HIV/AIDS
A cure for HIV has moved one step closer to the door that stops the reproduction of cells infected with the AIDS-causing virus. In laboratory tests on humans’ cells, scientists found controlling a particular molecule can clear the dominant HIV vessels. The team said that they have been trying to find the switch for 3 decades, and now believe the findings could lead to a way to ‘eradicate’ AIDS.
People with HIV take medicine therapy called ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY to keep the virus at bay. But a cure remains to be discovered. The virus can reactive if therapy is stopped. Multiplying quickly and raising the risk of the virus being transmitted to others or leading to AIDS. Approx. 36.9 million people are infected with HIV all over the world.
Dr. Tariq Rana, the author of the study said “This is one of the key switches that the HIV field has been searching for 3 decades to find. The most exciting part of this discovery has not been seen before. We have a potential therapeutic target to eradicate HIV and AIDS.” The team found the HIV-infected cells contained a long noncoding RNA. It helps to control which genes are turned ‘on’ or ‘off’ in a cell.
HIV attacks and destroys infection-fighting cells of the immune system known as CD4 cells. If HIV remains untreated in an individual, HIV gradually destroys the immune system and will progress to the advanced stage of HIV infections which is called AIDS. HIV can only be transmitted from an infected person through semen, blood, breast milk. HIV is not spread through air or water, touch, sharing items, insect bites.
At the early stages of HIV infection, it’s important to know that you may not get accurate results from an HIV test. It can take 3- 11 weeks for enough signs of the virus to show up on routine tests for the infection, which measures antibodies against HIV. A new kind of screening is called a nucleic test. It can detect the virus itself during this early stage. It is expensive.
There are four stages of diseases:
Stage 1: Asymptomatic phase then the individual progresses
Stage 2: If there is treatment failure
Stage 3: This stage is characterized by herpes zoster, fungal infections, etc develops more infections.
Stage 4: This stage is called AIDS-defining illness which includes wasting syndrome, primary CNS lymphoma.
Is it okay to start a relationship with an HIV patient?
Yes, it’s okay to start it. There are HIV discordant couples in which one partner is infected with the disease while the other is not. However, an infected person is usually most infectious during the period of acute illness, which is seroconversion but the individual is less likely to transmit the infection during the chronic latent phase just after the seroconversion when he has developed antibodies. The virus is transmissible at every stage. The goal is to suppress viral load to undetectable levels only that can the individual not infect others.
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It was first identified by scientists in the early 80s. In the early 1980s and early 1990s, most people having HIV were diagnosed with Aids. Most people diagnosed with HIV in the UK today, live normal and healthy lives. Over the last 20 years, major clinical trials have shown that when a person’s viral load is undetectable, they cannot pass HIV even if they have unprotected sex.
People with HIV take medicine therapy called ANTIRETROVIRAL THERAPY to keep the virus at bay. But a cure remains to be discovered. The virus can reactive if therapy is stopped. Multiplying quickly and raising the risk of the virus being transmitted to others or leading to AIDS. Approx. 36.9 million people are infected with HIV all over the world.
Dr. Tariq Rana, the author of the study said “This is one of the key switches that the HIV field has been searching for 3 decades to find. The most exciting part of this discovery has not been seen before. We have a potential therapeutic target to eradicate HIV and AIDS.” The team found the HIV-infected cells contained a long noncoding RNA. It helps to control which genes are turned ‘on’ or ‘off’ in a cell.
HIV attacks and destroys infection-fighting cells of the immune system known as CD4 cells. If HIV remains untreated in an individual, HIV gradually destroys the immune system and will progress to the advanced stage of HIV infections which is called AIDS. HIV can only be transmitted from an infected person through semen, blood, breast milk. HIV is not spread through air or water, touch, sharing items, insect bites.
Stages of HIV:
At the early stages of HIV infection, it’s important to know that you may not get accurate results from an HIV test. It can take 3- 11 weeks for enough signs of the virus to show up on routine tests for the infection, which measures antibodies against HIV. A new kind of screening is called a nucleic test. It can detect the virus itself during this early stage. It is expensive.
There are four stages of diseases:
Stage 1: Asymptomatic phase then the individual progresses
Stage 2: If there is treatment failure
Stage 3: This stage is characterized by herpes zoster, fungal infections, etc develops more infections.
Stage 4: This stage is called AIDS-defining illness which includes wasting syndrome, primary CNS lymphoma.
Is it okay to start a relationship with an HIV patient?
Yes, it’s okay to start it. There are HIV discordant couples in which one partner is infected with the disease while the other is not. However, an infected person is usually most infectious during the period of acute illness, which is seroconversion but the individual is less likely to transmit the infection during the chronic latent phase just after the seroconversion when he has developed antibodies. The virus is transmissible at every stage. The goal is to suppress viral load to undetectable levels only that can the individual not infect others.
HIV stands for Human Immunodeficiency Virus. It was first identified by scientists in the early 80s. In the early 1980s and early 1990s, most people having HIV were diagnosed with Aids. Most people diagnosed with HIV in the UK today, live normal and healthy lives. Over the last 20 years, major clinical trials have shown that when a person’s viral load is undetectable, they cannot pass HIV even if they have unprotected sex.
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