It's time to choose life
Countering HIV / AIDS in Ukraine is one of the priorities of the state policy.
It's time to choose life
Countering HIV / AIDS in Ukraine is one of the priorities of the state policy.
It's time to choose life
Countering HIV / AIDS in Ukraine is one of the priorities of the state policy.
How do I know
if I have HIV?
The only way to know for sure whether you have HIV is to get tested. Knowing your HIV status helps you make healthy decisions to prevent getting or transmitting HIV.
How
The ways of HIV
Can
Be Transmitted?
The person-to-person spread of HIV is called HIV transmission. People can get or transmit HIV only through specific activities, such as through sex or injection drug use. HIV can be transmitted only in certain body fluids from a person who has HIV:
- Blood
- Semen
- Pre-seminal fluids
- Rectal fluids
- Vaginal fluids
- Breast milk
- Blood
- Semen
- Pre-seminal fluids
- Rectal fluids
- Vaginal fluids
- Breast milk
Symptoms
Are there Symptoms?
Some people have flu-like symptoms within 2 to 4 weeks after infection (called acute HIV infection). These symptoms may last for a few days or several weeks. Possible symptoms include
- Fever
- Chills
- Rash
- Night sweats
- Sore throat
- Muscle aches
- Fatigue
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Mouth ulcers
- Fever
- Chills
- Rash
- Night sweats
- Muscle aches
- Sore throat
- Fatigue
- Swollen lymph nodes
- Mouth ulcers
Stages
What are the stages of HIV?
When people with HIV don’t get treatment, they typically progress through three stages. But HIV medicine can slow or prevent progression of the disease. With the advancements in treatment, progression to Stage 3 is less common today than in the early days of HIV.
Stage 1: Acute HIV Infection
- People have a large amount of HIV in their blood. They are very contagious.
- Some people have flu-like symptoms. This is the body’s natural response to infection.
- But some people may not feel sick right away or at all.
- If you have flu-like symptoms and think you may have been exposed to HIV, seek medical care and ask for a test to diagnose acute infection.
- Only antigen/antibody tests or nucleic acid tests (NATs) can diagnose acute infection.
Stage 2: Chronic HIV Infection
- This stage is also called asymptomatic HIV infection or clinical latency.
- HIV is still active but reproduces at very low levels.
- People may not have any symptoms or get sick during this phase.
- Without taking HIV medicine, this period may last a decade or longer, but some may progress faster.
- Only antigen/antiboPeople can transmit HIV in this phase.dy tests or nucleic acid tests (NATs) can diagnose acute infection.
Stage 3: Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
- The most severe phase of HIV infection.
- People with AIDS have such badly damaged immune systems that they get an increasing number of severe illnesses, called opportunistic infections.
- People receive an AIDS diagnosis when their CD4 cell count drops below 200 cells/mm, or if they develop certain opportunistic infections.
- People with AIDS can have a high viral load and be very infectious.
- Without treatment, people with AIDS typically survive about three years.
Discover AntiHIV Program
Testing
When people with HIV don’t get treatment, they typically progress through three stages.
Therapy
HIV treatment involves taking medicine that reduces the amount of HIV in your body.
Rehabilitation
The impact of living with HIV disease can make certain everyday tasks and activities difficult.
Don't Waste Precious Time
Countering HIV / AIDS in Ukraine is one of the priorities of the state policy.
Don't Waste Precious Time
Countering HIV / AIDS in Ukraine is one of the priorities of the state policy.