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Can you go 10 years without knowing you have HIV?
You may not have any symptoms at all for up to 10 years. At that point, HIV begins to make it hard for your body to fight off infections, so you can get infections that normally wouldn’t affect you. When your immune system reaches a certain point of weakness, that’s when HIV becomes AIDs.
Can you have HIV for 9 years and not know?
Persistent or severe symptoms may not surface for 10 years or more, after HIV infection first enters the body in teens and adults. This “asymptomatic” period of the infection is highly variable from person to person. But, during the asymptomatic period, HIV is actively infecting and killing cells of the immune system.
How long can you have HIV without symptoms?
Most people infected with HIV experience a short, flu-like illness that occurs 2-6 weeks after infection. After this, HIV may not cause any symptoms for several years. It’s estimated up to 80% of people who are infected with HIV experience this flu-like illness.
Can a person have HIV for many years with no symptoms and can transmit it to others without knowing?
In the first few years after infection, someone with HIV may have mild symptoms, like swollen glands. Because the symptoms of HIV can be mild at first, some people might not know they’re infected. They can spread HIV to others without even knowing it.
Can you stay undetectable for years?
Patients Can Remain Undetectable for 20 years on HIV Therapy. In this study, researchers looked to see if treatment-naive patients achieved <50 copies/ml and sustained good adherence how long could they maintain undetectable viral load — would regimens have intrinsic ability to sustain viral load.
How long can one live without taking Arvs?
Once a person progresses to AIDS, they have a high viral load and can transmit HIV to others very easily. In the absence of treatment, people with AIDS typically survive for about three years.
How long can a person stay undetectable?
A person’s viral load is considered “durably undetectable” when all viral load test results are undetectable for at least six months after their first undetectable test result. This means that most people will need to be on treatment for 7 to 12 months to have a durably undetectable viral load.