Friday, November 28, 2008

are people with HIV aids worried about dying soon or suffering

are people with HIV aids worried about dying soon or suffering?
are anyone with HIV or aids should be extremely worried about suffering and dying soon? is it true that HIV takes over 10 years to turn into aids.. and takes another 5 years to die from aids without using medication... that is a pretty long time to live without medication? so should those people who have it be very very worried or not?
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Umm no. I have been HIV+ since 2003 and I'm healthy just like everyone else. I may have to take 2 meds a day but there's certainly no price on my health and life right? Why should we be worried? HIV is just a chronic disease like diabetes for example. People are living longer and longer (they have to look after themselves obviously). I know people that have lived with HIV for 20+ years and they are very healthy.
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Well I found out 3 years ago that I was HIV+ and if you are on the right med regimine you can bring hiv/aids under control and live a long and healthy life. There are however some bad side effects from some of the meds.Hiv does not take over 10 years to turn into aids, it becomes aids when your CD4 count is below 200 copies per ML. This can happen rather fast if you dont eat healthy, take your meds, and are around others that are sick say with like the flu etc.To learn all you want on the hiv/aids subject go to www.hivplus.mag they will be very happy to answer all your questions
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I am not worried about suffering, that part I could care less about. I am worried about dying too soon, but that has more to do with me not wanting to leave my baby boy without a mother. I actually found out I was HIV+ when I was pregnant back in March. After much searching as to where it came from, we have discovered that I got the virus from my birth mother. I just turned 24 and I am having no complications from the virus. I have actually been taken off of my meds and because I show a high resistance to the virus my Dr. thinks I can got 10 years without taking meds again. He also sees me living another 30 or 40 years with no problems. As for as how long a person will live, the virus effects people different ways. For me, After 24 years of no treatment my viral load was only 1500 per ml of blood. Which is great! As for my Tcells, we don't have any idea what they were like off of the meds (we will in about a month though). I also have a clean strand, so I have allot of available option of meds to use. Another bonus for me is (other than the HIV) I am a healthy person with no other medical problems, which furthers my chance for survival. I have a friend who has had the virus since she was born and she is now 49. I also knew people who really did only make is 15 years. It all varies from person to person.

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Monday, November 24, 2008

Can you get HIV/AIDS for sucking your partners nipples and drinking the milk from her breast

Can you get HIV/AIDS for sucking your partners nipples and drinking the milk from her breast?
I wanna know cuhz ive been goin out with my gf for a long time and we agreed to have safe sex but i just wanted to know if you can get HIV/AIDS by drinking or sucking there breast milk
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NO. Dont worry you wont
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bodily fluids so yes i think yu can?!
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YES YOU CAN. I wouldn't even have safe sex with her. You're gonna screw your life up man...Is it really worth it? I mean, come on dude... http://westtnliving.wordpress.com/2007/10/19/breast-milk-can-spread-aids-to-babies-you-can-help-by-sending-your-aids-free-breast-milk-to-africa/ Read that...You'll freak
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no, its not submitted orally, it has to get into ur blood streams....
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Yes. When HIV was first discovered in the early 1980s, many women contracted the disease through having a blood transfusion during childbirth. Sadly, they then unintentionally passed it on to their children by breastfeeding.
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yes check out HIV in wikipedia. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HIV
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YES you can. Infants can be infected by their HIV positive mothers in this manner. If your girlfriend is indeed lactating (which she shouldn't be unless she's pregnant, had a child recently or is breastfeeding one still), then just don't do it. I've given 2 links about how HIV can be spread via breastmilk... google HIV and breastmilk for thousands more. Please-- have fun but be safe!
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Yes it is possible (if you have even the tiniest cut in your mouth)
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HIV Infection For Duration Of Breastfeeding http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2004/06/040618064447.htm
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u can if you drink the breast milk
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The answer to your question is: it is possible but unlikely. Yes, infants are at high risk if breast feeding from an HIV+ woman but it is different with older children and adults. In an infant, there is a brand new GI tract that easily gets inflamed as new substances (liquid, food) are introduced. This can increase the likelihood of the breast milk getting into the blood stream. Once HIV were to reach the stomach, the acid would easily kill it. In infants, the upper GI tract is not a fully closed system as infants require nutrients quickly. In an adult, or even older child, this is not the case. It is relatively difficult for an HIV infection to be acquired orally. The mouth is a pretty inhospitable place for HIV and the tough mucosal membrane makes it difficult to get in. It is possible, but unlikely. As well, there is often not a whole lot of HIV in breast milk (relative to the other fluids). You are taking a risk. And HIV is not the only thing that can be found in breast milk. If this is something you are into, then it is important that you research more about it and what you need to know to keep you safe.

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Thursday, November 20, 2008

What website should i go to look up about HIV/AIDS

What website should i go to look up about HIV/AIDS?
im doing a report on hiv/aids and i need to kno how its transfered and the symptoms where should i go to look it up?
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try national institute of health or CDC.gov................
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This is a good site with lots of information, just browse it, and you can find all kinds of things. http://www.thebody.com/index.html Lots of statistics http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/topics/surveillance/basic.htm And easy to read info http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiv http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AIDS
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There are lots of good resources online for you. Check these out: http://www.cdc.gov/hiv/ (because it's the CDC) http://www.aidsinfonet.com/ (lots of fact sheets on all aspects of the disease) http://www.thebody.com (information on all aspects) http://www.kff.org/hivaids/timeline/hivtimeline.cfm(for a exceptional timeline of HIV/AIDS) http://www.avert.org/statindx.htm (world & individual state stats) http://www.aidssurvivalproject.org (because I work there <g>) I hope these help you in your research.

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