The Future Outlook of HIV

Home		The Future Outlook of HIV-AIDS
		For those who are already infected with HIV or have full-blown AIDS, there is no cure for the disease. There is only treatment. Unfortunately, there are many drawbacks due to the many side effects resulting from the use of treatment drugs. The average length of time before someone with HIV gets AIDS is about 8-10 years. Some HIV carriers have been known to live without AIDS for as many as 15 years. However, less fortunate victims of HIV have become extremely ill, very soon after the infection. It all depends on how strong the individual's immune system was to begin with. Researchers have been working hard to find an effective treatment. The drugs that exist now work to some extent but there have been many cases where the virus became resistant to the drug. Researchers have failed to create a curative treatment and because of the other related infections that inflict an HIV person, the situation just becomes further complicated. Another area that researchers are looking into is finding a vaccine for HIV. The HIV that causes AIDS is HIV-1. There is also HIV-2, which also causes an AIDS like illness but is not severe and people can live normally if infected with it. There is hope that HIV-2 may be used to activate one's immune system and create antibodies to HIV. If this is successful, when an individual is exposed to HIV-1, the immune system will be stronger to fight off the infection.
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