HIV or otherwise called Human Immunodeficiency Virus is a kind of viral infection. This virus first attacks the immune system of the human body. When the immune system of the human body is compromised, the ability to fight diseases will be reduced. Your body will become more vulnerable to other diseases. When you are infected with HIV, you will give AIDS. This is one of the most dangerous diseases and hence you need to be very careful about it. 

How does HIV transmit?

When you get in contact with another person who is already having HIV, you can get HIV positive. There are certain body fluids that can spread the virus from one body to another. The viral load should also be high enough to spread from one person to another. The fluids that can transfer HIV are:

• Rectal Fluids
• Blood
• Semen or the pre-seminal fluid
• Breast Milk
• Vaginal Fluids

If a person who is HIV-negative gets in contact with HIV positive person, it does not spread. When these fluids pass into the bloodstream of the other person, only then HIV is transferred. 

Symptoms of HIV positive:

You will observe the following few symptoms during the first few days after being infected with HIV:

• Headache
• Fever
• Sore throat
• Rashes
• Joint pain
• Muscle ache
• Weight loss Diarrhea

But after HIV gets converted into HIV, you will see that the above-mentioned symptoms get worse. You will also have nausea, fatigue, night sweats, and a lot more. 

Who is more likely to get infected with HIV?

There is no specific category of people who will be affected by HIV. People of any gender, race, age, or any place, with HIV, can be infected. So, all you need to do is just stay away from people HIV positive if you know any of them. 

Some HIV medications:

There is no cure available for HIV or AIDS. But your doctor will suggest you some ART or Antiretroviral Therapy. You need to start taking this medicine as soon as your doctor suggests it. Along with this, your doctor may also suggest other HIV medications. The combination of medicine will be very effective. 

Some medicines include:

• Ziagen
• Epivir
• Emtriva
• Retrovir
• Viread
• Sustiva
• Pifeltro
• Edurant
• Viramune XR
• Viramune
• Intelence
• Lexiva
• Prezista
• Norvir

How long should you continue its usage?

As discussed earlier, there is no permanent cure for HIV or AIDS. HIV medicine will not help you to get rid of it. But with the help of this medicine, you will be able to control a load of HIV in the human body. The load will be less. When it is under control, you will be able to live longer and better. Also, the chances of it being spread to another person become less. You can even socialize with people around you. HIV medicine should be prescribed by a valid health expert for better results. The doctor decides the right drug, so talk to them. Also, make sure to keep a check on the virus levels in the body.