HIV Doctor in Delhi

PEP is any prophylactic (preventive) treatment started immediately after exposure to blood or bodily fluid contaminated with a pathogen (such as a disease-causing virus), in order to prevent infection and the development of disease. Although multiple diseases can be transmitted from exposure to blood, the most serious infections are hepatitis B virus (HBV), hepatitis C virus (HCV), and HIV. Fortunately, the risk of acquiring any of these infections is low. In order to be exposed to a blood borne pathogen, you must have contact with blood, a visibly bloody fluid (i.e., phlegm or urine containing blood), or another bodily fluid (i.e., semen or vaginal secretions) that contain an infectious organism (virus or bacteria). The blood or fluid must come in direct contact with some part of your body. A virus can enter your body through the bloodstream, open skin, or mucous membranes, which include the eye, mouth, or genitals. Contact with skin that is intact (without new cuts, scrapes, or...

  HIV/AIDS can be described as a spectrum of illnesses that range from an initial infection with Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) that can eventually lead to the fully-blown Acquired Immunodeficiency Disorder (AIDS). In the process of destroying your immune system HIV slowly impairs the body's capability to fight off cancer and infections. This is the reason that people with HIV are susceptible to certain diseases (e.g Pneumocystis Jiroveci Pneumonia) as well as tumors (e.g Kaposi sarcoma) that are not often found in immune-compromised people. In fact, HIV/AIDS is a pandemic that does not spare any part of the globe. As per the World Health Organization, about 35 million people were suffering with the disease worldwide in 2013, with around 1.5 million deaths due to AIDS recorded during the year. Tragically, sub-Saharan Africa is responsible for seven percent of world incidence of HIV. Another important aspect concerning HIV/AIDS is that viral burden is an significant indicator of...