According to doctors, HIV is no longer a deadly disease and turns into a chronic disease. According to statistics, the average age of patients who died due to HIV has increased considerably since 1987 — from 37.9 to 50.8 years for men and from 35.2 to 49.7 years for women in 2013, writes Discover.

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According to doctors, HIV is no longer a deadly disease and turns into a chronic disease. According to statistics, the average age of patients who died due to HIV has increased considerably since 1987 — from 37.9 to 50.8 years for men and from 35.2 to 49.7 years for women in 2013, writes Discover.

For life extension is required as soon as possible to diagnose the disease and begin treatment and prevention. At the same time, not all the treatment possible and affordable. In the report of the United Nations programme on HIV/AIDS reported that by the end of 2013 the world was about 36.9 million people living with HIV and 70% of them live in sub-Saharan Africa, reports "Lenta.ru".

While the number of new infections since 2000 has decreased by 35%. Antiretroviral therapy in 2015 are 15.8 million infected persons (an increase of 2.2 million compared with 2014). Already in 2010-ies it became obvious use of antiretroviral therapy, even in patients with a weakened immune system it improves the quality of life and sharply reduces the likelihood of transmission.

Doctors say that the main threat to the health of HIV-infected people are now side effects of antiretrovirals and immune deficiency, heart attacks, certain types of cancer and neurological diseases.

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