scietists have never seen the HIV virus ,what is people with " hiv "been treated for
2007-01-03 07:02:14 · 6 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ Infectious Diseases
The "Do I have it?" test looks for antibodies, not the virus itself. But scientists have isolated the virus. We are being treated with antiretroviral drugs which suppress the virus from multiplying in our blood. There are a few new techniques that differ in highly technical ways but the basic approach remains the same, which is to block the virus, not to kill it. Many new drug trials continue to find a vaccine or a way to actually kill the virus. Look, don't you dare try to propose that HIV doesn't exist. It has killed some of my best friends and has severely altered the lives of others I know in negative ways. For me, I deal with it as best I can. It is a goo day when we have a viral load of less than 40 per ml in our blood. The cocktail drug regimens have been improved greatly with newer drugs like Truvada, but inconvenient, emabrassing and troubling side affects remain to be dealt with...all assuming the drug works in you which is not always the case depending on the resistance of the HIV strain that is inside of you. Go to the National Institue of Health's website if you are seriously interested in knowing more...I'll let you. Mr. Smart Guy, figure out how to find the URL
2007-01-03 07:25:26 · answer #1 · answered by Bud Just A Man 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The quetion is WHAT can they be treated with I'm afraid.
There is currently no vaccine or cure for HIV or AIDS. The only known method of prevention is avoiding exposure to the virus. However, an antiretroviral treatment, known as post-exposure prophylaxis is believed to reduce the risk of infection if begun directly after exposure.
2007-01-03 07:06:39 · answer #2 · answered by Diablos 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think that scientists have seen HIV virus in special lab. People are treated for serious immunodieficiency.
2007-01-03 07:41:41 · answer #3 · answered by Vesna G 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It must exits else what are people with aids dying of. Aids kill the immune system so anything that has the capacity to infect the body can do so. I have seen aids patients, and it is fact that they are infected. People with aids get treatment so that their immune system can be strengthened. We do not have to see the virus, with all the evidence in the world, to believe that it exist.
2007-01-03 07:14:20 · answer #4 · answered by Chek Ray 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There must be something if they can take a blood sample and tell that you have it. I Believe that it is the number of T cells and after they fall below a certain levels they classify it as A.I.D.S.
2007-01-03 07:08:41 · answer #5 · answered by redjake 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Check with your doctor.
2007-01-03 07:35:12 · answer #6 · answered by Anthony F 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