It sure settles that you are an immoral creature; prioritizing your own philosophical delusions over scientific knowledge in a matter of life or death.
It sure settles that you are an immoral creature; prioritizing your own philosophical delusions over scientific knowledge in a matter of life or death.
My priority is put morality before scientific knowledge, as I believe would most people.
No, most people would actually get treatment for HIV infection.
You do not necessarily need to take anti-HIV (also called antiretroviral) medications just because you are HIV positive. You and your doctor will determine the best time to start treatment. When to take anti-HIV medications depends on your overall health, the amount of virus in your blood (viral load), and how well your immune system is working.
How will I know when to start anti-HIV medications?
You and your doctor should consider three factors in deciding when to start treatment: 1) symptoms of advanced HIV disease, 2) viral load, and 3) CD4 count.
You should start treatment if:
* you are experiencing severe symptoms of HIV infection or have been diagnosed with AIDS
* your viral load is 100,000 copies/mL or more
* your CD4 count is 200 cells/mm3 or less
You may also consider starting treatment if your CD4 count is between 200 and 350 cells/mm3; this is something you should discuss with your doctor.
I only see 12 pages, maybe your settings are different.
Do y'all realize that this stupid topic is 24 pages long?! Now I ask you ...how fuckin' stupid is it to continue such an argument for 24 fuckin' pages?? Are y'all nuts or somethin'?
Baron Max
why do you add to the length of the thread if it bothers you so much?
The official advice is rather this:
http://aidsinfo.nih.gov/other/cbroch...ure_en.html#03You do not necessarily need to take anti-HIV (also called antiretroviral) medications just because you are HIV positive. You and your doctor will determine the best time to start treatment. When to take anti-HIV medications depends on your overall health, the amount of virus in your blood (viral load), and how well your immune system is working.
How will I know when to start anti-HIV medications?
You and your doctor should consider three factors in deciding when to start treatment: 1) symptoms of advanced HIV disease, 2) viral load, and 3) CD4 count.
You should start treatment if:
* you are experiencing severe symptoms of HIV infection or have been diagnosed with AIDS
* your viral load is 100,000 copies/mL or more
* your CD4 count is 200 cells/mm3 or less
You may also consider starting treatment if your CD4 count is between 200 and 350 cells/mm3; this is something you should discuss with your doctor.
Well, the medication isn't given until after the cd4 count is drastically lowered, or other symptoms of aids begin to occur. So, it can't be the medication causing those symptoms.
And, Metakron, again, it is known that the drugs have harmful side effects. That's why they wait until after the onset of symptoms which necessitate that the person break the deadlock in the ethical consideration of action vs inaction.
Generally, people are diagnosed with AIDS as soon as the HIV test results come back and the doctor determines that the patient is either African, homosexual, or has been exposed to someone who is African, homosexual, or diagnosed.
I'll keep trying. What part of "it fucks with your fucking DNA" are you having trouble understanding?