Today we celebrate World AIDS Day, a terrible and dreaded disease every year claims millions of lives around the world. However, it is noteworthy that HIV has evolved tremendously over the past 30 years, today there are a large number of drugs that control the progression of the virus so that the quality of life of people with HIV is much better than years ago . However, the pending is early diagnosis, in the case of women it is estimated that about 33% are diagnosed when they perform a routine during pregnancy.
Indeed, one of the areas where most progress has been made is the stage of pregnancy, one of the most concern to HIV positive women of childbearing age. While in the early nineties having children is not recommended, there is now the possibility of having children with little risk of transmission and side effects.
Another aspect of most interest to infected women, unlike HIV-positive men, whose main concerns are often the transmission of the virus, how to live and work with HIV or sexuality, caring for aging body and mind. And, over the years, women with AIDS may have a different willingness to show some specific complications in HIV. This is being seen primarily at the level of bone disorders, hormonal and neurological.
Experts also suggest that specific research should be conducted in women since there are differences in the way of absorption of drugs in the presence of adverse effects and complications of infection. Is also social specificities related to increased vulnerability. Its usually worse psychological health, are in a caregiving role, and there are problems associated with traditional gender roles that make it difficult to make appropriate decisions about their health