HIV As You Get Older

By R. Morgan Griffin
WebMD Feature  http://www.webmd.com/hiv-aids/features/hiv-and-aging

Reviewed by Brunilda Nazario, MD

 

 

Many people think of HIV as a young person’s disease, but it’s not. “By 2015, half of all people with HIV will be 50 or older,” says Brad Hare, MD, director of the HIV/AIDS clinic at San Francisco General Hospital. This greying of the HIV population shows how well today’s HIV treatments can work.

HIV makes aging itself more complicated. But plenty of people have had HIV for years, even decades, and are doing well.

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