How long have researchers and scientists been studying HIV/AIDS? Is it possible for HIV to always be HIV and not turn into AIDS? What do you think could cure these diseases?
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HIV was first recognized in 1981 so it has been a subject of study for nearly 30 yrs now...UNAIDS and the WHO estimate that AIDS has killed more than 25 million people since it was first recognized in 1981, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in recorded history. HIV is thought to have originated in non-human primates in sub-Saharan Africa and was transferred to humans late in the 19th or early in the 20th century.[160] The first paper recognizing a pattern of opportunistic infections characteristic of AIDS was published in 1981. Most untreated people infected with HIV-1 eventually develop AIDS. These individuals mostly die from opportunistic infections or malignancies associated with the progressive failure of the immune system. HIV progresses to AIDS at a variable rate affected by viral, host, and environmental factors; most will progress to AIDS within 10 years of HIV infection: some will have progressed much sooner, and some will take much longer. Treatment with anti-retrovirals increases the life expectancy of people infected with HIV. Even after HIV has progressed to diagnosable AIDS, the average survival time with antiretroviral therapy was estimated to be more than 5 years as of 2005. Without antiretroviral therapy, someone who has AIDS typically dies within a year. So it means that there is a high chance that anybody getting infected will develop AIDS. However,Not all people with HIV get AIDS. However, if a person’s T-Cell numbers drop and the amount of virus in the blood stream rises (viral load), the immune system can become too weak to fight off infections, and they are considered to have AIDS. It is then possible to get sick with diseases that do not usually affect other people. One of these diseases is Kaposi Sarcoma (KS), a rare type of skin cancer. Another is a type of pneumonia called Pneumocystis Carinii Pneumonia (PCP). These diseases can be treated and a person’s T-Cells and viral load can return to healthier levels with the right types of medication. Right now we have drugs that only delay the progression to AIDS and help people maintain a good standard of life. What could possibly cure the diseases is a subject of speculation and even the ebst scientists are working to find and answer to it...
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