Try: To fully prepare for treatment or prevention the Care recipient (cr) should have a good understanding of hiv aids there is no cure for hiv aids once one is infected there are a number of medical treatments available to help keep the hiv virus in check and to help guard against aids early medical treatment is important especially for middle-aged and older crs the doctor or medical provider can give information about the kinds of treatments available doctors and medical providers should talk to crs about the risk of hiv aids get the cr cr’s sex and drug histories and encourage hiv testing if there is any chance that the cr has been infected remind the cr that hiv aids is all about behaviors by practicing all the following behaviors the cr can greatly reduce the risk of getting hiv aids if the cr is having sex make sure to have any partner tested use male or female condoms latex or polyurethane during sex do not share needles or any other drug-use paraphernalia if the cr or a partner had a blood transfusion between 1978 and 1985 or an operation or blood transfusion in a developing country at any time get tested information references adapted from www webmd com

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