I had an AIDS patient close to me who just passed away at the end of last year (2020). I kind of have a general judgment on this one. It should be about 10 years.

The relative is the son of my grandmother's sister, I call him my cousin. born around 80 years ago.

Because of the remote relatives, so the opportunity to meet is not a lot, but also every year when the Spring Festival to see the relatives on the side.

The last time I saw him was about 17 years ago, when my aunt and grandmother passed by my house on their way to visit relatives and stopped by to have a seat. My aunt and grandma supported him and stood in the yard for a while to meet him. My uncle was a bit weak, emaciated, thin, and his eyesight was poor, but his spirit was good. At that time, my aunt and grandmother told the public that he was suffering from kidney failure, but we didn't know that it was actually HIV.

Now that I think about it, the complications would have been more severe by then.

I haven't seen him since then, I went to his house once in the spring of 19 years to see my aunt and grandmother, sat down for a while and then came back, I heard that by that time my cousin uncle was already bedridden and basically invisible as well. My dad said that once he looked outside the door, there was blood all over the pillow, and his mouth was rotten. It was all my aunt and grandma who took care of her, and the situation was horrible.

At the end of the 19th year, my cousin's uncle became seriously ill and died, which was a relief.

How did I know that he had AIDS? My aunt and grandma learned some information about poor households, and it so happened that I knew very well the conditions for applying for a poor household, so I helped him to apply for it, and in the process of collecting information, I learned that my cousin's uncle was actually suffering from AIDS. Later, according to the policy, I helped them to apply for low income insurance, poor households, children in difficulty, etc. But I didn't realize that it took only a month to complete. But I didn't expect to do only a month, cousin uncle is no longer.

Back then, my cousin's uncle studied art and painting related majors in college, and he was so spirited that after graduation, he first worked in a design company and later opened his own decoration company. I think it was in those years after graduation that he contracted the disease for various reasons. And the complications got serious before I was diagnosed with this disease. It was too late.

It's almost 10 years or so from the time you catch it to the time you die. Of course, this is without timely symptomatic intervention and treatment. If it can be detected and treated in time to control, theoretically with normal people will not go big difference.

Luckily, though, it wasn't passed on to the subject or the kids.

Now our family is very careful with the aunt and grandmother, she has taken care of her cousin uncle for so many years, she herself is a farmer with little education, and she is very old, so it is hard to say that she is not infected. She is said to be in poor health now.

Let's hope not.

I would also like to advise you to keep your hands clean, danger is everywhere.

I remember more than ten years ago, because I smoked seriously, suffering from a variety of respiratory diseases, life-threatening sent to the city of infectious diseases specialized hospitals, treatment for more than three months, that hospital has 11 treatment inpatient wards.

Among them is the AIDS treatment area, which I visited with my patients, where more than 30 male and female patients, mostly young people, live.

They said to us: You are so bold to come here, all of us here, all of us are sentenced to six years in prison, I am a cultural worker, asked the doctor and he also said yes.

I visited the hospital again after many years, and nowadays, with the advanced medical technology, the doctor said: as long as you take the medication and treatment properly, you can live the same as a normal person, and it is no longer the definition that you can only live for 6 years.

It's a long time coming, but it needs to be detected very early, and the average person detects it already after the disease has set in, when the body already has lesions that make treatment difficult.

"Magic" Elvin Johnson was found to be infected with HIV in 1991, but until now it's been 30 years and he's still alive and healthy, and a couple of years ago it was reported that he had undetectable HIV in his system and was even going to blood drives.

But it should be noted that the magician is infected with the virus and cannot be said to be suffering from AIDS; the virus is still latent in his body.

According to media reports, Magic Johnson used cocktail therapy, and at that time this therapy costs very high, spending more than 10,000 per month, the money for the value of more than a hundred million dollars of Magic Johnson these money is nothing.

The magician, after contracting HIV, insisted on waking up at 5 or 6 a.m. every day to go for a run, had specific recipes every day, and advanced medication, all of which are very difficult for the average person to do.

The fact that his wife did not leave him after learning of his infection, but chose to help him recover, may have given him a great psychological boost.

HIV prevention is paramount!

How long can you live with AIDS?

How long an AIDS patient can live is related to the timing of treatment, the effectiveness of treatment, the patient's physical state, etc., and it is impossible to draw a uniform conclusion.

AIDS is an infectious disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus. The virus causes immune dysfunction in the body, and patients have an increased likelihood of developing infections and opportunistic tumors. Patients often die as a result of severe infections leading to organ failure.

If the patient is treated at an early stage of AIDS, the treatment is effective, the patient's ability to tolerate the adverse effects of the treatment is better, the patient does not have malignant tumors, heart failure and other diseases that affect organ function, and the patient's survival time is longer.

