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Wat is aids?

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Aids is de afkorting van Acquired Immuno Deficiency Syndrome. Letterlijk betekenen deze vier woorden 'verworven', 'afweersysteem', 'tekort' en 'complex van ziektes'. Lees meer.
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Wat is hiv?

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Hiv is de afkorting van humaan immunodeficiëntie virus. Humaan betekent menselijk en immunodeficiëntie betekent dat de afweer, het immuunsysteem, wordt aangetast. Hiv is dus een virus dat de afweer bij mensen verzwakt. Je afweer is dan niet meer in staat om bepaalde ziekteverwekkers goed te bestrijden. Hierdoor kun je infecties krijgen, die door de afweer van mensen die niet hiv-positief zijn zonder problemen kunnen worden bestreden. Lees meer.
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Wat is de combinatietherapie?

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De combinatietherapie (of cocktail) is een behandeling van drie of vier verschillende hiv-remmers naast elkaar. Dit zijn middelen tegen hiv, ook wel antiretrovirale genoemd. Het doel is om de aanmaak van het virus te remmen, waardoor de afweer niet langer wordt aangetast en zich juist weer (wat) kan herstellen. Lees meer. Er zijn richtlijnen opgesteld voor het starten met combinatietherapie. Deze richtlijnen gaan vooral uit van bloeduitslagen zoals CD4-aantal en viral load.
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Wat is veilig?

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Veilig is elke vorm van vrijen waarbij geen hiv-positief bloed, zaad of vaginaal vocht in het lichaam van de partner komt. Zorg dat tijdens het pijpen geen sperma in je mond komt of dat je niet in iemands mond klaarkomt. Als je hier zeker van wilt zijn, moet je een condoom gebruiken. De kans dat iemand door het likken van de clitoris en vagina (beffen) wordt geïnfecteerd, is erg klein. Beffen tijdens de menstruatie is onveiliger.
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Wat is onveilig?

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Vaginaal en anaal seksueel contact zonder condoom zijn onveilig. Bij vaginaal seksueel contact (neuken) zonder condoom kan zowel de man de vrouw infecteren als omgekeerd. Bij anaal seksueel contact (kontneuken) zonder condoom, tussen mannen of tussen man en vrouw, kan hiv makkelijk in de bloedbaan van de partner terechtkomen. Lees meer. Als er bloed bloed contact of bloed sperma contact is, waarbij een van de twee personen het hiv virus in het bloed heeft. Lees meer.
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Wat is PEP?

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PEP betekent Post Exposure Profylaxis (PEP). Dit is een behandeling met hiv-remmers die zo snel mogelijk (liefst binnen twee uur; uiterlijk binnen 72 uur) na een mogelijke aanraking met hiv moet worden gestart. Er moet sprake zijn van een risico, b.v. omdat het condoom is gescheurd of na onveilige seks waarbij zeker is dat de ander persoon hiv heeft. PEP is verkrijgbaar via de GGD en buiten kantooruren bij je ziekenhuis. Het is verstandig eerst te bellen om uit te vinden waar je terechtkunt.
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Wat is lipodystrofie?

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Dit is een verandering van de verdeling van vet over het lichaam, als gevolg van een bijwerking van de combinatietherapie ( zowel proteaseremmers als nucleoside analogen). Lees meer. Ja dat kan, zeker nu het sinds 2005 mogelijk is voor hiv-positieven om een levensverzekering af te sluiten.
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What is AIDS?

