HIV and Treatments

Medical care is important for people with HIV

People with HIV should seek early medical care so they can:

Find out about medicines that fight HIV; and
Receive care for HIV-related conditions.

Treatments that fight HIV help people with HIV live longer, healthier lives.
Often, it is best to start treatment before symptoms appear.
A doctor can do blood tests to find out how much HIV is in [...]

What are the symptoms of HIV infection?

Shortly after being infected with HIV, some people – but not all people – have flu-like symptoms (fever, muscle aches, feeling tired) that last a few days and then go away.
This is sometimes called seroconversion illness or acute HIV infection.
Most people with HIV have no symptoms for many years. However, even without symptoms, people who [...]