ART) is the use of HIV medicines to treat HIV infection. People on ART take a combination of HIV medicines (called an HIV regimen) every day. ART is recommended for everyone infected with HIV. ART can’t cure HIV, but HIV medicines help people with HIV live longer, healthier lives.
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Although it is important to receive medical treatment for HIV/AIDS, home remedies or alternative medicine are commonly used along with standard HIV treatment to improve overall health. It is important to talk to your doctor before trying alternative therapies as some can interfere with HIV drugs.
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what is used to treat hiv/aids?
Antiretroviral therapy is used to treat HIV or AIDS. Antiretroviral therapy is used to treat HIV or AIDS.  