How long can you live with AIDS, not HIV?!


Question: How long can you live with AIDS, not HIV.?
If you get diagnosed with AIDS, how long do you have.?Health Question & Answer


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Many live for years after developing AIDS. 10, 15, 20 years in some cases. It causes a very gradual deterioration in condition. AIDS decreases the immune systems ability to fight infection, so most die from infections which they cannot fight in the end.

HIV is the name of the virus which infects the body, AIDS is a syndrome (group of symptoms) which is caused by HIV. Sometimes people live with HIV for a long time before they develop AIDS.Health Question & Answer

Without treatment, AIDS is likely to result in an opportunistic infection that may cause death. How long that would take is a consequence of chance.
Before considering that, you should know what AIDS is in relation to HIV. HIV is the virus that attacks the immune system. The condition is classified as AIDS once either the CD4 count, which is an indication of the number of T-Cells in the blood, falls below 200 or where there is an AIDS defining illness. This is an illness that is associated with immune deficiency.
Typically from the time of infection and without medication 5 to 10 years pass until the CD4 count falls below 200 or an opportunistic infection occurs. Sometimes it is less time and sometimes in very rare cases, AIDS does not happen at all even where the person receives no medication.
When HIV is detected, treatment is these days begun if possible before an AIDS diagnosis can be given. If this is done the infected person can live a near normal life and have a normal life expectancy, provided that treatment is taken as prescribed.
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