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How many years can a person infected with AIDS live?

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In fact, regarding how many years a person infected with AIDS can live, this has to be analyzed on a case-by-case basis, and it has to be analyzed in these following scenarios.

1. HIV infection is detected at the outset and regular antiretroviral treatment is given.

In this case, if the virus is sensitive to the cocktail therapy, humans could coexist with HIV for a long time and the patient would be given essentially the same life expectancy as a normal person.

2. HIV infection is detected but no treatment is given.

This depends on how long the incubation period is, 3-15 years, with a maximum of 15 years to reach the AIDS stage. If there is active treatment and immune reconstruction is accomplished just before reaching the AIDS stage, there may still be a long term survival, otherwise, there may only be a few days or a few months to live.

3. Only detected at the AIDS stage, with impaired immune function, but continuing antiretroviral therapy after successful completion of immune reconstitution following antiretroviral therapy.

Once immune reconstitution is complete and infections and tumors are controlled in the AIDS stage, patients can still achieve a life expectancy that is essentially equal to that of a normal person with treatment.

4. It is detected only at the stage of AIDS, but the immune function is not rebuilt in time due to secondary opportunistic infections and tumors.

In this case, life expectancy is basically just a few months, as immune reconstitution is not completed without 3-4 months.

Therefore, AIDS should not only focus on prevention, but also early detection, diagnosis and treatment.

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It's no exaggeration to say thatZhang Di said that the current level of treatment can make the AIDS completely goodbyeincurable diseasetimes, that is to sayInfected people are no longer expected to live a normal life expectancy.One of the reasons for the high incidence of AIDS in developed countries is that treatment has become more effective and people have become less fearful of HIV. One of the reasons for the high incidence of AIDS in developed countries is that the treatment has been so effective that people are less afraid of HIV and therefore less protective of themselves. This also shows that the current treatment methods are indeed satisfactory, soI hope that Chinese people infected with AIDS will not despair, but will be full of confidence and receive treatment as soon as possible, so that you will have a good hope of having the same life as a normal person.

Nowadays, the main treatment for AIDS is the use ofInhibitors of three HIV enzymes to treat. The three enzymes areTranscriptase (reverse transcriptase).Protease (protease) and integrationEnzyme (integrase).They are indispensable tools for HIV replication (see figure below). If they are targeted with the appropriate inhibitors, HIV replication isSuppressed or terminated, so that new viruses are not created and old viruses do not exist anymore, leading to healing.

we knowHIV has no self-correcting mechanismso that during viral replication it is easy to producegenetic mutation, followed by the formation of mutant reverse transcriptases, proteases, and integrases, which eventually lead to the loss of inhibitors of these enzymes, i.e., thedevelop drug resistancethat affects the treatment. In order for treatment to be consistently effective.HIV drug resistance must be monitored. Often, before or on the way to treatment for AIDSpoison abovethreeEnzyme genesPerform mutation detection(see figure below).to guide your doctor in the administration of your medication or to change your medication in a timely manner.

Inhibitors of these three enzymes are usually used in combination in the clinic, and resistance is monitored in time to obtain satisfactory results.. Usually with the above treatment, the HIV titer will be low or undetectable. The table below shows the HIV titers or levels tested after treatment in a group of patients at our hospital.


Once HIV is detected, the body does not show symptoms immediately, but goes through an incubation period of an average of eight or nine years, sometimes as long as 15 years.

The process from initial infection to the terminal stage is a complex one. The asymptomatic period usually lasts six to eight years, and its duration is related to the number of infected viruses, the type of virus, the route of infection, the immune status of the organism, nutritional and hygienic conditions, and living habits, among other factors.

When entering the AIDS stage, clinical symptoms associated with AIDS, various opportunistic infections and tumors will appear. Without antiretroviral treatment, the mortality rate in the AIDS stage is quite high, with an average survival period of two years.

For patients who are now detected as infected, it is important to regularly cooperate with the CDC's testing and medication, and timely and correctly start antiretroviral therapy can maximize the inhibition of viral replication, preserve and restore immune function, greatly reduce the patient's morbidity and mortality rate and survival, improve the quality of life, and reduce the spread of AIDS. Active treatment is usually not a problem for 20 to 30 years, and healthy psychological counseling is also very important.

AIDS, as it stands now, is as chronic as Hepatitis B . Both are transmitted in exactly the same way. It's not that scary anymore. As long as you have a good heart, early detection and early treatment, you will have no problem living for about 30 years.

In Sichuan, there is a citizen's town, the number of infected people in this town is particularly high, everyone does not avoid, you know that I am AIDS, I also know that he is AIDS. Everyone did not mind too much, but still went to treatment, went to work, and did business. At present, many people with AIDS in this town are doing business in Chengdu, and they are doing very well, and they have even started their own families, and they are very happy.

A foreign mathematical model projects that the direct impact of the HIV virus on a person's life expectancy is only about 1 .44 years. the HIV virus, on the human body itself, is harmful.It is even lower than bad habits such as alcoholism. The most damaging thing about AIDS is that it causes the body's resistance to be low and can combine with other infections to produce great harm.

So what can people with HIV do to minimize complications and maximize life?

1. Psychologically overcome fear and other bad emotions. Loss, fear, depression, anxiety, restlessness, anger, denial and other psychological, are harmful. To maintain optimism, enterprising spirit, actively engaged in public service or collective activities, so that their own value to give full play to.

2. Active treatment. Although there is no cure for AIDS, highly effective antiretroviral therapy is the most fundamental treatment. As long as the medication is taken throughout life, it can maximize the suppression of viral replication, preserve and restore immune function, and reduce mortality and complications. It can effectively control and delay the progression of the disease, improve symptoms and enhance the quality of life.

