| Gary Stein 2005-10-29, 10:51 am |
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"Linda R" <moonchild492000@yahoo.com> wrote in message
news:vma8f.1584$xJ5.4866@news.uswest.net...
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> I did some extensive research into this case and you are right--he did
> believe HIV causes AIDS but also believed the ARVs would do more harm
> than good. Who's to say if he'd have lived a longer or shorter period
> on the drugs? Is there much info out there on how long people who stay
> on ARVs for really long periods are doing?
Yes the EuroSIDA data tracks tens of thousands of European HIV and AIDS
patients complete medical history from there first HIV diagnosis up to the
present. This data shows with out question that those who take ARV for the
most part live for decades (yes around 10% do not live that long due to
AIDS, non AIDS related illnesses, accidents or side effects from ARV) while
those who go untreated after an AIDS diagnosis have an average life span of
less then 24 months (yes around 1% of untreated people live for decades they
are called long term non-progressors and have been studied extensively).
> What about the fact that
> those around him did not support his choices? There seems to be much
> evidence that believing you're going to die can indeed make it so.
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> And what is the possibility that the more you have screwed up your
> immune system with drugs and indiscriminate sex with people who have
> multiple STDs, the greater your chance of eventually succumbing to AIDS?
The only effect any of the above can have is that if your partners have had
multiple STD's then that means they are having unprotected sex and thus are
more likely to try and convince you to have unprotected sex thus increasing
the odds of your being infected by HIV
Gary Stein
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