What is HIV antiretroviral treatment?
This is the main type of treatment for HIV or AIDS. It is not a cure, but it can stop people from becoming ill for many years. The treatment consists of drugs that have to be taken every day for the rest of someone’s life. To understand more about treatment you need to have some knowledge of HIV and AIDS. HIV is a virus and like other viruses when it is in a cell in the body it produces new copies of itself. With these new copies, HIV can go and infect other previously healthy cells. It is easy for HIV to spread quickly through the billions of cells in the body if it is not stopped from reproducing itself. Antiretroviral treatment for HIV infection consists of drugs which work against HIV infection itself by slowing down the reproduction of HIV in the body. The drugs are often referred to as: • antiretrovirals • anti-HIV drugs • or HIV antiviral drugs What is Combination Therapy, what is HAART? For antiretroviral treatment to be effective for a long time, it has been found that you nee
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