Can You Live A Normal Life With Hiv

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can you live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+

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can you live a normal life without medicines if your HIV+??? How long can live without these medicines? Read more »

can you live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+

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can you still live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+? for how long??? Read more »

can you live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+

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can you live a normal life without medicines if your HIV+??? How long can live without these medicines? Read more »

can you live a normal life without meds if ur HIV+

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can you live a normal life without medicines if your HIV+??? How long can live without these medicines? Read more »

is anyone out there living a normal life with meds

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Hello

I read horror stories probably too often about meds and death do to hiv. I have told most i have been positive for 6 yrs and need to start meds very soon. I don't know what to do. I want to love life. I want to live. I don't want to be a... Read more »

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Is it really true HIV+ people can live normal life spans? How quickly do they need to be treated?

I will start by admitting my paranoia. I'm terrified to be tested for HIV. I am 30 years old and I have been happily married for 5 years. I have been sexually active since the age 16 and have not always practiced safe sex. Although I have...

Response from Douglas T. Dieterich, M.D.

New York University, School of Medicine

This is not really a hepatitis question. However, the treatment of HIV now is much like diabetes or hypertension. If treated appropriately, and reasonably early the expectation is that people should live almost normal life spans. If you are worried... Read more »

Live a normal life

I was diagnosed as HIV Positive 4 months ago. My last Report of T_cell count was at 270 and the Viral Load at 9500. My doctor and I chose not to be on medication and I have decided to take a few pictures down the road to see how we do. Currently...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,I can offer you considerable hope, but I cannot promise you "a healthy, normal life with normal life expectancy." Nor can I promise your CD4 cells "won't keep going down to below 200 or that your viral load won't... Read more »

living a normal life with a low cd4 count?

Hello, I have just been started on HAART (combivir/efavirenz) and my CD4 count last week was 4. What can I reasonably expect to be able to build up my cd4 count? 100? 200? 300? And how long can that take? 1 year? 2 years? And can I still live a...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

200 is definitely possible and anything higher will be a gift. The lower the CD4 you start with, the lower the maximum you can achieve and the longer it may take to get there. You can still live a normal life. The higher your count above 200, the... Read more »

CAN I LIVE A NORMAL LIFE WITH HCV/23 year old begging for the truth

Hey Docter, I am 23 years old and have just been infected with Hep C by a tatoo needle. I am in great shape and love to work out and play sports, is my life over or can I live a normal life. If I eat clean, don't drink or do drugs and...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

You are going to do just fine.1. Hepatitis C does NOT cause disease in everyone. 2. If you were just infected in the last two to three months, I would get your virus tested again to see if it cleared. If not you can be treated immediately and your... Read more »

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Africans on HIV Drugs Can Expect Normal Life Span -- Study

Ugandans 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 »

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A 14-year-old girl in suburban Dallas is poised to tell the world something many people would keep quiet, that she has been living with HIV since birth. Brianna Lamar is in contention to represent Texas in a program sponsored by the Children's... Read more »

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