HIV/AIDS

“As a woman living with HIV, one of the most important relationships you will have is with your doctor. Finding the right doctor can have a big impact on your well-being…”.1

Umbrella

What may the HIV/AIDS Umbrella include?

Depending on the Source (DotS) this Umbrella may include:

  • AIDS
  • Acquired Immunodeficiency Syndrome (AIDS)
  • HIV
  • HIV/AIDS
  • Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV)

HIV

What is the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?

DotS the definition of HIV may vary. The World Health Organization’s (WHO) definition is:

“Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) is an infection that attacks the body’s immune system”.2

How can HIV be transmitted?

In HIV and AIDS: Transmission the WHO explain:

“HIV can be transmitted via the exchange of a variety of body fluids from people living with HIV, such as blood, breast milk, semen and vaginal secretions. HIV can also be transmitted during pregnancy and delivery to the child. People cannot become infected through ordinary day-to-day contact such as kissing, hugging, shaking hands, or sharing personal objects, food or water”.3

AIDS

What is acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS)?

DotS the definition of AIDS may vary. The WHO’s definition is:

“Acquired immunodeficiency syndrome (AIDS) is the most advanced stage of the disease”.4

In HIV and AIDS: Overview the (United Kingdom) NHS’s definition is:

“AIDS (acquired immune deficiency syndrome) is the name used to describe a number of potentially life-threatening infections and illnesses that happen when your immune system has been severely damaged by the HIV virus”.5

Common or Not

How common is HIV?

In HIV/AIDS: Key Facts the WHO note:

  • “There were an estimated 39.0 million [33.1–45.7 million] people living with HIV at the end of 2022, two thirds of whom (25.6 million) are in the WHO African Region”.6

Women

How many women are affected by HIV?

In HIV and Women the (United Kingdom) Avert’s, Be In the Know elaborate on:

  • “Of all new HIV infections in 2021, 49% were among women and girls”.7

In HIV and AIDS the Office on Women’s Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Womenshealth.gov note:

“One in four people in the United States with HIV is female. In the United States, women are most likely to get HIV from having sex with a man”.8

HIV Test

How do you know if you have HIV?

In Get Tested for HIV: The Basics: Overview the (United States) MyHealthfinder elaborate on:

“The only way to know if you have HIV is to get tested. You could have HIV and still feel healthy”.9

STIs

Is there an association between sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and HIV?

In HIV: How HIV Spreads – Risk Factors: Other Sexually Transmitted Infections the (United States) Centers for Disease Control and Prevention explain:

“If you have another sexually transmitted infection (STI), you may be more likely to get or transmit HIV. Getting tested and treated for STIs can lower your chances of getting or transmitting HIV and other STIs. If you’re sexually active, you and your partner(s) should get tested for STIs, even if you don’t have symptoms”.10

Menopause

Is there an association between menopause and HIV?

In Menopause and HIV: Menopause In People Living With HIV dated January 2021, the (United Kingdom) Aidsmap explain:

“The interaction between menopause and HIV is under-researched, but the evidence base is growing.

Women living with HIV often experience menopausal symptoms. A number of studies have found that women living with HIV are more likely to experience symptoms than women who do not have HIV. This includes sexual symptoms such as a lack of interest in sex and vaginal dryness, bodily symptoms such as hot flushes, and psychological symptoms such as depression and anxiety”.11

Health Care Provider

What if I think I have HIV?

If you think you have HIV, it may be in your best interest to choose to talk to your health care provider about this as soon as possible.

In HIV and AIDS: Living With HIV – Finding Your HIV Care Team Womenshealth.gov elaborate on:

“As a woman living with HIV, one of the most important relationships you will have is with your doctor. Finding the right doctor can have a big impact on your well-being”.12

