Human control of the AIDS pandemic "the first battle"

The research data released by Brown University School of public health show that with the use of antiretroviral drugs, HIV has become a controllable chronic disease, so long as people insist on treatment, they can coexist with disease. From 2001 to 2010, the number of AIDS patients who had been treated was 50% higher than before. This means that these people will not die of AIDS, nor will they infect others.

The researchers said: "although the progress has been made gratifying, it has not yet solved this problem. Many people still give up or interrupt treatment in a very short time. In the course of the investigation, we gradually understand why these AIDS treatment interruption, in the use of antiretroviral drugs in the process, although the patients don't have symptoms of AIDS, but the other patient is the most troubled drug cost, drug side effects and bring. In many countries, people infected with AIDS are still discriminated against, which makes the HIV infected people ashamed to go to the pharmacy to buy medicine. "

Although there are some negative factors, it is gratifying that, with the continuous development of antiretroviral drugs, the treatment of AIDS is progressing. Before taking six tablets a day, we can control the disease, but now we only need one tablet a day.

What is worth noting is that according to the big data of decades, persistence is the root of the treatment and control of AIDS. Compared with other chronic diseases, such as hypertension and diabetes, the persistent treatment of AIDS is very weak. This requires that the medical institutions of all levels play the role of intervention. "