Saturday, August 20, 2011

Diagnosis and Treatment of HIV/AIDS

Diagnosis and Treatment of HIV/AIDS
Earlier, ELISA or enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay test was the only diagnostic test for HIV/AIDS. In this test, a sample of blood is tested to look for the antibodies to the human immunodeficiency virus. If the result of this test comes out to be positive, then the test is again repeated. A positive result for the second time is followed by another test called western blot test, that looks for the presence of HIV proteins. However, presently, several other tests have been developed that basically examine a sample of blood and oral mucus for the presence of the antibodies to the virus.

Treatment for HIV/AIDS basically aims at suppressing the symptoms as much as possible, and improving the quality of life of the patients. Earlier, physicians had only a few options to treat a condition like HIV, and other opportunistic infections that can develop due to a weakened immune system. However, a number of drugs and medications have been developed in recent times to treat the condition and the associated complications. The drugs that are generally employed to treat HIV and prolong the lifespan of the affected individual are anti-retroviral drugs, that can prevent the growth and replication of the virus. There are mainly seven classes of anti-retroviral drugs that are used for HIV treatment. These anti-retroviral drugs are, protease inhibitors, nucleoside analogue reverse transcriptase inhibitors, fusion inhibitors, non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors, integrase inhibitors, chemokine co-receptor inhibitors and nucleotide reverse transcriptase inhibitors. Find out more about HIV facts.

The risk factors for getting infected with the human immunodeficiency virus are, having unprotected sex with an HIV positive person, sharing the same needle during intravenous drugs use, receiving a blood transfusion from an infected person, and having sexually transmitted diseases, especially, syphilis, gonorrhea, chlamydia and bacterial vaginosis. So, it is very important to get tested for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus, if a person feels that he is at risk of getting infected with the virus. At the same time, a knowledge about the early HIV symptoms in men is also important. Though there is no cure for the condition, the replication of the virus can be controlled with effective treatment, which can help to slow down the progress of the disease.

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