Why Do We Need HIV PEP Singapore?

Posted by Chen Scatter
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Jun 30, 2017
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HIV or human immune deficiency virus attacks our immune system and disable the defences present in our body. HIV is the main reason for the Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Syndrome. What happens during this disease is that a person gets infected by the HIV virus and then the HIV virus attacks the T lymphocyte cells and thereupon makes copies of itself in the cells and thus it keeps on going destroying the Defence system of the body. There are many reasons to get infected by the HIV virus and the common amongst them is the unprotected physical contact with an HIV positive person. If you are exposed to HIV person and it’s not more than 72 hours ago then you can use the HIV PEP or Post Exposure Prophylaxis. Here a combination of 3 drugs which is also known as antiretroviral drugs is administered to the human body in the time period of 1 week to 2 weeks upon exposure.


About the treatment procedure

There are very few treatment centres that can diagnose a patient with AIDS and thereupon treat them with HIV PEP. The HIV PEP Singapore is one of the best places to undergo the treatment. The elyonclinic is one of the top-notch clinics in Singapore to administer the use of HIV PEP. The clinic diagnoses patients for symptoms of HIV and upon positivity of the infection, they administer the process. The few examples where elyonclinic uses PEP are that of exposures due to unprotected sex, health worker, condom breaks or Rape and sexual assault survivors although this treatment causes to suppress the effects of HIV and thus thereupon stops the progression of it but there are few known side effects to it as well like Diarrhoea, nausea, vomiting, headache etc.


Conclusion

AIDS is incurable as it disables our defence system and the progress in this field is moving at a very slow rate. But then there are cases like HIV PEP where if it is administered then it will suppress the progressiveness of the virus in the body. One day it may be possible to eradicate HIV but as of now we have to stay dependent on the HIV PEP only


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