- In addition to the support of friends, family and other people living with HIV, you may also want to seek professional help. A trustworthy and supportive ...
- You may want to discuss your emotional health with your healthcare provider as issues arise, just as you would discuss your physical health.
- Your healthcare provider may refer you to other emotional health resource people, such as: a psychologist or psychotherapist who can offer talk therapy to to help you ...
- For more information on HIV and emotional wellness, contact CATIE, Canada’s source for up-to-date, unbiased information about HIV and hepatitis C. CATIE ...
- Welcome to the second edition of A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Side Effects, published by CATIE (Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange). Thanks ...
- Medications often produce more than one effect in the body. In the case of antibiotics, for example, there is the desired effect (killing a bacterial infection) and there are also unintended effects…
- The causes of body changes in HIV are not fully understood. In some cases, body changes may result from some combination of ...
- Diarrhea is an increase in the frequency and decrease in the consistency of stools. It is a side effect that can arise when starting treatment.
- Some people with HIV experience emotional problems such as anxiety, depression, sleep disorders and nightmares, or mental ...
- Fatigue is different from sleepiness or simple tiredness from a busy schedule or hectic lifestyle. Fatigue usually goes on ...
- Some headaches are due to the activation of pain nerves in the head. Tension headaches and migraines are examples of these ...
- For many people who have a menstrual cycle, their period occurs monthly at a predictable time, lasts for the same amount of time from one month to the next and has with a flow that they come to…