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So I've cut and paste the entire discussion... Sorry you have to scroll down to the bottom to start from the beginning. The Question was... Is it possible to go back to having HIV after you progressed to AIDS..
That ways condoms are so important bullshit ain't nothing.. You just DON'T KNOW!! RT @iRondrea: @raelt That's scary.
Now I just gave a HIV workshop on my timeline.. EVERYONE should be RT... Don't be scared to RT good information
Yep! RT @iRondrea: @raelt So sometimes initial infection can already be resistant to all medications?
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@iRondrea A newly infected person can be Infected by someone who has resistant out... Giving them a strain that won't respond to med's
No!! Not true RT @iRondrea: @raelt So then the super strain only affects people who already have HIV?
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@iRondrea Use a condom so you don't infect others or become reinfected with a different strain of HIV
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@iRondrea the bottom line to our discussion Get tested! So you can get into early treatment and not infect others...
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@iRondrea This is why ppl dating that both have HIV must use a condom. You can be reinfected with HIV over and over again..
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@iRondrea It's a lot of unprotected sex my infected ppl infecting others. CDC has seen some of these cases. And yes a quick death
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@iRondrea basically the super strain came from ppl on meds fucking and infecting ppl with there strain then they fuck &!infect someone else
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@iRondrea so when I infected you.. You will be infected with the strain of the HIV virus that is resistant to all the med's Im resistant to
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@iRondrea So The super strain is typically cause from ppl infecting ppl who are on med's and have some resistant to Some HIV med's
@iRondrea Super Strain of HIV is one that is already resistant to HIV med's.
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@iRondrea But I have a friend 29 that just learned she was infected. She got tested at a fair on GP. Her TCell was 160 sad... Sad...
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@iRondrea Yes and in most cases they didn't get tested.. They just got sick with an OI and ended up I. The ER sick as a dog
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@raelt 10 years? Folks are waiting 10 years? That means they are getting tested after the disease has begun to affect them.
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@iRondrea But most African-Americans find out once they have AIDS. Which means they have been infected 8-10 yrs.
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@iRondrea Yes I was just getting ready to say the earlier you know you have HIV the longer you live.. Testing it important
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@raelt Which is why it's important to find out early? But does early detection help with a super strain?
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@iRondrea someone emailed me recently who's VL was 3 million when they learned they had HIV it's now undetectable
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@iRondrea The only ppl that cant lower a super high Viral Load is one with a super strain of HIV and or they have restraint out of med's
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@raelt And can you lower your viral load to undetectable or has there already been too many copies?
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@iRondrea Once your med's adapts to HIV you then need to switch your med's.... But resistant is serious that's why ppl gotta take med right
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@iRondrea But once you take med's it increases your TCell and decrease your Viral load... That is until the med adapts to the HIV you have
by raelt
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@raelt And what's a healthy range for viral load? So the T-cells fight the virus and if they are low then the VL is high?
@
@iRondrea The best Viral Load is non-detectable. Which means, based on the test, it's so low they can't give you a detectable count
@
@iRondrea they typically are on the same page but not always. When my TCell was 8 my Viral Load was 400,000
@
@iRondrea The more it copies the sicker you are... With TCell the lower they are the sicker you are
Viral Load is how much HIV copies in your body RT @iRondrea: @raelt And that's different? Tell me more about viral load.
Yes! 2012- 20 years with AIDS and 29 years with HIV RT @iRondrea: @raelt Right, we're approaching, what, 30+ years?
Really yes but 300-400 range is med time but also we look at Viral Load too RT @iRondrea: @raelt So it's better to never get lower than 200?
@
@iRondrea studying the long term impact of long term survivors aging with HIV is really big right now
Not really.. Especially if an OI really hit hard RT @iRondrea: @raelt So after your T-cell count goes really low, you never fully recover?
@
@iRondrea Yes once you have transitioned your body never fully works right.. Especially the longer you live with HIV.
by raelt
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@raelt Like does your body function differently after having transitioned as opposed to someone who never did?
@
@iRondrea The HIV med's has helped my TCell but it's not clear cut. I still get OI. This summer Herpes attached my nervous system
by raelt
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@raelt So now you're in a healthy range although you have transitioned to AIDS? What makes your T-cell count different now? Or is it?
It confuses alot of ppl. my Tcell is in the 500 range but it was 8 my doc. I always have AIDS RT @iRondrea: @raelt Yep. It confused me.
Its cool but that tcell drop & raise confuse ppl RT @iRondrea: @raelt Oh see, I didn't OI stood for opportunistic infections. Got it. Thank
@
@iRondrea like yeast in. Mouth, vagina, weight loss.. But you are on your way to the big stuff if you are not on med's
Yes but you can get minor OI above 200 RT @iRondrea: @raelt And then that's when opportunistic infections occur like PCP, shingles,
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@iRondrea Yes but if your TCell count is in the 200-300 range you can still start to get sick. The dangerous stuff comes below 200
Yes But RT @iRondrea: @raelt Oh wow. Okay, I wasn't sure. So over 200 is out of the woods, but after transitioning to AIDS, it's always AIDS
@
@iRondrea AIDS is TCell count below 200 and or and OI... Its the same thing. Just because they clear up the OI docent change our AIDS status
@
@iRondrea a lot of ppl think wrongly once there TCell goes back up over 200 they no longer have AIDS it just means the med's are helping
@
@iRondrea but that TCell increase is a short fix... Once that med stops working you play that med roller coaster
@
@iRondrea You never stop having HIV... But once you are an AIDS diagnosed then you are... The med's will increase your TCell but that's
That ways condoms are so important bullshit ain't nothing.. You just DON'T KNOW!! RT @iRondrea: @raelt That's scary.
