The mortality rate within five years after the diagnosis of HIV is less than the mortality in the general population

The mortality in the first five years after diagnosis of HIV infection in the developed countries is higher than in the general population as a whole, but after five years the number of deaths among people with HIV is increasing slowly, say British scientists. Scientists have the study, which was attended only by the people who have contracted the virus through sexual contact. People who inject drugs are not included in the study, although among them are mortality of HIV infection is increased. According to Dr. Kholoud Porter, it seems that the life expectancy of HIV-infected in the vicinity of the infected population. In the mid-1990s, there was a combination therapy for HIV infection - highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) who live a radical life of people living with HIV, allowed especially in the developed countries. Although completely cure HIV is impossible, treatment of human health holds up over the years, blocking HIV replication, the expert said. Scientists who conducted the study, we compared the risk of death during the first five years of living with HIV, and without the presence of this disease in 13 thousand men and women in the same age group who live in the same country at the same time were. Until 1996, when it was highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) among people who were living with HIV, the risk of death higher - 8% to 20% depending on age. In 2000, however, disappeared the difference between mortality among HIV-positive and HIV-negative individuals. Unfortunately, after five years, begins the risk of death for people with HIV to increase again, albeit slowly. To a large extent this is due to cases in which people miss their medication or refuse treatment because of side effects. After 10 years living with HIV in people between the ages of 15 and 24 the risk of death was 5% higher than in the general population. After 15 years living with HIV risk was increased by 7%. For people who were older than 45 years, the risk of death after 15 years of living with HIV, 12% higher than for the population as a whole.