STI (sexually transmitted infection) – other STIs include herpes, gonorrhoea and syphilis etc.
Glossary
Selected words and phrases
enzyme – a protein produced in the body that triggers or speeds up other chemical reactions.
Pulmonary hypertension refers to high blood pressure in the arteries taking blood from the heart to the lungs.
People living with HIV-are more likely to develop pulmonary hypertension than HIV-negative people.
BD (or bid) – a short hand term for medication dosing that means ‘twice-daily’.
grade/grading – the grade of hepatitis infection refers to the amount of inflammation in liver tissue, found by a biopsy. It is usually measured on the Ishak scale from 1-18) where 0 is none and 18 is the maximum. See staging.