Now I just gave a HIV workshop on my timeline.. EVERYONE should be RT... Don't be scared to RT good information
Yep! RT @iRondrea: @raelt So sometimes initial infection can already be resistant to all medications?
@
@iRondrea A newly infected person can be Infected by someone who has resistant out... Giving them a strain that won't respond to med's
No!! Not true RT @iRondrea: @raelt So then the super strain only affects people who already have HIV?
@
@iRondrea Use a condom so you don't infect others or become reinfected with a different strain of HIV
@
@iRondrea the bottom line to our discussion Get tested! So you can get into early treatment and not infect others...
@
@iRondrea This is why ppl dating that both have HIV must use a condom. You can be reinfected with HIV over and over again..
@
@iRondrea It's a lot of unprotected sex my infected ppl infecting others. CDC has seen some of these cases. And yes a quick death
@
@iRondrea basically the super strain came from ppl on meds fucking and infecting ppl with there strain then they fuck &!infect someone else
@
@iRondrea so when I infected you.. You will be infected with the strain of the HIV virus that is resistant to all the med's Im resistant to
@
@iRondrea So The super strain is typically cause from ppl infecting ppl who are on med's and have some resistant to Some HIV med's
@iRondrea Super Strain of HIV is one that is already resistant to HIV med's.
@
@iRondrea But I have a friend 29 that just learned she was infected. She got tested at a fair on GP. Her TCell was 160 sad... Sad...
@
@iRondrea Yes and in most cases they didn't get tested.. They just got sick with an OI and ended up I. The ER sick as a dog
by raelt
@
@raelt 10 years? Folks are waiting 10 years? That means they are getting tested after the disease has begun to affect them.
@
@iRondrea But most African-Americans find out once they have AIDS. Which means they hv been infected 8-10 yrs
@
@iRondrea Yes I was just getting ready to say the earlier you know you have HIV the longer you live.. Testing it important
by raelt
@
@raelt Which is why it's important to find out early? But does early detection help with a super strain?
@
@iRondrea someone emailed me recently who's VL was 3 million when they learned they had HIV it's now undetectable
@
@iRondrea The only ppl that cant lower a super high Viral Load is one with a super strain of HIV and or they have restraint out of med's
by raelt
@
@raelt And can you lower your viral load to undetectable or has there already been too many copies?
@
@iRondrea Once your med's adapts to HIV you then need to switch your med's.... But resistant is serious that's why ppl gotta take med right
@
@iRondrea But once you take med's it increases your TCell and decrease your Viral load... That is until the med adapts to the HIV you have
by raelt
@
@raelt And what's a healthy range for viral load? So the T-cells fight the virus and if they are low then the VL is high?
@
@iRondrea The best Viral Load is non-detectable. Which means, based on the test, it's so low they can't give you a detectable count
@
@iRondrea they typically are on the same page but not always. When my TCell was 8 my Viral Load was 400,000
@
@iRondrea The more it copies the sicker you are... With TCell the lower they are the sicker you are
Viral Load is how much HIV copies in your body RT @iRondrea: @raelt And that's different? Tell me more about viral load.
Yes! 2012- 20 years with AIDS and 29 years with HIV RT @iRondrea: @raelt Right, we're approaching, what, 30+ years?
Really yes but 300-400 range is med time but also we look at Viral Load too RT @iRondrea: @raelt So it's better to never get lower than 200?
@
@iRondrea studying the long term impact of long term survivors aging with HIV is really big right now
Not really.. Especially if an OI really hit hard RT @iRondrea: @raelt So after your T-cell count goes really low, you never fully recover?
@
@iRondrea Yes once you have transitioned your body never fully works right.. Especially the longer you live with HIV.
by raelt
@
@raelt Like does your body function differently after having transitioned as opposed to someone who never did?
@
@iRondrea The HIV med's has helped my TCell but it's not clear cut. I still get OI. This summer Herpes attached my nervous system
by raelt
@
@raelt So now you're in a healthy range although you have transitioned to AIDS? What makes your T-cell count different now? Or is it?
It confuses alot of ppl. my Tcell is in the 500 range but it was 8 my doc. I always have AIDS RT @iRondrea: @raelt Yep. It confused me.
Its cool but that tcell drop & raise confuse ppl RT @iRondrea: @raelt Oh see, I didn't OI stood for opportunistic infections. Got it. Thank
@
@iRondrea like yeast in. Mouth, vagina, weight loss.. But you are on your way to the big stuff if you are not on med's
Yes but you can get minor OI above 200 RT @iRondrea: @raelt And then that's when opportunistic infections occur like PCP, shingles,
@
@iRondrea Yes but if your TCell count is in the 200-300 range you can still start to get sick. The dangerous stuff comes below 200
Yes But RT @iRondrea: @raelt Oh wow. Okay, I wasn't sure. So over 200 is out of the woods, but after transitioning to AIDS, it's always AIDS
@
@iRondrea AIDS is TCell count below 200 and or and OI... Its the same thing. Just because they clear up the OI docent change ur AIDS status
@
@iRondrea a lot of ppl think wrongly once there TCell goes back up over 200 they no longer have AIDS it just means the med's are helping
@
@iRondrea but that TCell increase is a short fix... Once that med stops working you play that med roller coaster
@
@iRondrea You never stop having HIV... But once you are an AIDS diagnosed then you are... The med's will increase your TCell but that's
The first Question was.... Is it possible to go back to having HIV after progressed to AIDS...
