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With the proper treatment, HIV has a negligible impact on your quality of life and no statistically significant impact on your life expectancy. Modern antiretro
by jdietrich 9y ago
With the proper treatment, HIV has a negligible impact on your quality of life and no statistically significant impact on your life expectancy. Modern antiretroviral drugs have minimal side-effects and most patients experience no long-term side-effects whatsoever.
Highly active antiretroviral treatment is a goddamned miracle. One pill a day turns a death sentence into a complete non-issue. I can't help but question the mental health of someone who would reject such an astonishingly good treatment in favour of being a human guinea pig.
https://www.aidsmap.com/Life-expectancy-near-normal-in-people-with-CD4-counts-over-350-a-year-after-starting-therapy/page/3142626/ https://www.aidsmap.com/Life-expectancy-near-normal-in-peopl...
- paulcole 9y ago> With the proper treatment, HIV has a negligible impact on your quality of life Just to be clear your statement is 100% false: http://nymag.com/health/features/61740/index3.html http://nymag.com/health/features/61740/index3.html