Can HIV be fully cured?
There is currently no cure for HIV, which means we can’t completely remove it from the body. However, scientists around the world are researching how to make a cure for HIV. Antiretroviral treatment is not a cure, but it does control the virus. It means that people with HIV can live long and healthy lives. People who develop AIDS without taking any kind of HIV treatment typically live about three years, post-AIDS diagnosis (HIV. gov-a, n.d.). That life expectancy shortens to one year once they develop a dangerous opportunistic illness like candidiasis, herpes simplex virus, or tuberculosis (CDC-a, 2019).