What happened to Magic Johnson's HIV virus?
I don't follow basketball, or any sport at all, but I remember when Magic Johnson was identified with the HIV virus.
How is it that I never heard about his health declining? Is there a cure for HIV/AIDS that only the exclusive ranks of the rich and famous have access to? Or was it a random "miracle?" Fill me in! I am very curious!
2007-03-03 04:47:28 · 6 answers · asked by Amy 2 in Sports ➔ Basketball
a) Yes he has taken experimental drugs to help his body fight the desease...and doctors say that the virus is now undetectable in his body.(so technichly he does not have HIV)
b) people have been misdiagnosed with HIV...(Tommy Morrison)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tommy_Morrison
2007-03-03 05:49:25 · answer #1 · answered by Alpha Wolf(Bringer of Rain) 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am certainly not an expert, but this is my recollection of events.
Magic was diagnosed with as HIV positive, but he never had AIDS. I believe AIDS is what results from being HIV positive. I believe you can have this disease in varying degrees as there are different stages of the disease. I believe Magic was diagnosed with the disease early on. Of course with the video Magic and Arensio made and for pete's sake he was on the President's Council for AIDS research, not to mention Magic is extremely wealthy, he was getting the best treatment possible. I don't think that helped Magic significantly until recent years when more breakthroughs have occured in AIDS research. If you look at some of the 24 hour fitness commercials Magic did about 4 or 5 years ago he doesn't look very well in them.
I believe in the last year or two Magic has been found not to have any traces of HIV in his system. To answer your question about whether AIDS is cured I do not believe so. However I believe they have found drugs on an experimental basis that can curtail the effects of HIV on the body. I also think it would be wrong to say Magic is out of the woods when it comes to HIV. I think he still has to take multiple medications daily and he probably always will have to.
This is only what I seem to remember from news reports that I've heard over time. I could be wrong about one or more things I've said. Please do more research into this if you are needing a definite answer. However, this should provide you with a basic idea of what has transpired.
2007-03-03 05:59:00 · answer #2 · answered by joshua f 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It become suggested he had over slept with over three hundred women people a year. His occupation lasted 12 years, so thats a great number of ladies people. Magic once suggested he had 6 women people at a million time. the guy become the biggest movie star contained in the l. a., so can't say i'm shocked what number women people he were given with. yet yea, that many companions without a condom can finally capture as a lot as you.
2016-11-27 02:06:29 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
since you know magic johnson is filthy rich. he takes a medicine that is very expinsive and normal people can't afford, that medicine doesen't cure the aids but it makes it much slower. also magic johnson works out around 4 hours a day
2007-03-03 04:52:53 · answer #4 · answered by Pistonsfan101 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
think this is America any other country he would have died by now but America has better tech. but there is still no cure for HIV/AIDS but u can live with it.
2007-03-03 05:15:41 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
MAGIC DID THE BEST THINGS HE EXPOSED IT SO NO PRESSURE OF HIDING IT, HE HAS MONEY TO KEEP HIS BODY HEALTHY. THAT'S PROBABLY IT
2007-03-06 16:13:53 · answer #6 · answered by Stephen 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