How Many Years Does It Take Hiv To Show

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30years HepB and 23years Hiv+

Hi my viralload of Hiv is undetectable, viralload Hep.B is 12.000 last check up. Surviving Hiv succeeds, but the Hep.B scares me, my energy is less then a few years ago, is it true i must be more afraid of Hep.B, because of Hiv i can't have...

Response from Barbara McGovern, M.D.

Tufts University School of Medicine

It is great that your HIV is suppressed. Good job with that. As for the HBV, if you have been on Truvada for a while, there is one report that shows that 30% of HIV/HBV coinfected patients still had virus in their blood by this timepoint. The good... Read more »

1 Year of HIV Meds

I am at my 1 year anniversary as far as taking HIV Meds. I was diagnosed on 11/12/05 and went on... Read more »

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

Happy New Year with HIV

I recently tested positive for HIV and am extremely scared. I'm a 32 year old male and caught... Read more »

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U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

CDC Launches the 30 Years of HIV/AIDS Web Community

This year, CDC will commemorate 30 years of fighting the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States. To highlight our collective progress and examine existing challenges, CDC is launching an online community that will serve as an information and... Read more »

Bahamas to Receive $2 Million Over Three Years for HIV Programs

The Bahamas will receive more than $2 million over three years from PEPFAR for HIV/AIDS prevention, testing, strategic information and counseling, the Nassau Guardian reports (Bonimy, 6/27). Health officials signed the agreement Thursday. As part... Read more »

USAID Launches Five Year HIV/AIDS Prevention Program In Indonesia

USAID recently launched a five year HIV/AIDS prevention program in Indonesia, the Xinhua reports (4/3). The program is part of a $35 million effort supported by the U.S. and will target the regions of West Java, Central Java, East Java, Riau, North... Read more »

South Africa's New Five-Year HIV/AIDS Plan Represents "Unprecedented Cooperation" Between Government, Civil Society, Opinion Piece Says

South Africa's new five-year HIV/AIDS plan is an "unprecedented cooperation" between the government and civil society organizations in the country, Glenda Gray, executive director of the Perinatal Health Research Unit at the University of the... Read more »

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i am 40 years old and have had hiv for 12 years...

Posted by Anonymous

My name is Megan Noel. I am 40 years old, and have had HIV for 12
years. I had a Dr. by the name of Kenneth J. Blair for the 1st 7
years of my care. My husband, who is negative, has been fighting
with the community to get care for me ever since. Dr.... Read more »

15 years HIV+

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

I'm on my 16th year of being HIV+! Relatives and friends alike have seem to fade away waiting for me to die. Is there anyone else out there in the same boat? I'd like to talk with you. Very lonely here in Elkhart, IN. Please respond. I'll be... Read more »

I am a 15 year HIV positive survivor

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I am a 15-year HIV positive long-term asymptomatic survivor. I
have been vvery fortunate with my meds... I have never had a drug
reaction from anything I have taken to control the replication of
my virus. I have had an undetectable viral load since... Read more »

Just over a year being HIV +...

Posted by wonderbread, 4 Replies

Well I found out at the end of 2008 that I was HIV+. Since then my CD4 have been around 1000 and my viral load just under 5000 (as of September 09). I am a very lucky guy to have cought it so early on un like so many who don't find out untill much... Read more »

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