See how many years you can live with hiv/aids

Olazcom.blogspot.com

23w ago

I decided to answer this because although a number of health professionals have answered, and quite well, I thought that someone who was really worried might be a little more confident hearing from someone who has lived through it.

I and several people I know have survived 30 or more years with HIV. This does not mean “unaffected”. The luckiest have had virtually no health problems, but they are a small minority. I wish I could say that eating all sorts of healthy things, exercise, meditation, getting your chakras aligned, holding crystals or praying to gods was the deciding factor, we tried them all and more in desperation and hope. As far as I can see from my and my friends and acquaintances experiences none of these are a of noticeable benefit. Obviously living a healthy lifestyle is going to provide the greatest benefit, but there seems to be no one thing that guarantees any resistance to the effects of HIV.

I have been through two AIDS diagnoses, one because of B Cell Lymphoma, a type of cancer that is contracted many long term survivors, but is “easy”, if expensiv, to treat. At the time I was tested positive for HIV the drug AZT had just been approved for use; it was pretty toxic and was the only drug that showed a real effect, but it only slowed progression a little. Over the years other drugs came along, some more toxic than others. We had to take them in huge quantities sometimes, and it was a case of the cure being worse than the disease for most.

HIV can mutate, becoming resistant to whatever drugs are being taken at that time. This happened to me repeatedly, but new drugs happened to come along each time, just as it looked like my immune system would finally fail completely. To say this was nerve wracking is an understatement. We all expected to be dead “in another year”, and for many that was true. I volunteered to receive experimental drugs not just for my own possible benefit, but also in the hope that others might be spared this in the future.

But advances in drug therapies continued, the number and quantity needed in a regime became fewer and the effect on the virus more pronounced. Now I take two drugs, one pill each, once a day. A far cry from the four drugs, between eight and twenty pills of each every few hours. The down side is that all the toxic crap I took for more than 20 years took its toll, and I take a lot more pills to combat a number of side effects, although most people on a modern regimine will have none, or only mild issues.

The upshot of all this is that now HIV is manageable for almost everyone, the regime is simple, effective, rarely causes problems and if they don’t gamble with their health will affect their lives very little.

So how long can a person with HIV live? I don’t know…how long will a person live without HIV?

Steve Alexander

Gay male, fully credentialed + on the job experience

4w ago

As did Random Chance, I’m answering because I believe more anecdotal evidence from people who have lived a long time with HIV may be as reassuring as the medical answers.

Infected 1982.

I’m fairly certain I was infected in San Francisco in 1982. I tested positive in February 1987. AZT (zidovudine), approved in the US in 1986, was the first drug used to treat HIV/AIDS. The virus soon mutated and became resistant. A trickle of other antiretroviral drugs came serially thereafter but the virus also mutated and became resistant to each. In 1997, the so called 3-drug cocktail antiretroviral treatment (ART) was first used. The virus was, and has remained, unable to mutate to become resistant to three drugs when combined.

Slow progressor.

I am what could be termed a slow progressor, as opposed to a long term nonprogressor. As it developed, although my viral load rose over the decade between 1987 and 1997, I survived long enough to see the advent of ART. On ART since 1997, my viral load has been and remains undetectable and my CD4 T-helper cells remain within normal range.

I’ve survived 37 years (1982–2018 inclusive) with HIV, never having had an opportunistic infection. At one point, before ART, my T-cells did fall below 200 and I was given an AIDS diagnosis. But ART came along, my T-cells bounced back and the virus became undetectable.

‘Indirect’ effects of HIV.

I am now living physically unaffected by HIV with the exceptions of

• peripheral neuropathy mostly in the soles of my feet but also in the pads of my fingers to some lesser extent.
  HIV can cause neuropathy but so did one of the meds I took prior to ART. My neuropathy, unchanged for a decade, was/is a side effect of the HIV, I’m certain. I was on the med for a short period before stopping it. I think it wasn’t long enough to cause the degree of neuropathy I have. This is a direct effect of HIV.
• CKD 3 (Chronic Kidney Disease, stage 3). This is a condition that has developed slowly over the past 15 years. I appear to be stable at stage 3 (approx. 40% function). Kidney disease is also a side effect of some HIV meds, one of which I was on for several years. Whether my CKD was caused by the med is uncertain. If it was, this could be said to be an indirect effect of HIV.

I will die of something mundane.

My doctor insists that I will die of something mundane in my old age. I’m 69 but she says my old age has yet to come along. My concern is that I will die sometime, perhaps sooner perhaps later, of renal failure but, as to HIV, I remain unconcerned.

Edit:2018.03.13
2018.04.15

Lee Waters

HIV+, diagnosed 11/20/2012

188w ago

Answer: It is believed that an HIV+ person with proper treatment can live almost as long as they would have had they not been infected.

With cynical commentary: They, meaning the medical community, tell us that if we take antiretrovirals and live basically healthy lives, we will have lifespans “approaching normal”. But they tell us a lot of things about HIV/AIDS that turn out to be not so much false but true only in a clinical sort of way. For instance, they tell us these days that having HIV is like having diabetes. That may be true for the doctor in terms of what he/she needs to do to treat the patient, but is off the mark in terms of the challenges faced by diabetics or pozzies.

