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
- Symptoms and illnesses
- Mother-to-baby transmission of HIV
- Complementary therapies
- Daily health issues
- End-of-life issues
- Nutrition and HIV
- Exercise
- Mental and emotional wellbeing
- Stigma and discrimination
- Sex
- Money
- Housing
- Travel
- Work
- HIV and the law
- Finding information and support
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Latest HIV News
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HIV and cardiovascular disease
Cardiovascular diseases such as heart attack and stroke are an important cause of illness in people with HIV. There has been a lot of debate about the reasons for this. One possible explanation is the increases in blood fats that are a possible side-effect of some anti-HIV drugs. But it’s also thought that HIV itself can cause damage that can lead to cardiovascular problems.
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MRSA
The infection MRSA (methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus) is rarely out of the news. Mostly this concerns the spread of the infection in hospitals.
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Hepatitis C co-infection : Hepatitis C and cardiovascular disease
Many people with HIV are also infected with hepatitis C virus. This is often described as co-infection. Liver disease caused by hepatitis C is an important cause of illness and death in co-infected people.
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Hepatitis C co-infection : New drugs for hepatitis C treatment
There are treatments available for hepatitis C, but they don’t work for everyone and can cause unpleasant side-effects.
