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HIV patients 'getting old before their time'
HIV patients 'getting old before their time'
"If you treat the infected child very early, you may have the opportunity to reduce the amount of virus going into hiding." Sharon Lewin, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne[MELBOURNE] While combination antiretroviral therapy has meant that people with HIV can live longer lives, research shows that the virus makes fundamental changes to the immune system by increasing the risk of developing age-related conditions."What we are now realising is that HIV as a disease is really a disease of inflammation.We are able to control the virus, but what remains are the immune dysfunction and dysregulation in patients that are leading to the diseases of ageing such as cardiovascular diseases, bone disease, cancer and diabetes," Alan Landay, chair of the immunology and microbiology department at Rush University Medical Center of Chicago, in the United States, tells SciDev.Net.Landay, who has been speaking at various sessions of the 16th International Congress of Immunology in Melbourne, calls this new concept "inflammaging", referring to the "accelerated immune senescence or the cells are getting old before their time" which they are seeing in HIV patients.Globally, 36.7 million people are living with HIV/AIDS and 1.1 million people died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2015.As many as 129 low- and middle income countries reported a total of 150 million people tested with the disease in 2014.
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HIV patients 'getting old before their time'
HIV patients 'getting old before their time'"If you treat the infected child very early, you may have the opportunity to reduce the amount of virus going into hiding." Sharon Lewin, Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, Melbourne[MELBOURNE] While combination antiretroviral therapy has meant that people with HIV can live longer lives, research shows that the virus makes fundamental changes to the immune system by increasing the risk of developing age-related conditions."What we are now realising is that HIV as a disease is really a disease of inflammation.We are able to control the virus, but what remains are the immune dysfunction and dysregulation in patients that are leading to the diseases of ageing such as cardiovascular diseases, bone disease, cancer and diabetes," Alan Landay, chair of the immunology and microbiology department at Rush University Medical Center of Chicago, in the United States, tells SciDev.Net.Landay, who has been speaking at various sessions of the 16th International Congress of Immunology in Melbourne, calls this new concept "inflammaging", referring to the "accelerated immune senescence or the cells are getting old before their time" which they are seeing in HIV patients.Globally, 36.7 million people are living with HIV/AIDS and 1.1 million people died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2015.As many as 129 low- and middle income countries reported a total of 150 million people tested with the disease in 2014.
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App helps HIV patients report medication, substance use
App helps HIV patients report medication, substance use
Taking a daily regimen of HIV medicines, exactly as prescribed, can be difficult enough, but add alcohol or drugs to the mix and there is the potential for disrupting medication adherence.HIV medicines help patients live longer, healthier lives by preventing the virus from destroying their immune systems.Yet, with alcohol and drug use being particularly prevalent among HIV-positive adults, substance use is one of the most reliable predictors of poor adherence to antiretroviral therapy.
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