In some cases, HIV can bypass the barrier that encases the brain and cerebrospinal fluid which can contribute to brain inflammation and neurocognitive symptoms.

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https://www.aidsmap.com/news/oct-2023/hiv-brain...

Being a long-term Survivor has its many setbacks. One of them being loneliness and feeling left out. With the new generation of Atriplas, many of us long-term survivors experience feeling forgotten.

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https://www.aidsmap.com/news/jun-2021/forty-yea...

I was recently diagnosed about 2 weeks ago. I got my levels tested and I believe I am at the undetectable level. I go into an HIV counselor in a few weeks. I would like to ask how quickly did others start taking medicine after being diagnosed? I would like to start medicine/treatment as soon as possible......

Some of us have been very fortunate not having any side effects and others have passed on from complications related to HIV.
What bothers you most about it?

With so many clinical trials going on throughout the world, a cure for the HIV virus is imminent. What would you do upon hearing that they found the cure for HIV?

Outside of sexual partners and my boyfriend, not many people close to me know I’m positive, especially family. Should family know?

As we all know guidelines are to start ARV medication as soon as possible which gives you a close to normal life span. With that being said there are many long term survivors who were on toxic meds. such as protease inhibitors in the late 90s that were really not good. And many of these people had hiv for 5 to 10 years before there was protease inhibitors and they were on AZT which we can all agree was a failure. From what I read on here and other places many of these people are still alive 30… read more