If the patient is already in a serious stage of the disease, the treatment is less effective; if the patient is less able to tolerate the adverse effects of the treatment and suffers from malignant tumors, heart failure and other diseases, the patient's survival time is shorter.

If you are diagnosed with AIDS, you should follow your doctor's instructions for treatment, as well as improving your diet and lifestyle.

This content was reviewed by Dr. Liu Qingyun, Chief Physician, Department of Dermatology, Xiyuan Hospital, China Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine.

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My dad's unit of Uncle Li, because of cheating divorce, and then get AIDS and remarriage, suffering from AIDS for 8 years, people are still very healthy, which is mainly due to the wife's attentive care, in fact, his wife hated him to the bone, but had to do their best to serve him.

Uncle Li and Aunt Li are dad unit, Uncle Li's specialty is field exploration, Aunt Li is accounting. The two were assigned in the same year, fell in love that year and married that year, and their relationship had been very good.

Later, Uncle Li resigned to go to a private coal company (many such private coal mines in those days) as a technical director, and since then he has been following his boss around to go out and look at the mines, eating good food and drinking good food, washing and massaging his hair, and playing with everything.

Later, there was a girl, who was said to be very simple, and who got into this business by mistake because her family was poor, and Uncle Li couldn't get enough of her after spending many times with her, and the original words he said to Aunt Li were:Once upon a time those wildflowers, just wildflowers, before this flower, is the heart of the flower, do not want to miss.

This is the meaning of divorce, of course, Aunt Li did not agree, rushed to find the unit to help, although Uncle Li left the unit, but the words of the old leadership, or to listen to a little, in the old leadership persuasion, he promised not to divorce.

But the matter was already a big deal in the unit, and all of us lived in the unit's family home at the time, all of us were old acquaintances, and Uncle Li felt ashamed to meet people, and since then, he seldom went home.

Later, Uncle Li went in a few times because of problems with other wildflowers, and each time Aunt Li was notified to lead the way, which made Aunt Li completely disillusioned with Uncle Li. Their only son, Little Li, happened to be finishing his college entrance exams at the time, so Aunt Li stopped hiding Uncle Li's business from him.

Little Li was so angry that he pulled out his belt and chased Uncle Li to beat him, so Uncle Li ran away from the house. From then on, he did not see Uncle Li again for three years. He heard that the divorce was finalized and Aunt Li divided a suite of rooms for him.

In those three years, Auntie Li lived a very pleasant life alone, usually off work square dancing, but also participated in the district's choir, usually training, performances lined up, I heard that there are people chasing her in the choir.

But Uncle Li suddenly came back, claiming to be suffering from AIDS, and asked Aunt Li to remarry him! Everyone thought that Auntie Li would never agree, but to our surprise, Auntie Li remarried him and he moved back in a dignified manner!！

People are confused, such a scum, why remarriage ah? My mom and a few old aunts, who have always been close to Auntie Lee, couldn't sit still knowing about the remarriage and rushed to Auntie Lee to ask for clarification.

Aunt Li cried her eyes swollen, she said: At first he called to ask for remarriage, she did not agree. As a result, he said that if he did not agree, he would go back to the unit to make a scene, so that everyone knows about it, to see who is the one who lost face.

Everyone said in a chorus: of course he's the one who's disgraced! What are you afraid of?

Aunt Li cried even more: I lost face or he lost face, it does not matter, this life is like this, I am worried about my son. He said that first to the unit, if I still do not agree to remarry, it will be to the son's university, so that everyone knows that the son has a father with AIDS, see who dares to play with the son? Who will want to marry my son in the future? He also said that he would always look for his son to take care of him in the future, because at the time of the divorce, his son was already 18 years old, and he said that he was the one who raised his son, and that his son had to support him!

Alas! All the people were silent. A woman's soft underbelly is her child, and the moment Uncle Li pulled the child out, he had already pinned down Aunt Li. Auntie Li agreed to remarry on the condition that Uncle Li must keep the child a secret and not disturb the child's studies.

In this way, Uncle Li and Aunt Li got back to living together again. Aunt Li left the choir, and when she had time, she studied how to take good care of Uncle Li. She took care of him in every way in his daily life and went to collect his medicines on time every month and supervised him to take his medicines on time according to the doctor's instructions.

Uncle Li used to travel all over the place, often working in the field, and together with hanging around with flowers, his body was quite bad. After the marriage, under the care of Aunt Li, he gradually became red-faced, and his whole body was even better than it was before he fell ill.

In fact, HIV attacks the body's immune system, causing it to lose its immune function, thus making the body susceptible to a variety of diseases and ultimately dying from these complications.

