Important note: Information in this article was accurate in 2006. The state of the art may have changed since the publication date.Can you tell me how long a person can live with HIV?
Mark H. Katz, M.D.
Regional HIV/AIDS Physician Coordinator
Kaiser Permanente of Southern California
A person with HIV who has good counts, and/or no infections or complications, can live a normal life span, from all that we know today. Even persons who have had serious immune compromise can live for long periods of time. Times have changed considerably since the onset of the epidemic, and perhaps the biggest change was the instiution of so-called HAART (Highly Active Antiretroviral Therapy) ten years ago.
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