Why Is It So Important That People Living with HIV

Why is it so important that people living with HIV or AIDS find ways of reducing the stress in their lives?

A) Because this illness compromises the immune system, and having too much stress will further limit the body's ability to fight illness.
B) Because HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, cannot live without a ready supply of adrenaline and noradrenaline to feed on. These are the neurotransmitters that are released by people who have too much stress in their lives.
C) Because the medications used to treat these illness cannot be effective in individuals who have high stress due to the negative interaction of the drugs and cortisol, the stress hormone.
D) Because the treatment of these illnesses requires a strict regimen of medication compliance, and research has shown that those who live with high amounts of stress are more forgetful and therefore more likely to miss a dose of their crucial, life-saving medication.