What is the secret to Majic Johnson's good health considering he has HIV?
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Unfortunately you CANNOT cure HIV, however you CAN suppress it from becoming full-blown AIDS indefinately.  \nThe only way to do this is by going to the doctor often, getting the right antiviral meds (VERY expensive), the proper vaccines against other infections, and avoiding high risk for infection - avoid sick people, wash hands often, avoid hospitals if possible, cook food thoroughly, take care of yourself physically.\n\n"Surviving HIV requires a substantial amount of social support, education, and hope.  Quality medical care is essential from experienced HIV specialists as is a person's will to live, and willingness to become their own best advocate.  This often means that the person living with HIV/AIDS must learn or be able to work with his medical providers as a partner, doing his or her part to take the medications as prescribed, reduce the possibility of becoming re-infected with more HIV, but also to ask questions, and report any problems with taking medications and/or side effects." - http://www.guardianhealth.org/hiv.htm\n\nI'm betting Magic is taking all precautions to follow all these measures.  However, he is just as susceptible as anyone else to problems.  He would not be the first person to beat the odds, and some of those that have are regular, everyday people.
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While not limited to HIV, people can talk themselves into believing they have the symptoms of almost any disease.  The condition is called Psychosomatic Stress.  It can mimic several symptoms, like heart attack, shortness of breath, flu-like and muscle pain.\n\nWhen it is chronic and involves multiple diseases without verifiable symptoms, it is then a psychological condition of Hypochondria.  Counseling is recommended for this, to at least get stress coping techniques.\n\nStress plays a vital role in our lives of giving us a "fight or flight" response to sudden situations.  But long term, unrelieved stress has been increasingly linked to real physical conditions such as heart disease, migraines and immune deficiencies.\n\nI would urge you to go get an HIV test just to put your mind at ease.  These are highly accurate and the earlier you know about the condition, the better treatment can work.  Then, if negative, you can do the tough thing of making sure you avoid high risk behavior like sharing needles, or unprotected sex.\n\nIf your job involves being exposed to bodily fluids (like nurse, firefighter, police, paramedic) then the facility or department should be providing gloves and face shields as a matter of routine.  If you are in this category, I commend your career choice and am grateful for your service.
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It varies from case to case. Could be 2 weeks, could be 20 years.  Magic Johnson still hasn't developed AIDS.
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the kid who has HIV is in more risk than all the others.  they are susceptible to all kinds of disease and can die with a simple cold.  let him wear a mask and just say it was a super hero costume.  Practice good hygiene in your center.  Don't isolate the kid.  But keep your eyes open so as not too let anyone exchange body fluids accidentally
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He was an HIV positive. Too bad, he's a great actor.
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if you do not have any open cuts or sores you cannot contract HIV from him just by getting blood on your finger. i know it's scary but you'll be ok, get tested though just for piece of mind. hope that helps :)
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Your husband should be fine.  HIV is a fragile virus and can't live outside of the body.  It dies almost instantly.  So any of the virus on the bloody clothes would be dead.  If your husband had an open wound and pressed it up against your sons open would, there maybe risk.  But he was perfectly safe handling the bloody clothes.  Still, its never a safe idea to touch blood without gloves on, regarless of if it is infected with HIV.\n\nAs far as kissing goes, you can't get HIV through kissing.  The only way there would even be a SMALL risk is if it was deep kissing and there was a lesion or cut in his gum so it was blood mixed with saliva.  Even then the risk is very small.  \n\nDon't worry, unless your husband is having unprotected sex with your son, or sharing needles with him, none of you are at rist.  \n\nI've included a link to some good information about HIV and its transmition.  Taken from that link is this information.  Visit the link to find out more.\n\nCan HIV spread through kissing? \nAnswer: Kissing such as on the cheek or lightly on the lips carries no risk of transmitting HIV. In deep kissing there is a small risk because the saliva of an infected person contains few virus particles which by itself is not sufficient to cause the infection. But there could be bleeding gums or ulcers in the mouth and exchange of infected saliva mixed with blood during kissing could transmit the HIV \n\n\nHow is HIV not transmitted?  \nAnswer: HIV cannot spread by casual contact such as touching, holding hands, body contact in crowded public places, shaking hands, working or playing together, sharing food, vessels and clothes, eating food cooked by an infected person, light kissing, mosquito and other insect bites, swimming pools, and toilets.  \n\nQuestion: How long can the virus live outside the human body? \nAnswer: The Human Immunodeficiency Virus is fragile. Once the virus is outside the body in a dry form, it dies immediately. Even in a wet state, it does not live long when exposed to heat, detergents, or disinfectants. When stored in blood banks at 4°C, it can live for about 3 weeks (or longer), or till the white cell disintegrates, but in a frozen state it can survive for years.
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Is he from the U.S. or the U.K.? If he is from either, then they can't deny him re entry into his own country if he is a citizen. I don't know if they would allow him entry into another country for sure, but I would think that they would. I think that that kind of thing only applies to people with highly contagious diseases like Ebola or Anthrax or something like that. Since you cannot get HIV from casual contact, there would not be a real threat unless he were to become injured and bleed and in that case they probably have rubber gloves for precautions. You could try looking at the webpage for the information you need. If he knows he is HIV positive than so does the CDC, and while they do take special considerations for HIV positive persons, I do not believe that it limits your cousins travel.
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That's hard to say.  It may be that he has HIV but hasn't been infected with it.  I know that is possible.  Also, since he is wealthy and well-known, he likely has more access to drug therapies that may help him hold off the infection's progress.\n\nAs a world-class athlete (at least then), his body may be able to better withstand the effects.  Or he's just unbelievably lucky.  Take your pick.
