How many years can a person infected with HIV last? If you believe in science, you can look a little farther than the famous NBA star "Magic" Johnson across the ocean. Johnson was diagnosed with HIV in 1991 when he was in his prime, and now, 27 years later, he is still alive and well.

Many people may think that Johnson has lived so long mainly because of his own strong financial resources. However, it cannot be denied that progress is also being made in the treatment of AIDS, with new drugs coming out all the time. Some of the drugs that are now available internationally are also available to many domestic AIDS-infected people. Many of the first HIV-infected people diagnosed in China have now lived for more than 20 years.

Many people who are afraid of AIDS or who have been diagnosed with AIDS are often extremely pessimistic when they see a doctor: if they are infected, they are just waiting to die, right? Am I going to die? Is there any salvation? If I am infected, it is worse than death, isn't it? In fact, things are not as pessimistic as they think.

Research data from developed countries in Europe and the United States show that an adult over the age of 18, diagnosed as HIV-infected, as long as he or she receives regular and effective treatment, the average life expectancy can be around 80 years, which is no longer significantly different from that of a normal person. There is no domestic research in this area yet, but the current medical conditions in China are close to those of developed countries in Europe and America.

That is to say, as long as the medication can be administered and reviewed regularly under the guidance of a doctor, the long-term survival rate and quality of life of AIDS patients are already no different from that of ordinary people without AIDS, or at least from ordinary people with other chronic diseases.

In recent years, new drugs for AIDS have been introduced, and although there is no cure yet, and a complete recovery is not yet in sight, more and more people have been able to return to their normal lives, work and studies through antiretroviral treatment. However, more and more people have returned to normal life, work and study through antiretroviral treatment.

In short, although recovery is not possible, life expectancy is normally increasing, for the following reasons.

1. Continuous updating of drugs

HIV antiretroviral treatment is becoming more and more effective. Our current HIV antiretroviral drugs are free of charge, and the treatment regimen used is close to the international first-line treatment regimen, which ensures the effectiveness of the treatment.

2. Relaxation of therapeutic indications

It used to be that whether or not treatment was started depended on the CD4 cell count of the HIV-infected person, and only those infected below a certain value could receive free treatment. Now it has evolved to the point where treatment is started as long as the person is HIV positive, regardless of the CD4 cell count.

3. Benefits of medical examinations

After antiretroviral drug treatment for HIV infection, regular body checkups are required for a specified period of time. This approach of regular body checkups will enable HIV infection, in time, to find out the condition of the body, and not just the adverse effects of the drugs. In this case, it will even bring more benefits than the average infrequent physical examination can bring.

• With hope in one's heart, the road beneath one's feet will be longer.

Whether you are HIV-phobic or have been diagnosed with HIV, blindly fearing that HIV will kill you or reduce your life expectancy is unnecessary. For people who are afraid of AIDS, it is vital to check for antibodies to the disease on a regular basis, rather than using the symptoms against the symptoms and suspecting them every day. Those who are already infected should take their time to accept this reality and be calm and relaxed.

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How long can a person with AIDS last, I answered a similar question earlier. This one is related to many factors.

1. Timing of discovery. If found early, according to the national current HIV antiretroviral treatment measures - discovery is treatment, as long as you want to can be standardized treatment under the guidance of the doctor, which will have a great impact on the patient's life expectancy. If found late, such as entering the AIDS stage, the treatment effect is much worse, then life expectancy will be shorter;

2. Quality of life. The quality of life of AIDS patients has a great impact on the later treatment. If AIDS patients can actively maintain a better quality of life after confirmation, such as living a regular life and eliminating the continuation of self-indulgence, they are very conducive to antiretroviral treatment and have a better life expectancy. If the person is in a difficult situation and cannot provide a better quality of life, the life expectancy will be relatively shorter;

3. Personal attitude. Many AIDS patients will have great ups and downs in their mindset after confirmation, and some will even collapse and start to let themselves go, with a tendency to break down. In medicine, there is a field called neuroendocrine immune system, according to their research, these three systems interact with each other and have a close relationship. If you are mentally unstable, it affects the nervous system, which in turn affects the endocrine and immune systems, so being mentally unstable is not conducive to the anti-viral effects of your immune system. There is also a part of the individual who is able to face it positively and keep a good mindset, which is very good;

4. Family care. AIDS patients need the care and support of their families. At present, there is still serious discrimination against AIDS patients in the society, so the care and support from their families will be their confidence and motivation to persevere. Long-term observation and research have also shown that the life expectancy of AIDS patients who receive care and support from their families is better, and vice versa.

As for the possibility of recovery for AIDS patients, there are no successful cases yet, but after active treatment he will be no different from normal people, the only difference is that AIDS patients need to take medication on time and be evaluated regularly.

Hi, I'm happy to answer your questions.

