Man survived HIV and got rid of it!

abdulmueid · Nov 13, 2005

Call it a miracle or dont believe it!
This man was tested HIV positive in 2002 and the next year he was tested negative. And now he is still HIV negative...

Read full story here

Iravan · Nov 13, 2005

woah! this is good maybea step towards a cure...

brewmonkey · Nov 13, 2005

They have been able to rid babies born HIV positive of the HIV virus for some time as well. It will be a great day when they are able to cure this horrible disease.

vip-ip · Nov 13, 2005

We talked about this in health class, our teacher told us that this has happened before once, but the chances of having this happen are somewhere in 1 in 2 billion.... this happens because HIV has to attach itself to blood cells in order to start infecting the body. These people who are very lucky, genetically, do not have what HIV needs to attach to blood cells. That's basically what happens

.X. · Nov 13, 2005

There have been alot False poitive HIV test results,Only for the people to find out they indeed did not have HIV upon another test.Perhaps the case here,Perhaps not,Either way,A blessed man.

faisj · Nov 13, 2005

this is great news!!!

HHDomains · Nov 13, 2005

brewmonkey said:
They have been able to rid babies born HIV positive of the HIV virus for some time as well. It will be a great day when they are able to cure this horrible disease.

Where did you learn this?
Do you have any evidence to back it up?

Momo · Nov 13, 2005

Either there was a mistake in the first test, or the man was really lucky :D

Michelle · Nov 14, 2005

Really lucky guy but guess now a human guinee pig

Andromeda · Nov 14, 2005

whoa.. that is so unbelievable... this is a good hope for the vistims especially new borns infected...

Rainbow · Nov 14, 2005

It's a miracle, he's one of the luckiest person alive!

abdulmueid · Nov 14, 2005

I really think that we are not very far from cure for HIV. All that is needed is more research and tests.

Lyte · Nov 14, 2005

brewmonkey said:
brewmonkeyThey have been able to rid babies born HIV positive of the HIV virus for some time as well. It will be a great day when they are able to cure this horrible disease. [/qouTE=brewmonkey]

HHDomains said:

Where did you learn this? Do you have any evidence to back it up?

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I believe to be true also. It happens when babies are born to mothers with AIDS/HIV. If it's caught and the babies are treated early for some reason the virus just doesn't stick.

I don't have any websites to point you to cuz I haven't looked for one. But... I had a relative who worked as an RN in ICN (Intensive Care Nursery) at Kaiser Hospital for 20 years. She mentioned this same thing to me a very long time ago.

Lyte

yoink78 · Nov 14, 2005

A truly incredible story. For the sakes of humanity, this guy should go in for further tests. A miracle has happened to him. He could at least try to do the same to others.

gonchiweb · Nov 14, 2005

abdulmueid said:
Call it a miracle or dont believe it!
This man was tested HIV positive in 2002 and the next year he was tested negative. And now he is still HIV negative...

Read full story here

wow, i cant believe it, pretty rare, amazing!!!!!!!!

Laughs Galore · Nov 14, 2005

Well I'm happy for him.

johnny6 · Nov 14, 2005

magic johnson did as well, no?

Lyte · Nov 15, 2005

johnny6 said:
magic johnson did as well, no?

No, I don't think he's rid of the virus but I do think his wealth give him access to the very best medications and latest advancements.

Andromeda · Nov 15, 2005

hmm.. I just thought ha... he wouldn't want to undergo further test.. but it's always an SOP for any laboratory or doctor to get a second opinion... This also applies to laboratory tests.. for negative and postive control sera..

also, as i recall the HIV virus has it's core and envelope. is it the same thing with hepa B virus..

When you take the hepatitis profile tests.. there would be an event when the Virus becomes undetectable but this doesn't mean that he is already free from it..

nicholas · Nov 15, 2005

What they're probably doing now is taking out some samples from the guy in an effort to extract antibodies or lead them in a better direction for a cure.

Man survived HIV and got rid of it!

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