Question 1

i don't have hiv; however my immune system is doing the same as hiv, attacking my body, organs, systems.  ivig helped, but also caused gad 65 180.

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Mixed up: you are rather confused about your condition, as you were previously answered: kindly seek help in a Tertiary Care facility where multiple specialists would care for you at the same setting, rheumatologist, Immunologist and possibly psychiatrist, good luck

Question 2

i hear people say it can take up to 6 months for hiv anti bodies to develop and show on an oraquick test. isn't that just for weak immune systems?

Accepted Answer

No: It takes an averagely healthy individual 3-6 months (6 months to be on the safe side of probability in case of HIV) to develop detectable antibodies to infectious agents.

Question 3

for what length of time can hiv stay in your system before being detected?

Accepted Answer

Months to years...: Every person has a unique response to viral infections based upon genetics, nutrition, other medical conditions, smoking, etc...
Hiv can be present in someone but be "silent" for a period of many months to a few years time period, depending upon the individual.  Hiv infected persons can be infectious to others even when  they are asymptomatic.

Question 4

we got very good immune system but why is it that we can't fight hiv?

Accepted Answer

Immune system attack: Good evening, 
 it is an insightful question! HIV agent  attacks the immune cells themselves while most other infectious agents are attacked by cells of immune system as soon as they enter our body. Hiv enters the immune cells, kills them, causes programmed cell death of cells, and we lose cell-mediated immunity. This makes us defenseless against other invading organism and normally harmless germs.

Question 5

explain hiv nervous system complications?

Accepted Answer

Multiple: Aids related complex can certainly cause a peripheral neuropathy with distinct numbness, tingling and weakness.  Dementia in younger males may be another association.  Have seen spinal cord involvement and also seizures and myoclonus.  More insidious are the secondary opportunistic infections, such as pml and parasitic brain invasions.  These are just some of the problems.

Question 6

why can't our immune system clear hiv like other viruses?

Accepted Answer

HIV: Hiv attacks the CD4 t helper cells in our body which are essential cells to assist the immune system in fighting all types of infections. That is why people die from opportunistic infections in aids and not from the actual HIV virus itself.

Question 7

how does hiv affect the immune system?

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Hits white bld cells: The HIV virus (leading to aids) attacks and destroys a critical white blood cell of the immune system: the "cd4+ t-helper" cell. With these cells knocked out, the body's immune system is crippled and left unable to fight off infections which would otherwise be easily handled by a normal, healthy immune system.

Question 8

but what makes hiv able to avoid the immune system?

Accepted Answer

Hiding inside cells: The HIV is able to avoid the immune system because of its ability to hide inside the cells. The antibodies your body makes to prevent future infections cannot enter the cells, thus they are useless once the HIV is already inside. While inside, they can multiply and thus continue to cause disease for years. So, the best treatment we have =prevention. Live well, evangelineli1. Good luck.

Question 9

interested to know how does hiv affect the lymphatic system?

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Quickly: People whose lymphoid tissues have been samled during during the acute phase show a striking depletion of t-lymphocytes. These recover, then regress again as the infection progresses unless treated. B-lymphocytes and the germinal centers they produce under a compensatory hyperplasia which helps some and accounts for the polyclonal gammopathy seen later.

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I don't have hiv; however my immune system is doing the same as hiv, attacking my body, organs, systems. ivig helped, but also caused gad 65 180.

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I hear people say it can take up to 6 months for hiv anti bodies to develop and show on an oraquick test. isn't that just for weak immune systems?

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For what length of time can hiv stay in your system before being detected?

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We got very good immune system but why is it that we can't fight hiv?

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Explain hiv nervous system complications?

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Why can't our immune system clear hiv like other viruses?

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How does hiv affect the immune system?

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But what makes hiv able to avoid the immune system?

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Interested to know how does hiv affect the lymphatic system?

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