HIV positive smokers may die of lungs cancer

HIV patients who smoke cigarettes are more likely to die from lung cancer than from HIV, antiviral drugs increased the life span of HIV patients
but there is no drug for preventing lung cancer that is as effective as antiretroviral therapy ART for HIV.

According to researchers, lung cancer prevention through smoking cessation should be a priority in taking care of people living with HIV. Researchers examined people with HIV who were current, former and never smokers.

They discovered that people who consistently take their anti-HIV medications but continue to smoke will die of lung cancer. Lung cancer is one of the leading killers of people with HIV, smoking and HIV put them at risk of developing lung cancer at a rate higher than smokers not infected with HIV.

Smoking and HIV are bad combination when it comes to lung cancer. Smoking cessation is one of the most important things that people living with HIV can do to improve their health and live longer. It will reduce their risk of lung cancer, heart attack, stroke, and emphysema.
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HIV reservoir marker makes it possible to kill the virus

Discovery of HIV marker makes it possible to differentiate between dominant HIV infected cells and healthy cells.

Researchers have discovered a way of isolating and analyzing reservoir cells that are responsible for hosting HIV virus.

HIV virus can hide in these reservoir cells for a long period of time, taking antiviral drugs does not stop the activities of the virus.

The discovery will make it possible to study viral reservoirs and therapeutic plan to kill the hidden HIV virus.