This has resulted in a highly effective HIV treatment regimen. In 1996, the total life expectancy for a 20-year-old person with HIV was 39 years. In 2011, the total life expectancy bumped up to about 70 years.
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The key finding was that people who had a good initial response to HIV treatment had a better life expectancy than people in the general population. Specifically, a 35-year-old man who had a CD4 cell count over 350 and an undetectable viral load (below 400 copies/ml) one year after starting HIV treatment could expect to live to the age of 81.
How long can you live with treated HIV?
Specifically, a 35-year-old man who had a CD4 cell count over 350 and an undetectable viral load (below 400 copies/ml) one year after starting HIV treatment could expect to live to the age of 81. A 50-year-old man with the same results after one year of treatment was predicted to live to the age of 83.Nov 9, 2021
Can you live a long life with HIV?
Research shows that people who start HIV treatment early can live as long as people who don't have the virus. That's a big improvement over the figures from 2010, when studies said that HIV could cut your life short by 13 years. But there's more to this story.Jun 8, 2020