Post Date May, 14 2023
Many people have questions about whether infection with AIDS will lead to death? How long can you usually live? In addition to sexual accidents, what other ways can AIDS be infected? Let's take a look.
How long can AIDS usually live?
The death of healthy people infected with HIV is generally divided into three stages. The first stage is called the acute infection period of HIV. A few infected people will have flu like symptoms, such as fever, pharyngitis, rash, lymph node enlargement, etc. These symptoms will naturally disappear within 2-3 weeks.
Then, the infected person enters the second stage, known as the asymptomatic period, which accounts for approximately 80% of the time from infection to death. At this point, patients are referred to as HIV. On the surface, most infected individuals are healthy and not different from normal individuals, but their immune system is struggling with the virus.
HIV destroys a large number of immune cells every day, and the bone marrow compensates by accelerating the production of new cells, but the rate of replenishing new cells always cannot keep up with the rate of cell loss. In normal individuals, there are approximately 800 to 1000 immune cells per cubic millimeter of blood, while the number of immune cells per cubic millimeter of blood gradually decreases at a rate of 50-70 per year. When immune cells decrease to about 200 per cubic millimeter of blood, the rate of decline will accelerate. The asymptomatic period of an infected person can be long or short, at least 2 years, at least 20 years. Its length is closely related to the mode of infection, generally 4-5 years, and sexual intercourse infection is generally 11-13 years. If the asymptomatic period of an infected person can reach 13 years, it can be called a long-term survivor.
When the immune cells in the infected person's body cannot match, HIV competes, marking the final stage of HIV infection called the symptom stage. At this time, infected people are called AIDS patients. They are easily infected by other diseases. Some common infectious diseases, such as pneumonia, usually do not threaten people's lives. Once they enter AIDS, their bodies cannot be controlled, and people usually die within 6 to 24 months.
How can AIDS be transmitted?
(1) Sexual contact transmission: including sexual contact between the same sex and the opposite sex. Anal and oral sex have a greater risk of infection.
(2) Blood transmission: including: ① importing contaminated HIV blood or blood products; ② Intravenous drug addicts share HIV contaminated, unsterilized needles and syringes; ③ Sharing other medical equipment or daily necessities (such as sharing toothbrushes or razors with infected individuals) may also be transmitted through damaged areas, but it is rare Syringes and needles are not thoroughly disinfected or not disinfected, especially for children with high risk of injection prevention; Inadequate or incomplete disinfection of oral equipment, delivery equipment, surgical equipment, and needles; Hair cutting, beauty (such as eyebrows and ears), tattoo knives, needles, and bathroom foot knives are not disinfected; Sharing scrapers, razors, or toothbrushes with others; Blood or blood products without HIV antibody test, and bone marrow and organ movement under similar circumstances; When rescuing a bleeding victim, the injured skin should come into contact with the victim's blood.
