BBC : declared in HIV life expectancy 'near normal' thanks to new drugs

Antiretroviral therapy involves a combination of three or more drugs which block the normal progress of HIV (human immunodeficiency virus). But many people with HIV still do not live as long as expected, especially those infected through injecting drugs. Image copyright jimmy isaacs Image caption Jimmy Isaacs, 28, can look forward to a long and healthy life on HIV drug treatmentYoung people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests. This is particularly true in the developing world, where the majority of HIV deaths occur because access to drugs is limited. Twenty-year-olds who started antiretroviral therapy in 2010 are projected to live 10 years longer than those first using it in 1996, it found.

HIV life expectancy 'near normal' thanks to new drugs

LONDON (BBC) – Young people on the latest HIV drugs now have near-normal life expectancy because of improvements in treatments, a study in The Lancet suggests. But many people with HIV still do not live as long as expected, especially those infected through injecting drugs. Antiretroviral therapy involves a combination of three or more drugs which block the normal progress of HIV. This is particularly true in the developing world, where the majority of HIV deaths occur because access to drugs is limited. Improved screening and prevention programmes and better treatment of health problems caused by HIV are thought to have helped, too.


A study published in the Lancet medical Journal revealed that #Life Expectancy of #HIV patients is nearing to that of a normal person due to improvements in medicines. Recent statistics indicate that the life expectancy of HIV-affected people has been increased by nine years for women and ten years for men when compared to the 1990s. Modern drugs give HIV patients extra 10 years of life expectancy in US and Europe https://t.co/YL1InBj59o pic.twitter.com/CZDbSgy61r — Telegraph World News (@TelegraphWorld) May 11, 2017The example of Jimmy IsaacsJimmy Isaacs is now 28, and he was diagnosed HIV three years back. AdvertisementsAccording to experts, early identification and treatment are quite crucial for a healthy living among HIV patients. Start of ART Increases Life Expectancy in HIV Patients: https://t.co/CHDjOv7dM3 pic.twitter.com/aSl6get879 — MedicalBag (@medicalbag) May 12, 2017AdvertisementsHIV is no longer a death sentenceAround three decades back, HIV was considered as a death sentence, as the virus invariably triggered the dreaded disease, AIDS.


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