how long does it take for hiv to kill you if untreated?
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Without treatment, it takes about 10 years from infection to the development of Aids - acquired immune deficiency syndrome. It is then that "opportunistic infections", ones a healthy immune system could fight off, become deadly.
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Within 2 to 4 weeks after infection with HIV, about two-thirds of people will have a flu-like illness. This is the body's natural response to HIV infection.
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In the early days of the epidemic, the answer would have been simple--and hard to take. After becoming infected with HIV, people could expect to get AIDS within about 10 years, and then live only 1 to 2 years more.
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Without using HIV treatment, life expectancy is related to how quickly your CD4 count drops and how low it gets. Without treatment, some people see their CD4 count drop to under 200 within a few years of infection, while others people can go for 5-10 years or longer before they need treatment.
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Seroconversion is often, but not always, accompanied by a flu-like illness. This happens in at least half of the people infected with HIV, but may happen in as many as 80-90% of all infections. Symptoms typically appear within a month of infection and tend to go away within two to three weeks.
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In this stage, the virus still multiplies, but at very low levels. People in this stage may not feel sick or have any symptoms. This stage is also called chronic HIV infection. Without HIV treatment, people can stay in this stage for 10 or 15 years, but some move through this stage faster.
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Even without treatment, it takes a long time for HIV to progress to AIDS—usually 10 to 12 years. When HIV is diagnosed before it becomes AIDS, medicines can slow or stop the damage to the immune system.
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This type of HIV test detects antibodies against HIV - which your body produces in response to the virus, as well as HIV antigens which are part of the virus itself. It usually turns positive about 3 weeks after infection, and should definitely be positive by about 6 weeks after infection.
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People who have the HIV virus and do not seek treatment will generally develop stage 3, AIDS, within 2 to 15 years after infection. After a diagnosis of AIDS, people who do not have treatment typically survive for 3 years.
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The researchers calculated that a 20-year-old starting treatment today could live to 67 years. The improvement in survival for people with HIV is one of the great health success stories of recent times. What was once considered a terminal disease is now seen as a manageable condition.
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Without treatment After a diagnosis of AIDS, people who do not have treatment typically survive for 3 years. If a person who is not receiving treatment for AIDS also develops an opportunistic illness, their life expectancy drops to 12 months.
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Blood. Of all the body fluids that can transmit HIV, blood contains the highest concentrations of the virus. HIV may survive in dried blood for up to 5–6 days at room temperature. It might survive even longer inside blood that is within a syringe, as it does not have exposure to air.
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It can take 3-12 weeks for enough signs of the virus to show up on routine tests for the infection, which measure antibodies against HIV. A new kind of screening, called a nucleic acid test, can detect the virus itself during this early stage, but it's expensive and not usually used for routine HIV testing.
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How long does HIV live outside the body in water? One older study showed that after 1 to 2 hours in tap water, only 10 percent of the HIV virus was still active. After 8 hours, only 0.1 percent was active. This shows that HIV doesn't survive long when exposed to water.
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The symptoms of acute HIV syndrome usually last for about 14 days after HIV exposure. They could last for just a few days, or they could last for several months. You might not realize your illness is acute HIV infection. For one thing, the person you caught HIV from may not even look sick.
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According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) , primary HIV symptoms may show up two to four weeks after initial exposure. Symptoms can continue for up to several weeks. However, some people may exhibit the symptoms only for a few days.
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If acute endocarditis remains untreated, it can be fatal in less than six weeks. Untreated subacute endocarditis can cause death within six weeks to one year.