Contact a local AIDS support network. Your doctor should be able to help you find one. Tell your health care providers that you are HIV positive. Try to avoid becoming pregnant. Do not donate blood, plasma, semen, or body parts.
Research continues to increase knowledge of the human immunodeficiency virus.
As a result, recommended treatments for infection with the virus change often. Keeping up with these changes can be difficult and frustrating. Contact the national or state AIDS Hotline with specific questions or to find other resources. These hotlines are provided by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Developed by Phyllis G. Cooper, R.N., M.N., and Clinical Reference Systems.