Ask the Experts
Can you know how long you have had Aids for?
If you were detected of Aids now and are full blown Aids, is there a way you can know how long you have had this before it turn into Aids or do you have to be HIV+ for a long time before you have full blown Aids? I need to know If its different in...
Response from Eric Daar, M.D.
UCLA School of Medicine
...The average time from infection to symptoms of AIDS is about 8-10 years without therapy. However, this interval is highly variable with rare people getting sick within one year Read more »How long could I have had HIV? (LIFE EXPECTANCY, 2009)
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Connect With Others
how long do you live with HIV?
Posted by Nicole_herpes, 3 Replies
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...still without meds, I feel ignored by the hospitals in sweden where I live. My levels of cd4 and virus have been steadey for a long time and since -99 -00 they went down after an operation for overweight Gastric banding. Life got off track for... Read more »How long have I had HIV?
Posted by redbull, 1 Reply
...Do your #'s necessarily dictate how long you have had HIV? When I was diagnosed in 5/09 my cd4 was 94 and my VL was 400K. After being on atripla for 2 1/2 months my Read more »Long-term HIV and Aids survivors' health worrying
Posted by ScotCharles
...there are no data that compare the incidence, age of onset and cause of ageing-related diseases in the general population with long-term survivors of HIV. However, experts say they do not see HIV-negative people in their mid-50s with hip... Read more »