Health Topics A-Z

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Links

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New or Updated

  1. A Girl Like Me LIVE: Episode 31: National HIV Testing Day [26 June 2024]
  2. Age At Menopause In Women Living With HIV: A Systematic Review
  3. Aidsmap: Dr Shema Tariq on the Menopause and HIV – GROWS Project [Video]
  4. Aidsmap.com: Women
  5. Ask Early Menopause [+ Video: What Is Early Menopause?]
  6. Avert. info [Avert, United Kingdom]
  7. Beintheknow.org
  8. Bone Loss, Osteoporosis, and HIV
  9. Clinical Considerations for Menopause and Associated Symptoms In Women With HIV
  10. Collection of Menopause Data In Studies of Women Living With HIV: A Systematic Literature Review
  11. Consumer Video and Podcast Series: 2023 Consumer Videos and Podcasts – NAMS 2023 Nonhormone Therapies Position Statement for Bothersome Menopause Symptoms
  12. Consumer Video and Podcast Series: 2023 Consumer Videos and Podcasts – New FDA-Approved Nonhormone Option for the Treatment of Hot Flashes
  13. Consumer Video and Podcast Series: 2023 Consumer Videos and Podcasts – Premature and Early Menopause
  14. Consumer Video and Podcast Series: 2024 Consumer Videos and Podcasts – Preparing for Your Menopause Health Care Visit
  15. Contraception: Information for People With HIV
  16. Dr Nneka Nwokolo on the Menopause and HIV – GROWS Project [+ Video]
  17. Early HIV Symptoms: What Are They?
  18. Beintheknow.org: Get the Facts About Sexual Health and Relationships
  19. Glossary
  20. Guide To Menopause for Women Living With HIV: A Guide To Menopause for Women Living With HIV
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  21. HIV
  22. HIV
  23. HIV
  24. HIV Basics
  25. HIV Testing: Questions for the Doctor
  26. HIV Treatment
  27. HIV and STIs
  28. HIV and Women
  29. HIV and Women’s Health Issues: Gynecological Health Issues and HIV
  30. HIV and Women’s Health Issues: How Does HIV Affect Women Differently?
  31. HIV/AIDS
  32. HIV/AIDS
  33. HIV/AIDS In Women
  34. HIV: About HIV
  35. HIV: Fast Facts: HIV and Gay and Bisexual Men
  36. HIV: Fast Facts: HIV and Women
  37. HIV: Fast Facts: HIV and Transgender People
  38. HIV: HIV Risk and Prevention
  39. HIV: HIV Treatment As Prevention
  40. HIV: How HIV Spreads
  41. HIV: Preventing HIV
  42. Hiv.gov
  43. Hot Flashes: What Can I Do? [+ Video: What Are the Signs and Symptoms of Menopause?]
  44. How Do Women Living With HIV Experience Menopause? Menopausal Symptoms, Anxiety and Depression According To Reproductive Age In A Multicenter Cohort
  45. How Do You Get HIV? [+ Video]
  46. Iasociety.org [International AIDS Society]
  47. Languages
  48. Later Years (Around 50 Years and Over): Menopause and Post Menopause Health – Early and Premature Menopause [+ Video: Menopause Only Happens In Your 50s] [Other Languages and Formats]
  49. Later Years (Around 50 Years and Over): Menopause and Post Menopause Health – Menopause [+ Video: Menopause Myths] [Other Languages and Formats]
  50. Let’s Stop HIV Together
  51. Low Sexual Function Is Associated With Menopausal Status In Mid-Aged Women With Human Immunodeficiency Virus Infection
  52. Management of Menopause In Women Living With HIV – A Comparative Guideline Review
  53. Mayo Clinic Minute: Know Your Status—The Importance of HIV Testing [+ Video]
  54. Menopausal Hormone Therapy and Subclinical Cardiovascular Disease In Women With and Without Human Immunodeficiency Virus
  55. Menopausal Women Living With HIV Need Better Information on How To Manage Symptoms
  56. Menopause
  57. Menopause
  58. Menopause Care In Women Living With HIV In the UK – A Review
  59. Menopause Map: Downloadable Resources – My Personal Path Print Tools: Questions for Your Health Care Provider
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  60. Menopause Map: Downloadable Resources – My Personal Path Print Tools: Symptom Tracker
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  61. Menopause May Start Earlier for Aging Women With HIV
  62. Menopause Patient Information [Videos] 2. Talking To Your GP About Menopause
  63. Menopause Preparedness Toolkit Video Series: What Is Menopause?
  64. Menopause Preparedness Toolkit: A Woman’s Empowerment Guide
  65. Menopause Symptoms Delineated By HIV Clinical Characteristics In African American Women With HIV
  66. Menopause and HIV [+ Slide Presentation]
  67. Menopause and HIV [+ Video]
  68. Menopause and Women Living With HIV
  69. Menopause for Women Living With HIV: How Can We Support Women Through This Transition? [Webinar]
  70. Menopause: Understanding the Changes and Finding Relief | Dr Susan Davis | The Proof Podcast EP 256
  71. Nat.org.uk [National AIDS Trust, United Kingdom]
  72. National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention [United States]
  73. National HIV Testing Day – 2024 [June 27]
  74. National HIV/AIDS and Aging Awareness Day [18 September 2024, United States]
  75. National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day (NWGHAAD) 2024
  76. National Women and Girls HIV/AIDS Awareness Day – March 10
  77. Navigating Menopause: Expert Insights and Solutions | Dr Susan Davis | The Proof Podcast EP 245
  78. On Our Own Terms (OOOT)
  79. Perimenopause and Menopause Symptom Checklist
  80. Positivelyuk [Positively UK: GROWS Women With HIV Growing Older Wiser and Stronger]
  81. Preventing HIV With PrEP [+ Video: PrEP (Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis)]
  82. Sex and Relationships
  83. Sophiaforum.net [Sophia Forum, United Kingdom]
  84. Switch To An Integrase Inhibitor Leads To Greater Weight During and After the Menopause
  85. T-Cell Count
  86. The Prevalence and Patterns of Menopausal Symptoms In Women Living With HIV
  87. Thewellproject.org [The Well Project, United States]
  88. Twice-Yearly Lenacapavir or Daily F/TAF for HIV Prevention In Cisgender Women
  89. Tips To Help Manage Menopause Symptoms
  90. Unaids.org [UNAIDS]
  91. Videos & Podcasts: Videos – Interviews: Vulvar Diseases, Overview for Aging Women
  92. Webinars: Previous – Non-Hormonal Pharmacological Interventions For VMS
  93. Webinars: Previous – Non-Pharmacological Interventions For VMS
  94. Webinars: Previous – Sexual Dysfunctions, Update on Gynae Cancers and Management
  95. What Are HIV and AIDS? What Is AIDS?
  96. What Are HIV and AIDS? What Is HIV?
  97. Women and HIV
  98. Women and HIV: Get the Facts on HIV Testing, Prevention, and Treatment
  99. World AIDS Day 2023
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  100. World AIDS Day 2023

