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lynn82md.livejournal.com2011-05-31 11:42 am
Older AIDs surviviors face new Challenges
AIDS nearly killed Lou Grosso three decades ago, but that didn't prepare him for the latest news from his doctor: he has heart disease.
Like many older HIV carriers facing problems -- including financial -- they never expected to live long enough to confront, Grosso, 57, also suffers from aching joints, memory loss and nerve pain.
While many have turned their attention -- and money -- to fighting the epidemic in Africa, experts here are increasingly troubled by a new kind of AIDS crisis.
Some 15 years into the era of protease inhibitors and drug cocktails, the first large group of AIDS patients to go through the aging process is facing a host of unexpected medical conditions, not to mention psychological and financial challenges they never thought they would live to see.
Disclaimer: The last two paragraphs are in the middle of the article.
I know this isn't a reproductive right issue, but it is a reproductive health one. It interest me highly since I do have a relative in my extended family that has AIDS and he's had it since 1993.
Like many older HIV carriers facing problems -- including financial -- they never expected to live long enough to confront, Grosso, 57, also suffers from aching joints, memory loss and nerve pain.
While many have turned their attention -- and money -- to fighting the epidemic in Africa, experts here are increasingly troubled by a new kind of AIDS crisis.
Some 15 years into the era of protease inhibitors and drug cocktails, the first large group of AIDS patients to go through the aging process is facing a host of unexpected medical conditions, not to mention psychological and financial challenges they never thought they would live to see.
Disclaimer: The last two paragraphs are in the middle of the article.
I know this isn't a reproductive right issue, but it is a reproductive health one. It interest me highly since I do have a relative in my extended family that has AIDS and he's had it since 1993.