A person living with HIV’s life expectancy has increased dramatically in recent years. People living with HIV can now expect to live long, healthy lives thanks to advances in treatment, specifically antiretroviral therapy. When the HIV/AIDS epidemic began in the United States in the 1980s, HIV was a potentially fatal disease. People can now manage it as a chronic health condition, similar to diabetes or heart failure.

In this article, we look at recent advances in HIV management and treatment, as well as the long-term outlook. The increased life expectancy for people living with HIV is directly related to advances in medical therapy, including antiretroviral medications.HIV

These medications help to suppress HIV levels in the blood and slow the damage caused by the infection. This suppression aids in the prevention of HIV progression to AIDS, or stage 3 HIV.

Antiretroviral therapy began as monotherapy in the 1980s and evolved into dual therapy in the 1990s. Combination antiretroviral therapy, which includes the use of three or more drugs, is now available. Several antiretroviral drug classes attack in different ways. Drug combinations are the first-line treatment. After being diagnosed with HIV, most people begin antiretroviral therapy as soon as possible.HIV


According to a 2017 study published in the journal, the additional life expectancy for people with HIV at the age of 20 during the early monotherapy era was 11.8 years. However, in the most recent combination antiretroviral era, that figure increased to 54.9 years. Researchers also concluded that people with HIV who had a higher level of education had a life expectancy comparable to the general population.

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