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    HIV & AIDS Guide

    The best way to fight HIV and AIDS is with information. These links will take you where you want to go -- and tell you what you need to know about AIDS causes, symptoms, tests, treatment, and support.

    1. Overview & Facts

      1. What Is HIV?
      2. HIV/AIDS Basics
      3. Myths and Facts About Living With HIV/AIDS
      4. Are You at Risk?
      5. HIV in Children

    2. Symptoms & Causes

      1. Understanding the Symptoms of HIV/AIDS
      2. How Do You Get HIV?
      3. How HIV Becomes AIDS

    3. Diagnosis & Tests

      1. How Is HIV Diagnosed?
      2. What to Expect When You Get an HIV Test
      3. What to Do if You Are Diagnosed HIV-Positive
      4. Pregnancy and HIV Testing
      5. What Is HIV Viral Load?
      6. What Is CD4 Cell Count?

    4. Treatment & Prevention

      1. Understanding HIV and AIDS Treatment
      2. Common HIV and AIDS Drug Options
      3. Alternative Medicine for HIV and AIDS
      4. HIV Treatment: Coping With Side Effects
      5. Is There an HIV Vaccine?
      6. Finding an HIV/AIDS Doctor
      7. Preventing HIV

    5. Complications

      1. HIV/AIDS and Opportunistic Infections
      2. Preventing Infections During Travel
      3. AIDS Wasting Syndrome
      4. HIV/AIDS and Lipodystrophy
      5. HIV/AIDS and Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP)
      6. HIV/AIDS and Cytomegalovirus
      7. HIV/AIDS and Tuberculosis
      8. HIV/AIDS and Mycobacterium Avium Complex
      9. HIV/AIDS and Dementia
      10. HIV/AIDS and Non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
      11. HIV/AIDS and Kaposi’s Sarcoma

    6. Living & Managing

      1. Telling Others You’re HIV-Positive
      2. Talking to Your Children About HIV and AIDS
      3. Nutrition and HIV/AIDS
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