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Average Life Span With Hiv
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Average life spanI presented with fatigue constant thrush skin rash and a viral load of 500,00 and a cd4 of 34. In 5 weeks my vl was 350 and my cd4 was 290. I smoke but am not chemicaly dependent on drugs or alcohal. generally what would be an average life span....
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine
Assuming your improvement in those numbers is the result of HIV treatment, you are no longer in the AIDS category. You also don't indicate your age or whether you have any other active medical problems. It is always difficult to predict...
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average life spanI AM THINKING ABOUT NOT DOING TREATMENT FOR HCV,I AM ON ATRIPLA FOR HIV. CD4 460, VL... Read more »LIFE SPAN AVERAGEHey Dr.McGovern, I read that the average age at which someone with Hep C dies at is between... Read more »
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Kansas City Star Examines Increasing Life Spans of HIV-Positive U.S. ResidentsThe Kansas City Star on Monday examined HIV-positive U.S. residents' increasing average life spans, which "def[y] the virus' early image as a quick death sentence" but often "[w]ea[r] out the sympathy and patience of friends as health... Read more »
Africans on HIV Drugs Can Expect Normal Life Span -- StudyUgandans with HIV/AIDS who receive antiretroviral therapy (ARVs) can hope to have a near-normal life expectancy, according to research announced Monday at the 6th International AIDS Society Conference on HIV Pathogenesis, Treatment and Prevention in... Read more »
AIDS Reduces Zambians' Life SpanZambians' average life expectancy has drastically fallen from 43 years in 1996 to 37 years today due to the high incidence of disease, particularly HIV/AIDS, according to a UN report. The incidence of TB has jumped from 100 cases per 100,000... Read more »
Africa: Sub-Saharan Life Span Down by Five YearsA World Bank report, Disease and Mortality in Sub-Saharan Africa , released at the Cape Town Book Fair on Sunday said one in six African children die before reaching their fifth birthday from preventable and treatable diseases. Eduard Bos, World... Read more »
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Life Expectancy with HIV
Posted by SaltyWater, 9 Replies
HiI was recently diagnosed with HIV some 6/7 weeks ago. While I can accept this illness and try not to let it affect my life too much, and making sure I go to my appointments on time etc, I'm wanting to know if HIV actually has an impact of your... Read more » What is the average length someone can live HIV +
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
What is the average age that someone can live with HIV? with meds and without...what about AIDS?Thank you Read more » average
Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies
The information that "the average time to test accurately for hiv antibodies is 25 days" is grossly outdated. So, let us not go into lengthy definition about the meaning of average. Most doctors, lab technicians and experts say that by 4 weeks, most...
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Average for positve test 10-14 days
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
As you all can see the average for positive test is 10-14 days before they said 21 or 25 days. Info from John Hopkins medical management of HIV 2001.The window period: The time delay from infection to positive EIA averages 10 to 14 days with newer... Read more » Advertisement
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