Diseases & Conditions

Symptom management

• A Practical Guide to HIV Drug Treatment CATIE's guide on starting, switching and staying on antiretroviral therapy
• Side effects and symptoms from Managing Your Health
• Monitoring your health from Managing Your Health
• HIV and aging Healthy living tips for people 50 and over living with HIV
• HIV and cardiovascular disease: keeping your heart and blood vessels healthy
• Symptoms, Illnesses and Side Effects in the e-zine index of The Positive Side, a health and wellness magazine

Opportunistic infections

• HIV-related infections and cancers from Managing Your Health
• CATIE Factsheets
• Candidiasis (Thrush)  
• CMV Retinitis  
• Lymphoma
• MAC 
• Pneumocystis Pneumonia (PCP)
• Septra (Co-trimoxazole)
• Kaposi's sarcoma
• Tuberculosis (TB)
• Guidelines for Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections in HIV-Infected Adults and Adolescents Recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, and the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America
• Guidelines for the Prevention and Treatment of Opportunistic Infections Among HIV-Exposed and HIV-Infected Children Recommendations from CDC, the National Institutes of Health, the HIV Medicine Association of the Infectious Diseases Society of America, the Pediatric Infectious Diseases Society, and the American Academy of Pediatrics

Co-infections

Hepatitis C

• HIV and Hepatitis C Co-infection Some basic questions answered about living with both HIV and hepatitis C
• For hepatitis C information and resources across Canada visit www.hepcinfo.ca

Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)

• Preventing and treating sexually transmitted infections in both partners from Managing Your Health
• Sexually transmitted infection resources from CATIE prevention web section
• Canadian guidelines on sexually transmitted infections from the Public Health Agency of Canada
• Quick Reference: Canadian guidelines on sexually transmitted infections, 2006 edition from the Public Health Agency of Canada

• CATIE Ordering Centre resources about STIs

Mental Health

• Your emotional health from Managing Your Health
• Lady Sings the Blues from The Positive Side, a health and wellness magazine
• Mental Health section on The Body

Maternal and reproductive health

• HIV and Pregnancy: General Information
• Information for Women who are Diagnosed with HIV during Pregnancy
• You can have a healthy pregnancy if you are HIV positive
• Pregnancy Planning Information for HIV+ Women and Their Partners

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Decisions about particular medical treatments should always be made in consultation with a qualified medical practitioner who is knowledgeable about HIV-related illness and the treatments in question. MORE