If I am diagnosed with HIV, would drinking occasionally be bad? Should one completely stop smoking? -
If I am diagnosed with HIV, would drinking occasionally be bad? Should one completely stop smoking? -
In general yes. Keep in mind that alcohol is a poison, and although your white blood cells aren-t actively attacking it as they would an invading organism, you body has to fight to filter it from your blood. This diversion of resources to your liver and other filtration systems weakens the rest of your body, while at the same time the cells in your body are constantly absorbing the poison from your blood as you are drinking it, also weakening your body, especially your already compromised immune system.Any weakening in your immune system is a bad thing with HIV, but more specifically AIDS. AIDS is the condition that HIV causes, and just because you have HIV doesn-t meant that you have AIDS yet (but you will.) You could technically be in the beginnings of HIV and have no problem fighting off infections yet, until you start developing AIDS, but since there is no exact chart telling you how weak you are/will get, its generally not a good idea.
As for smoking, it-s even worse. Drinking further weakens your body in general and makes it harder to fight off infections already in your body, but smoking causes damage to your lungs, including countless minuscule burns. These burns form a perfect vector for pathogens to travel across into your body. Essentially smoking would be just as bad as cutting up your hand with little paper cuts and then grasping a bathroom doorknob. My suggestion, if you want to live longer, Nix both of them.for me personally being HIV+, and a once often drinker the meds for treating your hiv can tend to have some pretty nasty side effects, ones that get worse for me when drinking so now I have a couple drinks on New Years and my B-Day and thats all I want but your doctors are going to want you to not drink but you should be ok if you do choose to do so. Just please dont over do it cause its not a good thing to do when your body is trying it-s best to keep you healthyIt is advisable to stop smoking and drinking during treatment as health is your wealth.
god bless you
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