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Hiv Infection Life Expectancy
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Widespread ART Coverage Can Reduce Risk of HIV Infection, Increase Life Expectancy of General Population, Studies Show"An intensive campaign to combat HIV/AIDS with costly antiretroviral drugs in rural South Africa has increased life expectancy by more than 11 years and significantly reduced the risk of infection for healthy individuals, according to new research,"... Read more »
No Excess Death Among HIV-Infected People -- as Long as CD4+ Cell Counts Are Kept Close to NormalDavid Wohl, M.D. Life expectancy for people living with HIV has been steadily rising -- approaching, but not quite achieving, that of the uninfected population in most studies. But such data have been limited in that they have tended to look... Read more »
UK Study Shows How Better HIV Drugs Extend LivesLife expectancy in UK residents treated for HIV infection grew by over 15 years during 1996-2008, largely due to earlier diagnosis and treatment with better, less toxic drugs, according to a new study. Researchers analyzed data from the UK... Read more »
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hiv/hep B co-infection life expectancy?Dr. Young,As falling into this category I was wondering what the life expectancy is with such a co-infection? Is it different than with just having hiv? Please can you clarify this for me?John Roberts...
Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Rocky Mountain CARES
Thanks for your question.I'm not sure how good our epidemiology is on this, but the first and essential issue is whether or not you have active hepatitis B or not. If the situation is the later, then you should really never have problems due...
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HIV positive - question about life expectancy (LIFE EXPECTANCY, 2010) (PROGNOSIS, 2010)I have just had a 5 week test result come back positive.I couldnt get answer from my doc, so wanted to ask you.How long can people with HIV live on HAART? - I know there isnt one figure- just wondering if there are ball park figures?Any info would...
Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.
The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation
FHello Alan,The clinical course of HIV varies considerably from person to person. Life expectancy with HIV/AIDS depends on many confounding variables, including viral strain, access to and adherence with potent antiretroviral therapy, concurrent...
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Life Expectancy, Medication, and other InfectionsI was diagnosed as being HIV+ in August 2006 at the age of 23. I did not start on medication until January 2007. When I first started my viral load was around 191,000, and as of May 2007 it is around 1865. I recently went back to my doctor who did...
Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.
Stanford University, School of Medicine
You don't indicate what your CD4 count was/is. If you have chronic HBV infection, it is likely that your doctors have given you the correct HIV meds that also have activity against HBV. There is a good chance, particularly in those people with...
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life expectancy hiv 2 vs. hiv 1Dr. Young,Is there any difference realistically for life expectancy differences for hiv 2 vs. hiv 1?ThanksJason...
Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.
Rocky Mountain CARES
Untreated, persons with HIV-2 tend to have a much slower disease progression than those infected with HIV-1.It's difficult for me to predict life expectancy for those with HIV-2 since, I'm not aware of any large studies that report this...
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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 » Life Expectancy
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
What is the concensus on this board on the average life expectancy of someone who is newly diagnosed with HIV?Read more » Life Expectancy
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Anyone have and idea of what the average life expectancy of some1 infected today would be? I see people on here whe have been pos for about 4 years and have countless problems then there are people that are 20 plus years pos and have little or no...
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Life expectancy, cont.
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Do yall agree that HIV is becoming more and more a treatable disease like diabetes, where the majority of people who come down with the virus, while never being cured, will be able to be treated to where the virus is contained and never develops...
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