Welcome to namlife
Hi, welcome to NAMlife, a new website about living with HIV. Whether you have been recently diagnosed, have lived with HIV for a while, know someone who is, or just want to find out more then this site will have something valuable for you. This is a space where you can find out answers to some of the questions you might have and read about other people's experiences of living with HIV.
Get straight to the facts
- namlife : an introduction
- Just found out you're HIV-positive?
- HIV, the basics
- Telling people you are HIV-positive
- Getting HIV treatment and care
- Key tests to monitor HIV - CD4 and viral load
- HIV treatment
- Taking your treatment - adherence
- Side-effects
- Sex
- Mother-to-baby transmission of HIV
- Emotional wellbeing and mental health
- Symptoms and illnesses
- Complementary therapies
- Daily health issues
- Nutrition and HIV
- Exercise
- Stigma and discrimination
- Money
- Housing
- Travel
- Work
- HIV and the law
- End-of-life issues
- Finding information and support
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Latest HIV News
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New European HIV treatment guidelines
It’s very important that people with HIV receive expert care at a specialist HIV clinic.
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New European HIV treatment guidelines : When to start treatment
They recommend that people who also have hepatitis B or C or kidney disease should start taking HIV treatment when their CD4 cell count is between 350 and 500 cells/mm3.
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New European HIV treatment guidelines : Screening for cancers and other diseases
Also included in the new guidelines is a recommendation that people with HIV should be screened for certain cancers. This includes anal cancer screening for gay men, and prostate cancer screening for men over 50.
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New European HIV treatment guidelines : Screening for hepatitis C
Many people with HIV are also co-infected with hepatitis C. The new guidelines recommend that all patients should be tested for the infection when they are first diagnosed with HIV. Further, regular tests are also recommended for people at risk of becoming infected.
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New European HIV treatment guidelines : TB treatment
Tuberculosis is a very common illness in people with HIV. It needs expert management. Immediate HIV treatment is recommended if a patient who also has TB has a CD4 cell count below 100 cells/mm3. Those with a CD4 cell count between 100 and 350 cells/mm3 should complete two months of TB therapy before treatment with anti-HIV drugs is started.
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HIV treatment : Protease inhibitor monotherapy
HIV treatment normally consists of a combination of three or more anti-HIV drugs.
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HIV and pregnancy
It’s possible for a women with HIV to have an HIV-negative baby.
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HIV and pregnancy : Multiple pregnancies safe
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HIV and pregnancy : Etravirine during pregnancy
A separate study has looked at the safety and effectiveness of etravirine (Intelence) during pregnancy.
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HIV and hepatitis
Many people with HIV are also infected with hepatitis B, hepatitis C, or both. This is called co-infection. Liver disease caused by these viruses is an important cause of illness and death in people with HIV.
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HIV and hepatitis : Hepatitis B
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HIV and hepatitis : Hepatitis C
There have been outbreaks of sexually transmitted hepatitis C amongst HIV-positive gay men in many European cities.
