after how much time does the HIV vires die with out strilization?
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I don't think the HIV virus ever dies.  I'm pretty sure it doesn't.  Viruses are usually incurable and the person will have it for the rest of their lives.
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You should consult a good doctor since your condition has been persisting for 6 months.\n\nFurthermore, if you are sexually at risk, get an HIV test.\n\nGood luck!
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Usually an HIV+ person is considered to have Aids when her CD-4 count is 200 or below. That's when most doctors start prescribing an Antiretroviral Treatment to boost the immune system and control the Viral Load. Many HIV+ people have been on treatment now for 18-20 years.\n \nWhat is important for your sister is to find a good treating doctor and to pay a special preventive attention to her immune system by mean of a healthy lifestyle, so that she can delay as much as possible the start of an Antiretroviral Treatment. Regular Western Blott test should be taken every 3 months.\n\nHIV/AIDS is not a death sentence these days! But it has to be well managed to insure longevity and quality of life.
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Hi!!\n\n"HIV is the virus that may causes AIDS. HIV belongs to a subset of viruses called retroviruses or slow virus. \n\n\n \nThis is because it is a progressive disease. HIV is entered through the body through the mucous membranes or thru blood to blood contact. \n\n\nOnce you get the virus it slowly begins to attack the immune system, killing off healthy immune system cells. The deterioration and destruction of immune function leads to AIDS. \n\n\nAIDS is the final stage of the HIV infection. A person is said to have AIDS when the cd4 counts drops below 200 and or a person has 1 or more opportunistic infections. The OIs, as they are called, are normal infections that a healthy person would be able to fight off. \n\n\nThe four stages of the HIV infection are as follows: \n\n\n1) The period following infection is called the window. It is called this because it reflect the window of time between infection and that which antibodies are devlop in a person. The HIV test looks for antibodies not the virus. \n\n\n2) The second stage is called seroconversion. This is when the body begins to develop lots of antibodies to fight off the virus in the body. During this period a person may have flu like sympton. Also during this period is said to be very infectious. \n\n\n3) The third stage is called symptom free. During this period a person may have no sympton what so ever. This can last any where from 6 months to well over ten years. The medical world is not sure why some people are living sympton free for so long. \n\n\n4) The final stage is called AIDS. This is the period when TCELL drop to below 200 and the OI"S are present. \n\n\nSo, as we see, HIV is a infection that will leads to AIDS. \n\n\nThe body immune system is slowly being attacked until it is destroyed and can't fight off infections. Once this happens a person is said to have AIDS. AIDS is the final stage."\n\nI hope the above answers your question.\n\n>>> Naveen Kumar
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Well strictly speaking HIV (the virus that causes AIDS) can't live at all anywhere for the simple reason that viruses aren't living.  But I get your point :)\n\nYou don't need to worry about getting HIV from cutting yourself on anything that's not contaminated with fresh blood or other fluids from an HIV-positive patient.  The virus can only "live" outside the body for a very short time (a few hours), and only in fresh bodily fluids (I believe it actually needs living human cells to survive).\n\nHowever, any cut can become infected, and with deep cuts, particularly puncture wounds, there's always a risk of tetanus, especially if the cut was from something in a damp area.  Be sure to clean the cut thoroughly, treat it with first-aid antiseptics (ex. neosporin), and cover it with a bandage.  Also, be sure your tetanus shots are up to date.  Watch carefully for signs of infection, especially if the cut was obtained in an unclean area, and see a doctor if the wound becomes inflamed (turns red, maybe starts oozing puss, that kind of thing), or seems otherwise remarkable.
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The average time it takes for someone to develop detectable antibodies on an HIV Elisa test is 25 days. 94% of people have detectable antibodies after 56 days of infection. 97% of people have detectable antibodies after 90 days of infection. The remaining 3% can take up to six months mainly because they have an immune system disorder (leukemia, etc.).\n\nI volunteer at an HIV testing clinic. I will tell you that everyone I have seen was detectable anywhere from 2 weeks to 8 weeks post exposure. \n\nA test at 7 months is a HUGE indicator.  Relax, there is only a 1 in 20,000,000 chance you have the virus.  In other words, you are more likely to get struck by lightning twice on a sunny day then having HIV.