If an AIDS patient is able to take his medication on time, have a regular and healthy lifestyle, and pay attention to boosting his immunity, it is possible that he will not be infected with other diseases and will be able to live for many years like a healthy person.

It has been eight years since Uncle Li was informed of the infection, and Uncle Li's son has long since gotten married and had a child, who is three years old. However, Aunt Li didn't let her son come back to his hometown, she asked him to work far away from his hometown after graduation, the farther the better.

Therefore, even though his grandson is already 3 years old, Uncle Li has not seen his grandson once so far, and even Aunt Li seldom goes to see her son's grandson, because Aunt Li is always worried that in case she is infected and does not know it, she will drag her children and grandchildren down with her.

After all, Auntie Lee, like many people, is always worried about getting infected if she spends time with an AIDS patient. In fact, there is no virus in the saliva of an AIDS patient, and HIV can't be transmitted through mosquitoes, but Auntie Lee feels that it's better to be cautious, so she carefully cares for her Uncle Lee while desperately trying to stay out of her children's and grandchildren's way of life.

Through understanding Uncle Li, my answer to the question about how long an AIDS patient can live is that 8 years is possible, or even longer, because Uncle Li seems to be quite healthy now.

And Uncle Lee is able to live so healthy thanks to taking his medication on time every day, as well as having a normal routine and reasonable exercise to keep his body in a healthy state all the time.

If a patient can't follow medical advice, as Uncle Lee did.Based on current average data, the average survival rate is 12-18 months。

In fact, instead of discussing how long you can live with AIDS, you should be more concerned about how to protect yourself from contracting AIDS. AIDS is transmitted through blood, semen and breast milk. Therefore, everyone should be clean and do the following:

Refrain from sexual misconduct;

Don't smoke D. Many D-smokers get infected from sharing syringes;

Do not give blood transfusions in unsecured areas;

Do not share cleaning utensils, such as razors and shavers.

Like Uncle Li, in the wrong way, can still turn back, still have a good wife to take over, smooth living 8 years, after all, is a minority, we do not hold a fluke, restrain the desire, is responsible for their own, responsible for their families.

I AIDS treatment point attending physician, engaged in AIDS front-line treatment for more than 10 years, the impact of AIDS on life expectancy depends mainly on the timing of the discovery and initiation of antiretroviral therapy, cd4 lymphocytes in 500 or more to start treatment, life expectancy and quality of life in the normal people do not have a significant difference between the cd4 lymphocytes in the 200 or less to start treatment, life expectancy and quality of life will have a significant difference between the so once the So once you find yourself infected with HIV, you must go to a designated medical institution for treatment in a timely manner, treatment is still the best prevention can reduce the chances of infecting other people, need help can be contacted by private letter.

The year the epidemic first occurred, I volunteered at the local hospital, contacted a few doctors and nurses studying AIDS, one of their AIDS patients, only 42 years old, died in June 19, found that there is this disease to the death of less than a year, the doctor can not say how long this disease can survive, and their own constitution has certain factors, some months, some years, some more than a dozen years, and rabies is almost the same.

This patient of his was a big car owner and driver before he was born, and he was usually out there with another driver who was often looking around, in some private or something like a hotel kind of thing.

After the disease, the symptoms are as follows, some weakness, emaciation, emaciation, thinness, vision is also very poor, but the spirit is also good. The people at the door all thought it was kidney failure and didn't even know it was HIV.

Gradual deterioration on the hospital did not go home, slowly this matter spread in the village, often in contact with his family have gone to the hospital to do a side medical examination to rest assured, now that I think about it, around the random emergence of a contagious disease, it will cause panic.

Because very early he and his wife divorced, in the hospital mom served him every day, every day in tears, the white hair to send the black hair, but also to make a contagious disease, neighbors do not dare and his family more contact. Pillow are blood, mouth is rotten, the situation is miserable.

This is a late detection, he can't remember exactly when he had the mild symptoms, and this is in the absence of timely symptomatic intervention and treatment. If timely detection and treatment control, theoretically and normal people will not be too different.

Luckily, it did not spread to his family and children. However, there is still very little contact between family and friends and the child is often isolated at school, and parents of other students are not allowed to play with his child.

I would also like to advise you to keep your hands clean, danger is everywhere.

AIDS can be very well controlled, I used to have a colleague is to get this disease, married wife is also, through the isolation technology, can give birth to a healthy baby, do not be discouraged, a good mindset, healthy lifestyle plus a certain amount of medication control basically has little effect, especially at present a level of continuous enhancement, to overcome this difficult task is just around the corner.

After the incubation period, 3 to 5 years should be fine. We have an HIV-infected person in our village, in his forties.

