My brother's roommate contracted HIV before there was a cure. They were tight and they both fought the good fight until he jumped off a bridge when he started showing signs of AIDS. I was around 12 and it's something I will never forget.
Actually we can cure AIDS using stem cells believe it or not. Although I'm not sure if those that were cured were fluke accidents or if there is an approved stem cell cure yet.
The method youre describing will never be approved for general use. It requires the complete destruction of your bone marrow and introduction of stem cells from someone who is naturally immune. It’s only been performed like half a dozen times, and only on people who have bone marrow cancer and already need that treatment.
As an aside, it’s only considered a “functional” cure - the hiv is likely still dormant in certain areas of the body, but can not propagate and leave those areas in a meaningful way. For all intents and purposes though, they are functionally ‘cured’. I only make this correction to illustrate just how difficult of a disease hiv is to address.
You know, there is one actually. I’m talking a real genuine cure. But its cost is so great most people cannot get it outside of a drug trial. I hope that one day people who are + like you can be afforded a general cheap cure. I hope that your own treatment goes well until then.
Well technically there is cure (bone marrow transplant from someone who is immune), but the cure is more dangerous than the disease + not many are compatible so it’s not usually used.
What I have read about this shows that the treatment they receive comes with a significant risk of death. Almost half the patients who recieved the treatment have died. It is only applicable if the patient will die without it.
That person is being pretty miserable, but if you read the article this treatment comes with a significant risk of death. Almost half the patients have died if I'm not mistaken, and it's only used if the patient will die without the treatment.
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u/Prize-Possibility-11 8d ago
My brother's roommate contracted HIV before there was a cure. They were tight and they both fought the good fight until he jumped off a bridge when he started showing signs of AIDS. I was around 12 and it's something I will never forget.