... Setting boundaries to take care of yourself does not make you mean or selfish – it helps you focus on what you need to do to care for yourself. Here are a few tips for setting boundaries clearly and compassionately: Use clear, direct language. ...
How Good Boundaries Make Life With HIV Easier
... Setting boundaries to take care of yourself does not make you mean or selfish – it helps you focus on what you need to do to care for yourself. Here are a few tips for setting boundaries clearly and compassionately: Use clear, direct language. ...
... "The moment I received my official diagnosis, I dropped all my assumptions about HIV. It was so freeing." -Member of myHIVteamLiving with a chronic condition can be difficult and even a burden, but also an opportunity to rid yourself of what you think you know. Have you heard the saying, "People don't get it until they get it"? ...
Beginner's Mind - Not Knowing It All When Living with HIV
... "The moment I received my official diagnosis, I dropped all my assumptions about HIV. It was so freeing." -Member of myHIVteamLiving with a chronic condition can be difficult and even a burden, but also an opportunity to rid yourself of what you think you know. Have you heard the saying, "People don't get it until they get it"? ...
... Our chronic illnesses — physical, mental, or emotional — make our light shine through every shade of darkness.” My Perspective articles discuss HIV from a specific point of view. My Perspective articles don’t reflect the opinions of MyHealthTeams staff, medical experts, partners, advertisers, or sponsors. ...
An HIV Diagnosis — and Journey to Acceptance
... Our chronic illnesses — physical, mental, or emotional — make our light shine through every shade of darkness.” My Perspective articles discuss HIV from a specific point of view. My Perspective articles don’t reflect the opinions of MyHealthTeams staff, medical experts, partners, advertisers, or sponsors. ...
... “Undetectable” means that the instrument used to test a blood sample can’t find enough virus to give a number value. For people with well-controlled HIV prior to pregnancy, guidelines recommend continuing that treatment while pregnant. ...
HIV and Pregnancy: Preventing Transmission
... “Undetectable” means that the instrument used to test a blood sample can’t find enough virus to give a number value. For people with well-controlled HIV prior to pregnancy, guidelines recommend continuing that treatment while pregnant. ...
... Do you try to take measures to think of yourself first before saying yes? Here are some conversations about this topic from the community: ...
Putting Yourself First
... Do you try to take measures to think of yourself first before saying yes? Here are some conversations about this topic from the community: ...
... The increased risk for type 2 diabetes was equally high in all participants, regardless of whether they took the drug.The study builds on past research linking HIV to metabolic changes and unhealthy lipid levels, such as high triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol, which increase diabetes risk.How To Reduce Your Diabetes RiskIf you’re living with HIV ...
Preventing Diabetes With HIV: Study Reveals 4 Early Risks
... The increased risk for type 2 diabetes was equally high in all participants, regardless of whether they took the drug.The study builds on past research linking HIV to metabolic changes and unhealthy lipid levels, such as high triglycerides and low HDL cholesterol, which increase diabetes risk.How To Reduce Your Diabetes RiskIf you’re living with HIV ...
... Mosquitoes don’t have CD4 cells, so HIV isn’t able to make copies of itself. Then, because HIV can’t start infecting the mosquito’s tissues, the viruses just get digested inside the mosquito’s gut. This means that HIV is not circulating inside the mosquito’s body, so no viruses make it into the salivary glands. ...
Mosquitoes Can’t Spread HIV: Why They Transmit Certain Diseases
... Mosquitoes don’t have CD4 cells, so HIV isn’t able to make copies of itself. Then, because HIV can’t start infecting the mosquito’s tissues, the viruses just get digested inside the mosquito’s gut. This means that HIV is not circulating inside the mosquito’s body, so no viruses make it into the salivary glands. ...
... They may want you to take antibiotics or other precautionary measures.6. Ask Your Health Care ProviderCertain activities raise the risk of transmitting an HIV infection, including breastfeeding, sharing needles, or having sex if one participant is HIV-positive and has a detectable viral load. ...
HIV and Living With Family: 6 Tips for Safety
... They may want you to take antibiotics or other precautionary measures.6. Ask Your Health Care ProviderCertain activities raise the risk of transmitting an HIV infection, including breastfeeding, sharing needles, or having sex if one participant is HIV-positive and has a detectable viral load. ...
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