Category: 10: Side Effects & Complications

10: Side Effects & Complications

Dealing with diarrhea: Don’t let the runs get you down 

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center There’s nothing worse than when you’re just trying to get through your day, but your insides won’t cooperate. You know that queasy feeling […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 04: Newly Diagnosed / HIV 101, 10: Side Effects & Complications, 11: Healthy Habits, 17: Young and Positive

Taking your meds every day

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Taking your meds every day It can be hard to create a new habit — like taking your meds every day. Stick with it […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 10: Side Effects & Complications, 11: Healthy Habits

How to use herbal and natural remedies for HIV med side effects

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Some people experience annoying side effects from their HIV medications. That’s natural, and most go away as your body adjusts to the meds. […]
00. Spanish, 02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 10: Side Effects & Complications, 11: Healthy Habits

Cómo usar remedios herbolarios y naturales para los efectos secundarios de los medicamentos antirretrovirales

by la Dra. Ann K. Avery

Escrito por la Dra Ann K. Avery, MD, médica de enfermedades infecciosas del MetroHealth Medical Center Ver todos los blogs en español > Algunas personas experimentan efectos secundarios molestos de sus medicamentos antirretrovirales. Eso es […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 10: Side Effects & Complications

How to manage depression when you're living with HIV

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center If you have HIV, you probably have experienced depression at some point or another. In fact, depression is very common among HIV-positive people, […]
10: Side Effects & Complications

How to manage common side effects of HIV medication

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center “Do my HIV meds have side effects?” That’s probably one of the first questions you should ask when you and your doctor start […]
05: HIV Healthcare, 10: Side Effects & Complications

What is the difference between HIV and AIDS?

by Ann K. Avery, MD

HIV and AIDS are not the same thing. Not even close. AIDS is what happens after HIV goes unchecked and ruins your immune system. So, HIV always comes before AIDS. But HIV doesn’t always turn […]
00. Spanish, 10: Side Effects & Complications, 16: Women and HIV

La PrEP y el embarazo: Conoce los riesgos y efectos secundarios

by la Dra. Ann K. Avery

Escrito por la Dra Ann K. Avery, MD, médica de enfermedades infecciosas del MetroHealth Medical Center La cuestión de la PrEP y el embarazo es un poco enredada. La PrEP, o profilaxis previa a la […]
10: Side Effects & Complications, 16: Women and HIV

PrEP and pregnancy: Know the risks and side effects

by Ann K. Avery, MD

By: Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center The question of PrEP and pregnancy is a bit of a tangle. PrEP, or Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis, is a medicine HIV-negative people can take […]
02: Everyday Advice for Living with HIV, 10: Side Effects & Complications

6 reasons you may feel tired when you're living with HIV

by Jennifer McMillen Smith, LISW-S

By: Jennifer McMillen Smith, LISW-S, HIV Social Worker at MetroHealth Medical Center and medically reviewed by Ann K. Avery, MD, Infectious Disease Physician at MetroHealth Medical Center Everyone feels tired from time to time, but […]