Accelerated Aging With HIV | Aids Walk – Aids Treatment Information – Aids Walk

Accelerated Aging With HIV : "In the 1980′s, growing old with HIV seemed like a fairytale, and the immediate goal of all HIV/AIDS research was to extend the lives of patients. However, with today’s antiretrovirals and other treatments, over half the HIV-infected population in the United States is over forty years old. It’s good news that those with this condition are living longer. However, the quality of life lived is compromised by the effects of HIV/AIDS. It is becoming apparent that accelerated aging with HIV can, in effect, add over ten years to the actual age of the patient. In 2010, this subject was address by multiple experts in RITA, a publication of The Center for AIDS Information and Advocacy. It appears that there is a stair-step effect from physical problems to emotional and cognitive problems."