Without proper drug
treatment, HIV usually progresses to become AIDS in an average of
ten years. This average, though, is based on a person having a
regular & reasonable hygienic diet. Someone living in a
resource-poor area might not be adequately nourished, consequent to
which, that person may well progress to AIDS and reach death much
more fast than the normal or an average person as explained above.
HIV antiretroviral
medication can prolong the time between HIV infection and the onset
of AIDS. Medicinal Researches in this regard are continuously being
undertaken by various agencies in various countries & new medicinal
drugs are being developed, and theoretically, someone with HIV can
live for a long time before it becomes AIDS. These medicines,
however, are not available in many poor and underdeveloped countries
around the world, and millions of people who cannot meet the expense
of this medication or to put it in other words do not have access to
these medication, continue to die