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3. Maintain a healthy lifestyle. Avoid exposure to factors that may aggravate the condition, such as smoking, drinking and staying up late. At the same time, regulate diet, strengthen nutrition, and improve body resistance.

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The number of years a person infected with AIDS can live depends on the patient'sAutoimmune status, adherence and drug resistance.

AIDS, also known as Acquired Immune Syndrome, is mainly caused by the HIV virus in the body attacking the body's immune system leading to a decrease in the body's immunity, followed by opportunistic infections or malignant tumors until death. From AIDS infection, discovery to the final treatment and death, each patient is different, some patients survive for a long time, basically no difference with healthy people, but some patients from the onset of the disease to death, very soon after the journey, the reason why?

Autoimmune status

HIV patients' immune system will always be attacked by the HIV virus and weakened, but not overnight, when the body's own immunity is strong, it will produce an immune response to the virus, so the two are in a dynamic equilibrium, which is why many HIV-infected people infected with the HIV virus but no clinical symptoms appear. This is why many HIV-infected people have no clinical symptoms even though they are infected with the HIV virus. Therefore, autoimmunity is one of the reasons for determining how long you live.

compliance

When an AIDS patient is diagnosed, antiretroviral therapy is provided, and the first-line reverse transcriptase antiviral drugs currently used in the country can effectively inhibit the transcription of AIDS; this is going to need to be taken on a daily basis. Therefore, it is necessary for the patient to have good compliance and to follow the medical advice and reduce bad habits that impair their immunity.

tolerance

After years of treatment, some HIV viruses are drug resistant. When a patient is infected with this type of virus, the antiviral treatment is not too effective or even ineffective due to the virus being drug resistant, and therefore is not too effective unless new types of drugs are taken.

In conclusion, although the life of AIDS patients can be similar to that of healthy people after standardized antiretroviral treatment, the treatment effect will not be too good if the patients do not strictly follow the treatment and take medication regularly, therefore, improving compliance and increasing the monitoring of drug resistance in the treatment process, so as to improve the quality of life and live a better life.


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AIDS does not kill people directly. AIDS is actually the final stage of human infection with the Acquired Immunodeficiency Virus. At this stage your immune system is paralyzed by the attack of HIV. So it is extremely easy to get infected, Pneumocystis pneumonia, Salmonella, Cryptococcal meningitis are all more common. Symptomatically acute cough, weight loss, and chronic diarrhea are common.

There are three main periods when HIV enters the body:

acute infection period

The virus enters the body and begins to multiply rapidly, reaching millions of viruses per milliliter in the blood. It causes clinical symptoms for 1-2 weeks (80% may have fever, 70% will have drowsiness and general malaise, gastroenteritis, diarrhea, muscle and joint pain, and a high probability of swollen lymph nodes,). However, 50% of people do not develop clinical symptoms.

incubation period (of disease)

The immune system responds and suppresses viral activity, at which point the amount of virus decreases. The patient enters the incubation period. The length of the incubation period is influenced by many factors, ranging from a minimum of two weeks to a maximum of 20 years. However, the immune system continues to be attacked by the virus, and when the immune system struggles to maintain itself, the onset of AIDS is reached.

onset

The patient will experience unexplained lymph node enlargement for 3 months. Symptoms such as unexplained fever, lethargy, fatigue, loss of appetite and weight loss occur. Some patients will stay in this state, while others will progress to severe AIDS, manifesting themselves with increasingly weakened immunity and complications, precisely when they enter the acquired immunodeficiency syndrome, or AIDS. Those who enter this stage generally survive for no more than nine months.


This is a big difference. After being infected with the HIV virus with no medication at all, you develop the disease for 2-10 years and then die. There are also a very small number of people who live their entire lives without developing the disease, and they are a rare sample to study.

If standardized treatment and antiviral effects are relatively good, you can live for 20 to 30 years, just like high blood pressure as a chronic disease. There are 1.4 billion people in China, and less than 20,000 people die of AIDS each year.

Overall, the last decade or so has seen strong AIDS prevention and control in most parts of the globe.

live longer than normal people, unless it is voluntarily give up, aids is very serious on drug dependence, you have to take drugs every day, it is because of this, hiv patients work harder than the average person, otherwise there is no money to buy drugs ah...as for hiv patients die, in fact, that's a very normal thing, there is no hiv people will die, is the corpse in the morgue are infected with hiv? not really. No. In fact, the disease is demonized by the media.

The incubation period of AIDS generally to seven to fifteen years ranging, some AIDS patients with a longer incubation period, it depends on the patient's physical condition, weak body incubation period will be short, and good health incubation period will be long, if one but AIDS past the incubation period and attack, then the life span will be accelerated with the speed of HIV infection, the virus infection fast life span will become shorter, and vice versa will become longer. However, the encouraging thing is that the national medical and health institutions are paying more and more attention to people living with HIV and making the final argument for the scientific validity of the cure drugs, therefore! HIV carriers should correct the attitude of treatment, often to maintain a healthy mind, maintain a relaxed and happy attitude towards life, and actively cooperate with the medical and health departments to carry out treatment, which is particularly beneficial to the early months of the cure.

Depends on how early you find out, medication and not in time physical fitness, if within two years of drudgery and hard immune system low, and do not know the infection, did not use the drug that basic life is also countdown. What life can be the same as a normal person's argument is nonsense. Timely medication can also extend life, but the quality of it. Not to say can also be clear. Otherwise it would not dare to publicize.

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