It's a very lamentable problem!

I work at the CDC doing HIV prevention and treatment, and I have encountered many very sorry cases, the youngest infected person I have seen is one and a half years old, which makes me very sad. Of course, this issue also makes my heart ache, after all, only ten years old ah!

AIDS destroys our immune system, causing the body to eventually die from various complications, and in the absence of treatment, the typical time from discovery to death is 5-10 years, with some documented cases of up to 20 years of untreated infection surviving.

Although the latest studies have proved that life expectancy is hardly affected by regular antiretroviral treatment from the time HIV infection is detected, these studies have been conducted on adult infected persons, and there is a relative lack of information on children infected with HIV. ThereforeHow long does a ten-year-old child with AIDS live?I can't answer this question well. Although taking medication on time can inhibit the replication of the virus and reduce its damage to our immune system, anti-viral drugs have a certain degree of liver and kidney toxicity, and the liver and kidney functions of small children are not yet well developed, so the treatment period may lead to liver and kidney damage, which will affect life expectancy.

However, we still have to have confidence, the current AIDS research results are many, a variety of treatment modalities and drugs are also to be successively in the research, I believe that soon will be applied to the first line.

For the sake of the children's health and for the health of all of us, I hope that we can raise our awareness of AIDS, clean ourselves up, and avoid some bad habits and styles, and I'll let us all live in good health.With AIDS, prevention is the key!

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Hi everyone, I'm a doctor who works with HIV at the CDC, and I'm here to answer your questions.

It is indeed unfortunate and regrettable that a ten-year-old child has contracted AIDS.

The youngest person I met in my work who was infected with HIV was 12 years old and only in his first year of school.

Those who are concerned about AIDS should know that AIDS is harmful to the human body, mainly destroying the function of the body's immune system and causing the body to be susceptible to infections at all levels and the development of tumors.

Generally speaking, the way young children get infected with AIDS is basically through mother-to-child transmission, and in the case of children infected with AIDS through mother-to-child transmission, their life expectancy is usually no more than five years without treatment. Therefore, how the child in question contracted AIDS needs to be deeply investigated.

Academics have now changed the definition of AIDS from a terminal disease to a chronic disease, which means that contracting AIDS will basically not affect a person's life expectancy as long as he or she is treated regularly.

But for the child in the title, who is only 10 years old and taking the medication, the damage of the medication to his liver and kidney function is not known, and the length of his life expectancy cannot be predicted. Although regular treatment does not affect life expectancy, there is limited monitoring data for children and no conclusions can be drawn.

But we should have a positive attitude. Recently, there has been a lot of progress in research on the treatment of AIDS, including treatment modalities and programs. So we should be optimistic. According to the current life expectancy of 76 years per capita in China, people infected with AIDS can basically live to such an old age.

At present, there is no drug or vaccine that can completely cure AIDS, so the prevention of AIDS is especially crucial.

Behavioral change is the most crucial step in HIV prevention, but it is also the most difficult one. In my work, I have interviewed some HIV-infected people who know full well that they may be infected with HIV through unsafe sex, but they still take the risk and end up regretting it.

It is important to prevent AIDS by being clean and not having unprotected sex.

I've come across cases in my work where friends are dating and one of them suggests I trust you not to use a condom. I do not know this kind of danger is very high ah! The latest surveillance data also shows that the most important way of transmission of AIDS is heterosexual non-commercial sexual contact between men and women, so it is important to use condoms when having sex.

For those of you who are already infected, if you have a need for pregnancy, please be sure to do so under the guidance of a medical professional.

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The mortality rate of AIDS is extremely high, with an incubation period of about eight years and a death rate of about two years after the onset of the disease. If standardized antiretroviral treatment, you can still survive for a long time. In the case of AIDS, there are no symptoms in the early stages, but in the late stages, the infection can lead to tumors and thrush, etc. How long you can live depends on whether or not you have been treated, and whether or not the treatment is appropriate.

First go to the city hospital and get checked by an infection specialist! Then make sure all are healthy except HIV! The doctor will prescribe medicine for the child to take! You need to go to the CDC to get the medicine! Take the medicine every day on time! The life expectancy is the same as a normal person! The only problem is sticking to the meds! Taking medication irregularly and missing medication can cause drug resistance, which can be troublesome! Keep warm and protect yourself from the cold! Don't go to crowded places! Prevent opportunistic infections!