Teak please answer

In your experience, if a person does not know they are positive for HIV and dont get treatment, about how many years pass before they end up showing signs they are really sick?

[bigdummy]

You should go to that link I put in my post. It talks about all of that. It can be scarry to though, I warned you.

[bluebell81]

Is there an average? Do you think most people would start to get sick within 7 years?

[Teak]

No, one knows for sure how long one can go without treatment. It would vary from one person to the next and not all people are alike.

[bigdummy]

If your not in good shape can you get Aids like the first year?

[bigdummy]

whats an OI??????????????

[Teak]

One can't say if they would get sick in 7 yrs or not. One can not say to a new infected person when they will need to start taking meds. It is all done by repeated testing. I never got sick because of HIV. I got sick because of an OI.

[bluebell81]

opportunistic infection.


IN your years of experience dealing with HIV and other HIV positive people, do you think someone who absues drugs and marijuana and suffers from depression would have gotten an OI within 7 years?

[Teak]

I don't know of anyone contacting an OI other than those with Advance HIV disease, chemo patients and those using anti rejection medication.

[bigdummy]

If I have diabetes, would I get aids quicker?

[bluebell81]

Do you think someone who has HIV for the past 7 years but doesnt know they have it and they drink alcohol EVERY night and smoke weed several times a day would show any symptom of having HIV? It seems the substance abuse would have weakend their body and if they had HIV to make them get sick.

[Teak]

No.

[Teak]

The chances now for someone that is on HAART to get a diagnosis of AIDS is very, very low. The only way for that to happen is a complete resistance to all medication available.

[bluebell81]

are you kidding me? Weed can strenghten your immune system?

do you think the fact this jerk drinks himself into a near stupor every night will weaken his immune system? He has been having dry coughs lately.

[bigdummy]

I heard of cases where weed strengthens the immune system. Its funny you mention this cuz before we had sex this ***** smoked some weed. I did not. YOur starting to make me think about weed and what else she does now.

[Teak]

I've only been on medication for two years.

HAART- Highly Active AntiRetroviral Therapy

[Teak]

No I've never infected anyone else. Primary HIV infection does not affect your vision. Age affects your vision.

[bluebell81]

What about somebody that has HIV but doenst know they have it cause they were never tested and they abuse alochol and do marijuana several times daily? After 7 years will they get sick do you think?

[bigdummy]

Man that last part was actually some good news. Thank you dearly for that little tidbit.

[bigdummy]

Some cultures believe in the healing powers of weed.

What is HAART?????

[bluebell81]

Did you take HAART?

[Teak]

Weed does not strengten the immune system.

blue, you are placing all your thoughts on symptoms. Not all people will have symptoms. It's very possible for someone to have HIV  for seven years and not be sick. If I wouldn't have been tested I wouldn't have known I was positive and I would never had known it for 21 years.

[bigdummy]

Did you infect anyone else? And does HIV impact ones vision.

[bigdummy]

Man that last part was actually some good news. Thank you dearly for that little tidbit.