HIV mainly violates the immune system of the human body, and the number of infected people is increasing, and the main ways of infection are: sexual transmission, drug abuse, mother-to-child transmission and blood transmission. As people are becoming more and more open-minded, sexual transmission has become the main force, especially among gay men.
Is there no hope when you have AIDS?

No. HIV can be controlled by medication that reduces its ability to replicate and reproduce, and although it cannot be completely eliminated, it can be kept at a low level, thus protecting the immune system from greater impact. Theoretically, patients who are effectively treated can achieve the life expectancy of the normal population.

But the current effective treatment is "cocktail therapy", its inventor is a Chinese scientist, the cost is more expensive, the cost in the United States has reached about 300,000 U.S. dollars a year. In our country, AIDS is a free treatment, free of charge, of course, the efficacy of the drugs to be almost, good antiviral drugs or need to pay for it.
Therefore, we need to be clean, develop good personal habits, generally will not be infected with HIV. Patients infected with HIV, do not have to give up on themselves, not to mention the mentality of revenge society, through active and effective treatment, the impact on personal life and life expectancy is relatively small, must have a positive and optimistic mindset.

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AIDS, no longer strange to everyone, namely acquired immunodeficiency syndrome AIDS, the pathogen for the human immunodeficiency virus HIV, is the AIDS virus. The reason why human beings have not yet taken AIDS, first, because HIV is a highly mutable virus, the virus enters and infects human cells random mutation; second, the virus replicates quickly in the body, mutation; third, the non-standardized HAART as well as poor patient compliance is to lead to resistance to reverse promote viral reproduction.

HIV attacks the human immune system, mainly by decreasing the number of CD4+ T-lymphocytes, which ultimately leads to defective cellular immunity, opportunistic infections and tumors that lead to death.

But AIDS has a long way to go from infection to death, and there are variations among the four stages: acute, latent, AIDS, and terminal. The emergence and application of antiretroviral therapy has turned AIDS into a chronic disease that can be treated but is still difficult to be completely cured, and HAART has led to a significant reduction in HIV-related opportunistic infections and associated tumors, thus prolonging the survival of AIDS patients. Therefore, once AIDS is detected, strict antiretroviral treatment and regular monitoring of viral load, the quality of survival and quality of life can be guaranteed, only that modern medical technology is not yet able to eradicate AIDS. Today, AIDS is not scary, it is a chronic disease that can be treated but is still difficult to be cured at present, and we have to keep on believing in the development of medical science.

If infected with HIV, there is first a period of acute onset, usually occurring 2 to 4 weeks after the initial HIV infection, but the clinical symptoms are usually mild and can be easily overlooked. Fever is the most common and may be accompanied by sore throat, night sweats, nausea, vomiting, diarrhea, rash, joint pain, enlarged lymph nodes, and neurological symptoms, which last for 1 to 3 weeks and then resolve. If not detected during the acute phase, the CD4+ T-lymphocyte count (the body's immune cells) may return to normal on its own. Since the immune system is unable to completely clear the virus, a chronic infection develops, with an asymptomatic infection (latent phase) and a symptomatic infection (AIDS phase). The duration of the asymptomatic phase lasts about 8 years on average; after entering the symptomatic phase, the CD4+ T lymphocytes decrease rapidly again, the body's immunity decreases rapidly, and the probability of suffering from other infections or tumors is greatly increased. It is important to note that the condition of HIV infected men who have sex with men (MSM) in China progresses more rapidly, and most of them reach the AIDS stage in 4 to 5 years after infection.

That's why early detection, diagnosis, and treatment are so important. If you have high-risk factors for developing AIDS, or even have acute-phase symptoms, visit your local CDC for counseling and testing. If diagnosed, standardize the use of antiretroviral therapy as early as possible to delay viral replication and other complications, and still live your life the same.

The state has free medication, regular medication to control the virus, and a reasonable routine can basically live to a ripe old age.

Reasonable medication, arrange a proper diet and living habits, people with AIDS can now and normal people are no different, can also live to old age, but so far have to take medication every day on time, dozens of dollars a day pressure is not big, the key is the mind. 😌

AIDS can be effectively controlled, but with current medical technology it cannot be cured, and medication is essential. My wife's cousin's father had AIDS and died because the oxygen was not replaced in time. Even if it can be controlled, the medication itself is very harmful to the body, so I hope everyone has good hygiene habits to prevent AIDS.

I have read a report, cocktail therapy is no way in the way, some people have good health ten money can really survive more than 30 years (NBA juggler and singer Madonna) is the list, but more people average 15 years life expectancy, he they are more dead from taking mixed antibiotics caused by organ failure. A famous saying in Chinese medicine in China is that medicines are three times poisonous. A certain amount of long-term use of drugs, even if the AIDS virus control. However, the body will age faster as a result.