Health: the first generation of elderly survivors of HIV feels ... - Weather Web

According to a recent study conducted by the University ‘of Keele and taken over by the British newspaper The Guardian, the first generation of older people who Thanks to new drugs introduced in the 90 ‘has managed to survive and live with HIV, feels lonely and marginalized. According to the data of the Agency for the protection of health one person in five (16,550) among those treated for HIV in the UK in 2011 had more ‘than 50 years (in 2002 there were a nine, 3,640 cases). Many have lived together for a long time with the virus but there ‘s also an increased incidence of infections in eta’ also made due to incorrect belief that older people are not susceptible to the virus, the Guardian writes. The study of the University ‘of Keele underlines the difficulties’ a community’ that you feel particularly marginalized. “HIV and ‘associated, in general, to young people. The population more ‘older living with HIV feels invisible. Many believe that there is nothing for them, “says Dana Rosenfeld, who oversaw the research. The survey, the most ‘big in the world of this kind, and’ lasted two years and involved two other universities’ British mental health centers and grassroots organizations. Have completed more than 100 interviews with HIV-positive people between 50 and 80 years. The result is’ that most of them feel the weight of social stigma. “Some people try so ‘so ashamed of their state who are unable to speak with their families, friends and neighbors. Who does not have a companion often afraid to die alone. And there ‘uncertainty about their health, “said the British newspaper. Rosenfeld for the first generation of elderly people with HIV are like the first men on the moon. “Every chronic disease generates uncertainty by definition, there are good days and not so good. But with HIV and aging there ‘even more’ uncertainty, “says a researcher at the Guardian. He adds: “If you have a symptom, and if you do not know ‘due to the normal aging process or HIV. People end up being ipercoscienti of their bodies and also overanxious. “