Suhas Sharma

former Management Consultant

16w ago

Once the HIV positive status progresses into full blown AIDS, survival beyond a few months to an year is a difficult prospect because the body is not able to defend itself against multiple opportunistic infections. These infections gradually overwhelm the body in absence of a definite immune response. One infection is barely brought under control that the other sets in complicating matters. The primary killers of AIDS patients are tuberculosis and pneumonia. If not infections then AIDS patients can fall victim to certain cancers which don't usually occur in human beings with a healthy immune system. Eg. Kaposi’s sarcoma. It's not possible to keep AIDS patients in a sterile environment all the time for the rest of their lives in isolation incurring heavy costs in the process, compromising on the quality of their lives. Sort of a quarantine. HIV also attacks the nerve cells leading to AIDS related peripheral neuropathy.

Vipul Gupta

Founder at MySwaasth

1w ago

HIV Aids is not a life taking disease if the patient is well taken care and is lucky enough to survive the health and life transformation strongly.

Though the modern sciences have introduced a lot of medication to cure HIV treatments, which has made people positive and less scared of losing lives because of HIV. Thus, in short, the drugs used to cure HIV will give back the normal life to the person who has HIV positive. If this was to be answered 20 years back, then there might have been chances where people died because of this but thanks to the medication where it gives back the patient same as they were when they had HIV negative.

Another very important point to be looked into is, if the person has got his HIV positive, the CD4 count goes down.

It is because of the medicines that the count of CD4 rises and should be more than 200 cells/mm3. This will happen if the person keeps himself healthy, avoids smoking or drinking and regularly takes the medicines. Although few fluctuations might happen but to lead a normal life and live for the longest, a person should take few basic precautions and get himself checked by the best doctors in the city throughout his life to keep himself away from HIV disease.

In short, HIV positive people can survive for a long period if he/she will be taken taken of after a good treatment done by the doctors. If it is by fate or some other health disease that disturbs his healthy, only then the person will be leading to death.

You can read more about the symptoms, conditions, medications on MySwaasth app.

Kunal Sharma

studied at University of Mumbai (2010)

19w ago

It depends on person to person and his diet choices . A person can live a good amount of time if he/she has AIDS lets have a look at the history.

In 1996, the total life expectancy for an infected 20-year-old person was 39 years. In 2011, the total life expectancy bumped up to about 70 years . Someone who is HIV-positive, receiving treatment, and in optimal health — meaning they don't do drugs and are free of other infections — may live to be in their late 70s. Viral-load suppression allows people with HIV to live healthy lives and decreases their chances of developing AIDS. The other benefit of an undetectable viral load is that it helps reduce the number of HIV infections .

The 2014 European PARTNER study found that the risk of HIV transmission is very small when a person has an undetectable load. This means that the viral load is below 50 copies per milliliter (mL).

This discovery has led to an HIV prevention strategy called treatment as prevention. It promotes constant and consistent treatment as a way to reduce the spread of the virus.

HIV treatment has evolved tremendously since the onset of the epidemic, and advancements continued to be made. Two recently published studies — one out of the United Kingdom and one from the United States — showed promising results in experimental HIV treatments that could put the virus into remission and boost immunity.

The U.S. study was conducted on monkeys infected with the simian form of HIV, so it’s not clear if people would see the same benefits. As for the U.K. trial, participants showed no signs of HIV in their blood. However, researchers cautioned that there’s potential for the virus to return. HIV can quickly cause damage to your immune system and lead to AIDS, so getting timely treatment can help improve your life expectancy. People living with HIV should also visit their doctor regularly and treat other health conditions as they arise. This can help offset the effects of the virus and prevent AIDS from developing.If you have any queries regarding HIV and other health related issues feel free to contact us at WhatsApp number 9530069900. Our team of experts will provide you with accurate and relevant information and try to give solution to your problem.

Hope I am able to answer your question.

Michal Michal

Contributor of www.HerpesSingle.net

23w ago

This is a very good question, but no-one can predict how long another person will live.

Many issues that need to be taken into account and yet you still will only get a guess for an average age. These include socioeconomic factors, which country you live in, income, lifestyle (alcohol, drugs, tobacco, exercise and diet), access to health care, other infections like hepatitis, genetics and chance – good or bad luck.

However, there was a good study published in the Lancet, in the 26 July 2008 issue, that looked at life expectancy for HIV positive people. It provided robust and compelling results from a large cohort of HIV positive people from developed countries, that life expectancy is very good, and near to an HIV-negative person.

They reported that a 20-year-old individual starting HAART could expect to live for another 43 years on average. A 35-year-old could expect 32 more years of life.

Anyway, even if we live with HIV, herpes or other STD, our live still need continue. Compared with live a desperate live, why not choose to have a positive attitude with your love? Take a try by Positive Singles, you’ll find the best one to stay with you and help you get rid of any trouble in the future. Hope my answer can help you. Good luck!

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