Contents:
- Medical Video: Living with HIV - managing symptoms and life expectancy
- Search for support
- Pay attention to your health
- Pay attention to possible complications
- Have a healthy lifestyle
Medical Video: Living with HIV - managing symptoms and life expectancy
Knowing that you are infected with HIV can be the hardest moment in your life. One way to overcome the fear of living with HIV is to learn as much as you can about the disease you have. Understanding about HIV and AIDS can also help you take good care of yourself. In addition, there are some simple lifestyle changes that you can do to help you more comfortable living with HIV.
Search for support
It will be easier for you to share with people who are also diagnosed with HIV. Ask your doctor if he is aware of any support groups in your area. You can also join online, where you can send messages and chat to each other. Always check and check all information you get from these sources with your doctor. Information that you can may be inaccurate, or not appropriate for your situation.
In addition, you also have to share your feelings with family, friends or other people who support you because they are the people who communicate and support you every day.
If you tell the closest people about your condition, they can offer support and understanding, provide assistance such as carrying out obligations and help taking care of children, visits to doctors and jobs, sharing with you how HIV spreads and helps you prevent the spread of the virus.
Pay attention to your health
If you have been diagnosed with HIV, you need to pay attention to your health even more than before. You can keep your immune system in 2 ways. First, with routine laboratory tests. Laboratory tests often show signs of disease before you experience symptoms. Second, you must pay attention to the symptoms or changes that your body shows, and be careful of any new symptoms that are awkward in your body. Contact your doctor to discuss changes in health, good or bad.
Pay attention to possible complications
The HIV virus that weakens the immune system over time can cause serious infections, such as cancer. This infection is called "opportunistic" because the infection takes the opportunity to attack you when the immune system is weak.
In addition, HIV is known as an inflammatory disease that attacks various parts of the body, not just the immune system. This means that HIV can attack organs such as the brain, kidneys, liver and heart and can increase the risk of cancer.
If there are signs of complications in your body, immediately check to see what happens to your health.
Have a healthy lifestyle
Following and maintaining a healthy diet, exercising, thinking positively and always having safe sex are the main ways to maintain a healthy life. Although only as a support therapy in addition to treatment, lifestyle has a greater role than treatment in the recovery process. Lifestyle helps improve the immune system and prevents the risk of the spread of HIV through sexual activity.
Although there is no definite method for treating HIV, many people living with HIV can still enjoy long life and be happy throughout their lives because they have a healthy lifestyle. Don't worry if you are diagnosed with HIV. You can stay healthy if you know what you have to do.
Hello Health Group does not provide medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.