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AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection. It can take years for a person infected with HIV, even without treatment, to reach this stage. Having AIDS means that the virus has weakened the immune system to the point at which the body has a difficult time fighting infections. When someone has one or more of these infections and a low number of T cells, he or she has AIDS.
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AIDS Athens | HIV/AIDS Frequently Asked Questions
AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) is the most serious stage of HIV (Human Immunodeficiency Virus) infection. It results from the destruction of the infected person's immune system. Your immune system is your body's defense system. Cells of your immune system fight off infection and other diseases. If your immune system does not work well, you are at risk for serious and life-threatening infections and cancers.
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American Social Health Association - Learn about STDs/STIs
A diagnosis of AIDS (acquired immunodeficiency syndrome) is made by a physician. An HIV-infected person may be diagnosed with AIDS if he or she meets certain clinical criteria. Criteria include becoming sick with an illness defined by the Centers for Disease Control (CDC) as an AIDS-indicator illness (illnesses that take advantage of the body's weakened immune system) and/or by taking a blood test that shows that the person's immune system is severely damaged.
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Cable Positive HIV/AIDS Information
AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. A person first becomes HIV infected and later, in most cases, develops AIDS. HIV can weaken the immune system to the point that it has difficulty fighting off "opportunistic" infections (infections that are usually controlled by a healthy immune system). A person receives an AIDS diagnosis from a doctor after developing one or more specific opportunistic infections, also known as AIDS indicator illnesses.
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Frequently Asked Questions about HIV/AIDS
AIDS is short for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome. The AIDS virus is called human immunodeficiency virus, or HIV. The HIV virus can enter the body and infect cells which provide a natural immunity against certain diseases. As the HIV virus infects and kills these white blood cells, the body's defense system breaks down.
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HIV Frequently Asked Questions - Southern Nevada Health Dist...
AIDS stands for acquired immune deficiency syndrome. Acquired means you can get infected with it; Immune Deficiency means a weakness in the body's system that fights diseases; and Syndrome means a group of health problems that make up a condition.
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wat do i do?

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Please people do not force yourself into ana or mia. It is a horrible thing, take it from me. I suffer from ana. This is not something you just decide to do because you want to lose a couple vanity pounds. This is a disease, it kills everyday. For those of you that are mia, there is really no way to protect your teeth. The acid will make your teeth rot, just as simple as that. sorry if I sound mean or anything. I just dont want young woman like yourselves to get unness. sucked into this.
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What are the symptoms for AIDS?

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There are no common symptoms for individuals diagnosed with AIDS. When immune system damage is more severe, people may experience opportunistic infections (called "opportunistic" because they are caused by organisms which cannot induce disease in people with normal immune systems, but take the "opportunity" to flourish in people with HIV). Most of these more severe infections, diseases and symptoms fall under the Centers for Disease Control's definition of full-blown "AIDS.
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What Is HIV/AIDS?

HIV/AIDS: Frequently Asked Questions - The Body
HIV (Human Immunodeficiency ["im-you-no-de-fish-en-see"] Virus -- is the virus that causes AIDS (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome). HIV attacks and kills the cells in our bodies that keep us from getting diseases. This makes people with HIV get illnesses that healthy people do not get. When a person with HIV gets very sick from pneumonia, some kinds of cancer, and other life-threatening diseases, they are said to have AIDS. AIDS is a fatal disease. Here is more information on HIV/AIDS.
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Ministry of Health
Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome (AIDS) is a disease in which the body's natural immune (protection) system breaks down, leaving it unable to fight off infections. A person with AIDS gets illnesses that are little or no threat to others with a healthy immune system.
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edumela.com - AIDS awareness: Facts
AIDS stands for Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome, and refers to the final stages of HIV infection, when the body's CD4 (immune system helper cells) count drops below a certain level. This is also referred to as 'full-blown AIDS'. Because the immune system is severely impaired, the individual is no longer able to resist infections. These may be diseases that people with normal immune systems would be able to overcome, in time.
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AIDS/HIV RESOURCES
AIDS stands for acquired immunodeficiency syndrome. AIDS is the late stage of the HIV infection, when the immune system is weakened to the point that it has difficulty fighting off certain infections. The HIV virus attacks the immune system, making it harder for the body to fight infections which are usually controlled by a healthy immune system. A diagnosis of AIDS is made by a physician using certain medical criteria (e.g.
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