Being diagnosed with HIV/AIDS may trigger drug use, or dangerous sexual conduct as a result of substance abuse could have caused to contract the illness. Individuals who have HIV/AIDS, either due to their drug abuse or as a pre-existing condition just before their drug abuse problem, often require rehabilitation services tailor-made to fulfill their specific demands and problems. A few of these problems are physical in nature, because of the fact that substance abusers with HIV/AIDS very rarely look after themselves and take the appropriate medicines they need to maintain their own health. Consequently, they arrive to rehab in very poor health and this will have to be handled as a priority while also dealing with other critical concerns. In addition to the obvious necessity to offer medical services during rehab, people with HIV/AIDS also have to tackle deeper issues which brought about their alcohol or drug use. Often, people have conditions within their lives that are strictly environmental which may have caused them to turn to drugs or alcohol, such as oppressive conditions in their lives or negative relationships. These are the concerns which rehab professionals will focus on as part of HIV/AIDS rehabilitation services.