Do antibiotics work on HIV?
Antibiotics are used to treat a wide range of infections, and just like an HIV negative person, if you need these to treat an infection then it is important to take them. They will not damage your immune system. For your HIV care, HIV treatment is usually started before your CD4 count drops below 200 cells/mm3.
What is the main purpose of medicines given to treat HIV?
By reducing the amount of HIV in the body, HIV medicines also reduce the risk of HIV transmission. A main goal of HIV treatment is to reduce a person’s viral load to an undetectable level. An undetectable viral load means that the level of HIV in the blood is too low to be detected by a viral load test.
Why are antibiotics used to treat HIV/AIDS?
HIV makes the immune system almost non existant meaning the body has almost no ability to fight infection. A simple bacterial infection can go unchecked and run rampant. Antibiotics help mitigate this, by fighting the bacteria that the compromised immune system cant.
Does antibiotic prophylaxis reduce the risk of pneumonia in HIV-infected patients?
Pneumonia remains an important condition in HIV-infected patients, but recent studies demonstrate that antibiotic prophylaxis, the introduction of HAART, recognition of specific risk factors, new antibiotic treatment strategies and effective vaccines should serve to decrease its impact.
Is pneumonia associated with HIV infection?
Pneumonia associated with HIV infection Pneumonia remains an important condition in HIV-infected patients, but recent studies demonstrate that antibiotic prophylaxis, the introduction of HAART, recognition of specific risk factors, new antibiotic treatment strategies and effective vaccines should serve to decrease its impact.
What is the progress in the treatment of HIV infection?
The second decade of the epidemic has witnessed extraordinary progress in developing highly active antiretroviral therapies (HAART) as well as continuing progress in preventing and treating OIs. HAART has reduced the incidence of OIs and extended life substantially ( 14 — 16 ).