I have heard that he is cured...which obviously means that there is a cure, but the pharmecuticals are hiding it so they can make millions of dollars off of meds to keep people alive alonger. Anyone have a clue about this? Just curious. THANKS!!
2007-02-28 15:47:24 · 7 answers · asked by pickledgrapenuts 4 in Health ➔ Diseases & Conditions ➔ STDs
This is a good question and I dont believe anyone has answered your question or taken you seriously. Too many people like to make a pedantic point of HIV not being AIDS, funny isnt it if you get the flu virus then you get flu, no-one tries to make a big deal about the two stages!
I too was wondering about magic Johnson and the AIDS thing. The fact is with a lot of luck and generous helpings of the right medication, people can survive for decades with the AIDS virus. This guy I worked with lived for 24 years after being diagnosed.
2007-02-28 17:02:04 · answer #1 · answered by vaivagabundo 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I think you mean "Magic Johnson still have HIV/AIDS?" Yes, he still has HIV which will later develop AIDS and eventually will die. There isn't cure yet. There isn't cure for diseases from virus. Virus are smaller than bacteria. Bacteria infection can be cured by Antibiotics but virus infection only can be treated by Antiviral medication. Some virus can be prevented by vaccines but some can't. The Antiviral only slow down and reduce the pain and when the immune system is stronger, the virus gets back to the stage of slient. When a person is getting weaker, the virus again wake up and attack the body. That's how the person gets sick. Some virus aren't strong enough to fight the body immune system once we are older. Virus like HIV isn't this way. It can be silent for years and once it wake up and attack the body, there comes to AIDS. So, HIV person always has to be careful not to be sick, not to get weaker. Always has to check His/her CD4 count and health. If there is a cure, the demand and supply will not be equal. I know many people doubt that people with money are cured already and people without millions are still suffering. but the reality is that there isn't cure yet!
2007-03-01 00:03:50 · answer #2 · answered by Kelly 3 · 4⤊ 0⤋
Magic Johnson still has HIV. The AIDS syndrome is controlled by suppressing the virus and its actions with a variety of medications. These medications are widely available in the United States and most people with HIV are on them. If the medication was stopped AIDS would recur. It is possible that resistance to the medications could develop over time.
HIV is the virus which causes AIDS. AIDS is complex of disease processed that occur over time with HIV infection, generally seen very rarely in the uninfected population.
2007-02-28 23:55:21 · answer #3 · answered by Jeffrey P 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Johnson never had AIDS. He is HIV positive, which is the link to AIDS. It's been surmised than more than 50% of the world's population has HIV. Doesn't mean you'll get AIDS, though. It just means you'd better be careful.
2007-02-28 23:51:58 · answer #4 · answered by goaltender 4 · 2⤊ 2⤋
He isn't cured; there isn't a cure. If there were, it would be the 1960's all over again, in terms of sex.
2007-02-28 23:51:12 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 0⤋
He doesn't have AIDS; he's HIV positive, and in some people it either doesn't develop or takes many years to develop into AIDS.
2007-02-28 23:50:30 · answer #6 · answered by RadTech - BAS RT(R)(ARRT) 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
very healthy athletic people have a better chance to fight off the ravages of the disease
2007-02-28 23:53:26 · answer #7 · answered by T C 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