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Diagnose and Treatment Of HIV
How is it diagnosed human immunodeficiency virus (HIV)?
The National Institutes of Medicine, the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists , the American Academy of Pediatrics (American Academy of Pediatrics) and other health organizations recommend blood testing practice HIV screening for all pregnant women.
Treatment of human immunodeficiency virus:
Prenatal care, including counseling, tests and treatments for HIV, infected mothers and their babies, saves lives and resources. Current recommendations for HIV-positive mothers to take a number of drugs during pregnancy and labor. Also performed blood tests to check the amount of virus. A newborn babies of HIV positive mothers also receive medication. It was found that this can reduce the chances of HIV transmission from mother to baby from 25 to 2 percent.
They may recommend a cesarean delivery for HIV positive women. Thus, it can reduce the likelihood of transmitting the virus to the baby. Since breast milk contains the virus, HIV-positive mothers should not breastfeed their babies.