just out of curiousity

[curemee]

if a baby was born with HIV, how long can they survive?

[LIZZIE LOU]

this is a hiv forum.

[gabbyjane]

My daughters baby had a brain at 6 months in the womb - when she was born she only had a brain stem and part of the cerebellum - she was also born with Herpes - does strain 1 or strain 2 cause this?  

[curemee]

ok yes i heard babies die young if they aren't given retrovirals. i was wondering if they were on meds, can they live into their 20's??

[snippets69]

I searched for some info on this.  The only reference I could find said that most HIV infected babies die before the age of 8. ( http://www.****.htm )

25% of HIV infected mothers will pass HIV to their baby.  Much less (down to 8% and lower) if HIV is medications are being used to reduce transmission risk.

[curemee]

so they can live to 50 years old???

[lostone08]

possiblly all its life but its a shame some people are so selfish that they refuse a hiv test before birth and pass it to there children