Sources

Where may I find the Sources quoted?

You may find the Sources quoted at:

Sources

  1. HIV and AIDS: Living With HIV – Finding Your HIV Care Team. Last Updated: 18 February 2021. Office on Women’s Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Womenshealth.gov https://www.womenshealth.gov/hiv-and-aids/living-hiv Accessed: 26 June 2024
  2. HIV and AIDS: Overview. 13 July 2023. World Health Organization https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hiv-aids Accessed: 26 June 2024
  3. HI and AIDS: Transmission. 13 July 2023. World Health Organization https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hiv-aids Accessed: 26 June 2024
  4. HIV and AIDS: Overview. 13 July 2023. World Health Organization https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hiv-aids Accessed: 26 June 2024
  5. HIV and AIDS: Overview. Page Last Reviewed: 22 April 2021. NHS https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/hiv-and-aids/ Accessed: 26 June 2024
  6. HIV and AIDS: Key Facts. 13 July 2023. World Health Organization https://www.who.int/en/news-room/fact-sheets/detail/hiv-aids Accessed: 26 June 2024
  7. HIV and Women. Last Updated: 31 March 2023. Last Full Review: 01 March 2022. Be In the Know https://www.beintheknow.org/understanding-hiv-epidemic/community/hiv-and-women Accessed: 26 June 2024
  8. HIV and AIDS. Page Last Updated: 18 February 2021. Office on Women’s Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Womenshealth.gov https://www.womenshealth.gov/hiv-and-aids Accessed: 26 June 2024
  9. Get Tested for HIV: The Basics: Overview. Content Last Updated: 26 June 2024. MyHealthfinder https://health.gov/myhealthfinder/topics/health-conditions/hiv-and-other-stds/get-tested-hiv Accessed: 26 June 2024
  10. HIV: How HIV Spreads – Risk Factors: Other Sexually Transmitted Infections. https://www.cdc.gov/hiv/causes/index.html Accessed: 26 June 2024
  11. Menopause and HIV: Menopause In People Living With HIV. January 2021. Aidsmap https://www.aidsmap.com/about-hiv/menopause-and-hiv Accessed: 26 June 2024
  12. HIV and AIDS: Living With HIV – Finding Your HIV Care Team. Last Updated: 18 February 2021. Office on Women’s Health, United States Department of Health and Human Services, Womenshealth.gov https://www.womenshealth.gov/hiv-and-aids/living-hiv Accessed: 26 June 2024
Topic Last Updated: 18 September 2024 – Topic Last Reviewed: 26 June 2024

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