Early diagnosis of AIDS, after proper treatment, may not be fatal
The main work is to help people living with HIV. AIDS is a deadly disease. Although it cannot be completely cured after being infected with HIV, modern medicine has turned AIDS into a chronic disease that will not be fatal. In fact, HIV does not directly kill infected people, but damages the human immune system, leading to other serious infections and cancers. As long as the reproduction of HIV can be controlled, it may show cold-like symptoms. The body's immune system has been destroyed by HIV and is prone to various cancers and severe infections. After being infected with HIV, the key to a long and healthy life is to maintain a low viral load and suppress HIV, although anti-HIV drugs cannot eliminate the virus and keep the disease from deteriorating. There are many people living with HIV, but through reasonable treatment and regular medication, AIDS has three ways of infection, and normal social interaction will not be infected.
A friend of Huazi is engaged in public welfare work, the main work is to help people living with HIV, Huazi occasionally go to help. Among the infected people, there are several college students, because of their own indulgence, they got into the difficult devil of AIDS.
Several young people are very confused and frightened. When they are still young, they have a "terminal illness." what are they going to do in the future? Huazi told them that do not worry, now AIDS is different from before, although it can not be cured, but as long as adhere to appropriate treatment, life expectancy will not be affected, you can still enjoy a rich and colorful life.
HIV will not kill you directly.
Most people have the impression that AIDS is a deadly disease and there is no cure for it. But medicine has been improving.Now, although HIV infection cannot be completely cured, it is not incurable..
The number of AIDS-related deaths was 1.7 million in 2004, 1.1 million in 2010 and 690000 in 2019. That is to say,The threat of AIDS to mankind is declining substantially.. Modern medicine has turned AIDS into a non-fatal chronic disease.
actuallyHIV does not directly kill infected people, but damages the human immune system.Which leads to other serious infections and cancers. As long as the reproduction of HIV can be controlled, life expectancy will not be affected.
Second, the three stages of HIV infection
There are three stages after being infected with HIV.
The first stage, acute infection.. It may show cold-like symptoms, or it may not have any symptoms, and it will take about four weeks to move on to the next stage.
The second stage, chronic infection.. But there will be no symptoms.If you receive appropriate treatment, you can stay at this stage indefinitely and will not move on to the next stage.. If untreated, it will take about 10 years or so to move on to the next stage, but it is also possible to make sudden and rapid progress.
The third stage, the AIDS period.. The body's immune system has been damaged by HIV and is vulnerable to various cancers and severe infections. If left untreated, the survival time is about 3 years.
Third, AIDS is a "chronic disease"
After being infected with HIV, the key to a long and healthy life is to maintain a low viral load. The current treatment is mainly "cocktail therapy", which refers to the combination of a variety of transcriptase inhibitors and protease inhibitors to inhibit HIV.
althoughAnti-HIV drugs can not eliminate the virus, but it can reduce the replication of the virus, improve the immune status of the body, make the infected people stay in the second stage for a long time, and keep the disease from getting worse.. There are many people living with HIV who can survive for more than 20 years with the help of drugs and can maintain good health.
In fact, AIDS and "three high" chronic diseases, although can not be completely cured, but through reasonable treatment, maintain regular medication, you can maintain health, will not affect life expectancy.
IV. Prevention of infection is the focus of AIDS prevention
AIDS can be infected in three ways: through sexual contact, through blood contact, and from mother to baby.. Normal social activities, such as shaking hands, hugging, eating together, and sharing a dormitory, are safe.
Now the management of blood products in our country is more and more strict, as long as there is no dangerous behavior of sharing syringes with others, it is very safe.At present, the main route of transmission of HIV is sexual transmission., especially unprotected sex between men.
Therefore, as long as we are clean, do not have unprotected sex, do not take drugs, do not share razors, toothbrushes and other personal belongings, and avoid contact with other people's blood and body fluids, infection can be avoided. If women infected with HIV are pregnant, they should go to the infectious disease hospital for blocking treatment to reduce the probability of transmission to the fetus.
To sum up, AIDS prevention is the key, but do not panic if you are accidentally infected. At present, although there is no radical cure for AIDS, but after appropriate drug control, the disease can be controlled in the second stage for a long time and will not affect life expectancy. Know more about AIDS and don't be afraid of the unknown. AIDS is just a non-fatal "chronic disease". I am Huazi, a pharmacist. Welcome to follow me and share more health knowledge.