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as long you live happy and have good nutrient of food..you'll last a bout 25 years....the main reason it is so killing in countries like africa is because sometimes some of their people is lack of nutrient..and they suffer "immuno-depression" lack of nutrient..that is why HIV can kill fast if you don't love yourself
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Your husband should be fine.  HIV is a fragile virus and can't live outside of the body.  It dies almost instantly.  So any of the virus on the bloody clothes would be dead.  If your husband had an open wound and pressed it up against your sons open would, there maybe risk.  But he was perfectly safe handling the bloody clothes.  Still, its never a safe idea to touch blood without gloves on, regarless of if it is infected with HIV.\n\nAs far as kissing goes, you can't get HIV through kissing.  The only way there would even be a SMALL risk is if it was deep kissing and there was a lesion or cut in his gum so it was blood mixed with saliva.  Even then the risk is very small.  \n\nDon't worry, unless your husband is having unprotected sex with your son, or sharing needles with him, none of you are at rist.  \n\nI've included a link to some good information about HIV and its transmition.  Taken from that link is this information.  Visit the link to find out more.\n\nCan HIV spread through kissing? \nAnswer: Kissing such as on the cheek or lightly on the lips carries no risk of transmitting HIV. In deep kissing there is a small risk because the saliva of an infected person contains few virus particles which by itself is not sufficient to cause the infection. But there could be bleeding gums or ulcers in the mouth and exchange of infected saliva mixed with blood during kissing could transmit the HIV \n\n\nHow is HIV not transmitted?  \nAnswer: HIV cannot spread by casual contact such as touching, holding hands, body contact in crowded public places, shaking hands, working or playing together, sharing food, vessels and clothes, eating food cooked by an infected person, light kissing, mosquito and other insect bites, swimming pools, and toilets.  \n\nQuestion: How long can the virus live outside the human body? \nAnswer: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus is fragile. Once the virus is outside the body in a dry form, it dies immediately. Even in a wet state, it does not live long when exposed to heat, detergents, or disinfectants. When stored in blood banks at 4°C, it can live for about 3 weeks (or longer), or till the white cell disintegrates, but in a frozen state it can survive for years.
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Absolutely not.  If nobody got antiviral treatments, the time from infection to emergence of AIDs symptoms, which averages 10 years, is plenty of time for infected people to spread the virus to many other partners unknowingly.  That is why the virus is so successful - that long incubation period.  Modern antivral treatments suppress the virus to a degree where the hiv infected person is not nearly as contagious, i.e., the viral load in their body fluids is many orders of magnitude (a factor of 1000 to 100,000) lower than it would be if they had not treatments.  HIV infected people on antiviral treatments are far less contagious.  That doesn;t mean it is safe for them to have unprotected sex with others, but the chances of transmission per unprotected sex act are dramatically lower, so even if they are irresponsible in this regard, they are mcuh less of a threat.
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The exact answer to this question is "yes" as everyone is gonna die sooner or later ! ;)\n\nwell, if someone is infected by HIV, he can still live 5 years with no clue that he got aids.\nafter this 5 years, things begin to appear. then if he/she caught a cold for example they might die.\nbut this is not for sure. u can be infected with AIDS and live a long life !
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HIV used to be a death sentance. But treatment is much improved.\n\nhttp://www.webmd.com/content/article/5/1680_50172.htm
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Scientists and medical authorities agree that HIV does not survive well outside the body, making the possibility of environmental transmission remote. HIV is found in varying concentrations or amounts in blood, semen, vaginal fluid, breast milk, saliva, and tears. To obtain data on the survival of HIV, laboratory studies have required the use of artificially high concentrations of laboratory-grown virus. Although these unnatural concentrations of HIV can be kept alive for days or even weeks under precisely controlled and limited laboratory conditions, CDC studies have shown that drying of even these high concentrations of HIV reduces the amount of infectious virus by 90 to 99 percent within several hours. Since the HIV concentrations used in laboratory studies are much higher than those actually found in blood or other specimens, drying of HIV-infected human blood or other body fluids reduces the theoretical risk of environmental transmission to that which has been observed - essentially zero. Incorrect interpretations of conclusions drawn from laboratory studies have in some instances caused unnecessary alarm.
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for the record\nNo, sperm do not die when they hit the air. This is a common myth!\n\nSperm can usually live up to seven days when they're in the cervical mucus of a woman's vagina. However, when they're not being nourished and protected by cervical mucus, vaginal secretions, the warmth and moisture of a man's urethra and reproductive tract, or other warm and moist conditions, they die anywhere between a half an hour to four hours.
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No, it can be years before the symptoms of AID's develop but a year and a half is more than enough time for the HIV virus to be in large enough quantities for a HIV test to be conclusive. I recommend you get tested for a wide array of STD's while there are also many that also can go on symptomless for some time while doing damage.
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No. HIV (the virus causing AIDS) is very vulnerable. It needs to live in a moist environment. 2 hours out in the air, it dies. If you're really worried, use some good antiseptic soap to wash the jeans, hang it out to dry, or take it to the dry cleaners.
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Sequential blood samples were evaluated from 3 subjects with AHIV (negative HIV EIA, positive HIV RNA), identified 2-3 days before peak viremia (pre-peak). HIV RNA levels and CD4 counts before antiretroviral therapy were used to estimate HIV doubling time (t(d)) and, the basic reproductive number (R(0)). HIV t(d) was calculated from the slope of ln(RNA) vs. time during rising viremia. Maximal estimates of t(d) were 1.6-3.5 days.\nhttp://www.aegis.com/conferences/croi/1998/521.html
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Poor diet,anemia,life style, chest infections can hang around 4 ever... so it seems when u get one! think u should maybe get a HIV test u say u are celibate "NOW" so guess u have had sexual relationships before your celibacy and the HIV virus can lay dormant for many years  as 4 people finding out that u have had a test "its your life" and tho at the moment there is not a cure if u start a course of medication it can help with the symptoms  and some say helps hold back the onset of the big "A" that's all I can say on the subject............. hope u recover soon I really do !