What Ages Are Mostly Affected By Hiv

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Urging U.N. to Collect, Report Data on Aging Population Affected by HIV

"Estimates suggest that by 2040, over nine million people with HIV will be 50 or older in sub-Saharan Africa, triple that of current data," the HIV Prevention Justice Alliance writes in The Body . "Despite this, the 2012 UNAIDS report does not... Read more »

Ask the Doctor: HIV and HIV Risk After Age 50

Theresa Mack, M.D., M.P.H. Every month, HIV specialist Theresa Mack, M.D., M.P.H. -- an associate medical director at St. Luke's Medical Group in Harlem, N.Y. -- will answer your most pressing HIV/AIDS questions. By the year 2015, nearly half... Read more »

Swaziland's King "Sets Poor Example" for Country Deeply Affected by HIV/AIDS, Article Says

Swaziland -- where one in three people between ages 15 and 49 are HIV-positive, according to UNAIDS -- has the highest HIV prevalence in the world, and King Mswati III is the "elephant in the room when Swazis contemplate their AIDS crisis," the ... Read more »

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RE: does age affect outcome?

I'm 57, poz since 54. CD4 levels boucing around the 350 range around 30%. VL never above 6,000. Otherwise in excellent health. I'm trying to hold off taking meds as long as possible for the usual reasons. Resistance testing shows...

Response from Brian Conway, M.D.

University of British Columbia

You should consider treatment sooner rather than later. The prognosis of untreated HIV infection is poorer for you than for someone of a younger age, over and apart from the fact that, due to the resistance pattern you are describing and the... Read more »

Does a patient's age affect outcome?

Hi,I am newly infected, and am 43. I read in one of your email answers that the age when infected affects mortality rates. If so, how?So, at what age would that ratio begin to tilt against me? thanks ...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Age has a general effect on decreasing the degree of CD4 recovery on antiretroviral therapy (there is a wide range of residual thymic tissue/function that generally decreases with age). The lower the CD4 count and the older the patient then the... Read more »

ageing and HIV?

I am 56 years old and have been Poz since 1985. I have been LUCKY! All these years I have maintained a high T-cell and low Viral Load. This in my mind is from only having safe sex. My question is: At this point due to meds I have lost my gall balder...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

I feel so bad for you and what you have gone through. People sometimes forget that HIV may be a manageable disease for some but a very difficult thing to have when you are getting older. Since I have very limited information, I can just list a few... Read more »

Long-term HIV Patient, age 60, with stable virile load

Hi,I have been hiv+ for 23 years, whose CD4 count has fluctuated around 600. Viral load usually below 30,000. Four years ago my doctor took me off of meds, the logic that the drugs do not appear to affect the numbers either way. My new doc, who has...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I would agree with getting you back on meds, although I am not sure I understand the need for 5 drugs. Was significant resistance found? I am also not sure about the need for AZT in your case. It would be helpful if you had the resistance test... Read more »

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The Dark Ages

Posted by Bear60, 1 Reply

This is right off AOL:

Police Chief Accused of Denying Gay Man CPR
By ALLISON BARKER, AP

CHARLESTON, W.Va. (March 3) - A McDowell County police chief was accused in a federal lawsuit Thursday of stopping a would-be rescuer from performing CPR on a gay... Read more »

7/9, New York, NY: Spiritual HIV Support Dinner Forum for all affected by HIV and AIDS

Posted by bartleby

Spiritual HIV Support Dinner Forum for all affected by HIV and AIDS
Monday, July 9
6:30pm - 9:00pm
The Riverside Church NYC
90 Claremont Avenue, Room 10T
New York, NY

6:30 pm - 7:30 pm / Light Refreshments and Networking
7:30 pm - 9:00 pm / 90 Minute... Read more »

Excellent article on HIV & aging, "New York" mag.

Posted by BrokenWingedBird, 2 Replies

"Another Kind of AIDS Crisis"

A striking number of HIV patients are living longer but getting older fastershowing early signs of dementia and bone weakness usually seen in the elderly.

http://nymag.com/health/features/61740/
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Kansas City - Group for HIV poz, ages 17-25 ONLY

Posted by Anonymous

Join other positive young adults - find support and friends around the KC Metro area...this is restricted to young adults ages 17-25.

Starting Mondays 4:00 - 5:30pm at KC Free Health Clinic, 3515 Broadway, KCMO

Call Lara at 816-753-5144 ext. 243
Group... Read more »

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