He returned to his village in June 2019, and had been working somewhere in Jiangsu Province, where he unfortunately contracted AIDS and ran up a debt. After returning to the village, his siblings ignored him, not to mention not allowing him to live at home, and the surrounding neighbors also discriminated against him.

He ran to the village committee, to the chair, said he was dying, to the village to solve his life problems, the village had no choice but to send him to the hospital first treatment, and apply for him to the poor households, temporary assistance and low income, and at the same time give him a room to rent to live. Now more than two years have passed, his health condition is still good, the village secretary every three days WeChat to send him one hundred dollars, let him call takeout to eat.

In fact, AIDS people are not so terrible, circumventing the transmission channels, and will not infect people, to the patients to join more spiritual comfort, regularly to the epidemic prevention department to do the examination and psychological counseling, although it can not be recovered, but a few more years to live is not a problem.

An online friend of mine, an 88 year old, who is infected, applied for state-provided medication and has been on it for almost four years now, and everything is fine, no different from normal.

We met playing Legendary Private Service where he was the conductor, in search of a vintage version of the legend.

At the beginning of the time, graduated from college and fell in love, broke up after graduation, due to the people look handsome, their own ability in the school is the president of the student union, the back of his work in the state-owned enterprises, running around all the time. At that time, he said to me, such as the leadership above to arrange a good office, job stability, and then get married and have children.

But a sudden engagement ruined his life.

Once coworkers in KTV singing and drinking party, four men and two women, two girls and called to come two. One of them, in addition to the pale face, the body is still great, he is also handsome, just two people drinking to recognize.

For this girl's origin he did not understand very clearly, pure and beautiful appearance, let him feel chased her. The two people have been dating for more than a month, they have a relationship. Every year the company has to carry out physical examination, he was checked out with AIDS. At that time, when the doctor found him, the whole person was blinded, packed up his things back to the rented place, teared up. On his way back, he confronted his girlfriend, who said she was infected by her ex and abandoned her, and she began to take revenge. After ruining a life, she goes and ruins someone else's.

He told me that he had not eaten or slept for two whole days, his hair was pulled out a lot of his own, just like that in the rental house for two whole days did not go out. Originally also figured out, want to live with the girl like that. But the girl does not agree, she wants to continue to look for, he also persuade, the girl still do not listen. Because she is used to the taste of abandonment.

I don't know why some people just like to torture themselves with their feelings. Maybe she's like that.

At first he was in pain and depressed, he didn't have the face to go back, and he spent the New Year by himself in a rented house, but he liked to learn and started to consult a lot of information about his condition, and he also started to buy imported medicines with the money he had earned before. Because those free drugs are very harmful to the liver, his hair fell out like a forty-something uncle when he first started taking the drugs.

In terms of eating like a normal person, he smokes occasionally, drinking is basically a no-no, and he told me that the doctor doesn't allow drinking, and that taking those medications, some of them can cause reactions, and some of them can increase drug resistance. Teeth bleed from time to time, eyes are sometimes dry, mouth is bitter. He said the reaction after taking the medication. He doesn't know how long he'll live, there's a latency period for this disease.

He usually exercises, goes running in the morning, tries to communicate with others, and also joins some circles of AIDS patients, encouraging and helping each other.

Finally got up the courage to go home, he cried a lot, and his parents still made a rich and delicious meal. But he still did not say it, just push the lie that work is very busy, but also a raise and promotion. In fact, he was working outside as a treasurer, the income of a person is basically also get by.

Sometimes it's out to go on a trip, go hiking, see the surrounding area, and have a cup of coffee.

He said to me that marriage and children do not have to think about it, he is still hiding from his parents, hiding a day is a day, his parents many times to introduce him to the object, he before the rejection, and finally still realize that the parents of the good intentions, or go against their will to meet, and there are girls have a good feeling about him, but his heart is still very much self-condemnation, and finally also politely refused.

He had a relatively quiet life, before posting some accounts of his life online, he ended up with some nonsense people, trolling behind him, as well as homosexuals with the same disease looking for him, it was very hard for him to feel that they were self-absorbed, or revenge on some messed up people. He then canceled his online account, and today he can't be contacted.

Anyway, the state of mind he gave me is to keep a good mind, don't have mental pressure, and don't have the burden of thought, that will still damage your body very heavily. In the front, he has been sharing with me his joy of life, running, going to drink coffee, shooting some wonderful scenery to send me to enjoy.

He didn't think about getting back at anyone, because he understood himself that it was his own fault, but the only thing he owed was his parents for not being able to be there for him.

We were in touch last year, now we haven't. Let's hope he's well, healthy and lives a long life.

His business, I hope it helps you in a damaging way.