POZ Focus: Living Healthy With HIV

Living Healthy With HIV

Discover how to survive and thrive from five people living with the virus.

Supplement to POZ magazine

Rae Lewis-Thornton

Living Healthy With HIV

Discover how to survive and thrive from five people living with the virus.

Supplement to POZ magazine

Rae Lewis-Thornton

MoisĂŠs Agosto

Mark S. King

Venton Jones

Wanda Brendle-Moss

A HEALTHIER LIFE CAN START A HEALTHIER LIFE CAN START WITH HIV TREATMENT. WITH HIV TREATMENT.

Starting HIV treatment right after diagnosis Starting HIV treatment right afterbody. diagnosis can help stop the virus in your Because can help stop the virus your body. Because treatment helps lowerinthe damage HIV causes treatment helps lower the damage HIV causes to your immune system.

Plus, doctors and toscientists your immune Plus, havesystem. found that it doctors can helpand lower scientists found that it cancertain help lower the risk have of heart disease and cancers. the risk of heart disease and certain cancers.

TREATMENT ALSO HELPS YOU PROTECT OTHERS. TREATMENT ALSO HELPS YOU PROTECT OTHERS. HIV treatment can help lower the amount HIV can help Itlower the so amount of treatment virus in your body. can get low, it ofcan’t virusbe in your body.by It can getIt’s so called low, it being measured a test. can’t be measured byitahelps test. It’s called undetectable.

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And helps lower chance of passing HIV onitto others by the more than 90%. of passing HIV on to others by more than 90%.

TALK TO YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. TALK TO YOUR HEALTHCARE PROVIDER. Have an open conversation. When you work Have an open conversation.

When you work find the together it helps your healthcare provider together it helps healthcare treatment that’syour right for you. provider find the treatment that’s right for you.

Watch HIV: “Treat 2 Prevent” Watch HIV: “Treat 2 Prevent” See how staying on treatment can help See how staying onthe treatment cancare helpabout. protect you and people you protect you and the people you care about.

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