The Guide to Living with HIV Infection: Developed at the Johns Hopkins AIDS Clinic (A Johns Hopkins Press Health Book)

Type

Book

Authors

Bartlett, John G.

Finkbeiner, Ann K.

ISBN 10

0801867444

ISBN 13

9780801867446

Tags

AIDS, Health Care Delivery, Non-Fiction, Health, Wellness, HIVS, STD, STI, Medical, United States, North American

Description

A guide to living with HIV infection. In this new edition, Dr. John Bartlett and Ann Finkbeiner thoroughly update their discussion of the disease, from the evolving issue of when to start treatment to the new and sophisticated tests for the response to treatment, for the state of the immune system, and for HIV's resistance to various drugs. They describe these drugs' unanticipated side effects, among which are changes in peoples' appearances and increases in the lipid levels of their blood. They offer advice on adhering to the drugs' regimen - a regimen so strict and demanding that even AIDS doctors, in trials using placebos, failed it. And they explain the medical strategies by which the levels of HIV can be pushed down to an undetectable level and made to stay there.
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