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Tell him that you are ready to take your relationship to the next level, but want to be safe and responsible about it.  Tell him you think it's a good idea that you are BOTH tested for AIDS (unless you're a virgin).  That way it's not putting it all on him.
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HIV/AIDS is spread through body fluids (ie blood, semen, vaginal fluids) as well as from used infected needles.  If someone who is HIV positive is giving a facial massage, you cannot contract it simply by them touching you.  However, if they have a cut on their hand and you have an open sore on your body, it is possible to contract it that way.  But even in that case there still has to be enough active HIV components in the blood in order to affect you.  If this is a personal experience for you, sounds like you are worrying over nothing.  If your mind still isn't at ease, wait about two months and get tested!
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I don't know about cancer but I definitely believe there is a cure for AIDS and only the ridiculously rich have access to it. Let's take Magic Johnson for example, he announced over 10 years ago that he was diagnosed with AIDS. He, a few years later, announced that he was "cured" and we've heard nothing about it since. If you see him now, he has not lost any weight...as a matter of fact, he's GAINED weight. Who gains weight with AIDS?? AIDS is not like the common cold...it doesn't go away. You're not magically cured (no pun intended) of this disease. It really angers me that the government would allow millions to die for greed.
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Hello,\nYes . There are great doctor in Yemen Country in Asia Near sudia arabia who discoverd the real treatment of HIV infection, he worked and his group for about 15 years to prove the miracles of information which found in Quran Book ( the book of Islam Relegion ) - you can dicoverd islam at www.sultan.org - .\nafter he detected the real treatment of this disease he did more invistagations in some europian country , the result was the HIV anibody disapear in the bood of the patients and the symtoms also disappear. but may the infection is still found in the tissues. so may be nessery of the patient to intake the treatment along his life.\nhe treated some persons from this disease .\nthe treatment is plant taken from the Holy quran.\nthis news is mentioned by many paper news as : www.alquds.co.uk , and by many TV as www.aljazeera.net.\nnow the doctore is redy to ditribute his treatment , but he need good drug company to deal with it.\nthe doctor is the head of Iman university in Yemen country.\nso if you want to get the treatment you can contact the doctor or wait untill he get good drug company .\nthe doctor name : Sheikh Abdul-Majeed Al-Zindani\nthe doctor address :\n\nP.O. Box No. (15542)\nCity : Sana'a\nState : Sana'a\nCountry : Yemen\nTel: 214756, 400493\n\nFax: 00967-1- 400494\n\nE.mail: iman@y.net.ye\n\nDirect contact with Sheikh Abdul-Majeed Al-Zindani, the President of the University: Fax: (00967-1-341804)
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Hi buddy,\n\nThe HIV virus is a very fragile virus that gets easily killed on drying or contact with ordinary toilet soap or even very dilute spirit.The world wide fear of this infection is not because it gets easily transmitted or that its a tough virus to kill.Its just because the virus attacks the patient's immune system. Death in an HIV infected person comes in the form of other diseases that attack the person when his body's defence mechanisms are in a weak state.\n Human saliva is not demonstrated by research to contain enough load of virus as to cause infection to another person ingesting it. There is a theoretical possibility of the virus getting transmitted thru deep kissing, if the kisser has a mouth ulcer. The virus in that case has a (very small) chance to enter the body of the individual thru this open wound in the mouth. Still the virus may not survive the variable pH levels and salt concentrations of the human saliva.   And all the more, the probability of this type of  transmission is less than 0.01% . In day to day life that kind of probability is considered as ZERO chance...!  Hence we, healthcare workers don't consider saliva as a potential source of infection. Like wise, the chance of a mosquito transmitting the virus is somewhere near 0.004%..!!\n\nRegarding Web sources on AIDS, the United Nations' website is the ultimate knowledge bank ... Log on to www.unaids.org and find a wealth of info and links.\nAll the best.\nBye.
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hi, adam dont need to be console,what is important is that hes living and hes just like every one. so you you should encourage him to visit hiv clinic where there are train counselors who will counsil him very well and be tested for weither he will be on drugs called ARV antiretro viral drugs,they are wanderful lattest reserch proves that aids patients responds to ARV excellently once the drugs are adhired to. he ill be ok can run his normal life like anyone and nothing will happen to him,but its important that he has to be at hiv clinic fast that what u can do to him. do u console a diebatic or hypertensive person? they are living so also Adam will live also with good health. pls my regards to him.
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There are currently drugs available that enabled a HIV positive person to live a normal life span. The treatment is not cheap, but for someone living in the US, HIV is not a death sentence anymore. \n\nThere are also studies underway that indicate that certain combination of those drugs prevent the user from getting HIV, similar to Malaria prevention drugs. Those studies look very positive, but a prevention is not a cure. \n\nTo completely eradicate the HIV disease, a vaccine would be required and that still seems to be some time in the future.
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they have developed drug coctails (a number of precsription meds) that will boost your immune system in order for your body to bring the HIV virus level in your blood down to a level in which it can not be detected in a blood test....does that mean you're cured....Hell no...you are still at risk to infect others and run the chance of the virus level in your blood explode back up to a dangerous level the minute you stop taking the meds. It's also extreamly expensive.....look to be spending upwards of $2000-$3000 a month for the medications with can be up to 20 different pills that you have to take each day. it's a great advancement in medicine, but it gives people a false sense of safty. they begin to think that they don't have to use protection because there are medications out there they believe can cure them of the HIV infection and even go as far as not refusing to have sex with a person who they know is infected with HIV. This ill informed mentality becomes a harsh reality when they contract a strain of the virus that is not affected by the coctail. the coctail is not a cureall for HIV there are strains of the virus that are immune to the medications.....so be careful