Daily routines

• Establish a pattern in your daily life cycle.
• Food: There is no special food to improve the immune function. It is most important to eat balanced meals that include many different food types. With that in mind we encourage you to evaluate your eating habits.
• Wash organic vegetables thoroughly because they tend to carry parasites.
• Drinking water: Try to drink only boiled water to avoid cryptosporidiosis and other infectious diseases.

Pets

You could contract various pathogens from your pets. Please see your doctor for advice if you have a pet.

Examples: Cryptococcus from pigeons and their feces;
Toxoplasma from cats

Prevent secondary infections

Since HIV is found in blood, semen, and the vaginal fluid, beware of other people coming in direct contact with any of them.

• Do not share a razor blade or a toothbrush with others.
• Laundry can be done in the usual manner. If the clothes contain lots of blood, soak them in diluted hydrochloric bleach (i.e., Chlorox) for half an hour or so, and then wash them as normal.
• Do not donate blood.
• Used needles and syringes should be brought to the hospital in a needle disposal box.
• Avoid using alcohol or other mind-altering drugs when you have sex since they can damage your self-control.
• Please talk to your doctor or health care questions about pregnancy and delivery.