Antiretroviral therapy (ARVT) increases life expectancy of HIV-infected people by 10 years, scientists say. This means that now people with HIV live as long as those who are not infected with the virus.. The results of the study were published in the medical journal Lancet..

In the study, the authors reviewed 18 works of scientists from Europe and North America, covering more than 88 thousand in total.. people who started taking antiretroviral medicines in 1996–2010.

Among those who started treatment in 1996-2007, the percentage of deaths in the first three years was higher than among those who started treatment in 2008-2010.

Modern drugs have fewer side effects, it is more difficult for the virus to develop resistance to them, and improved programs for the prevention and treatment of diseases in HIV-infected people make it possible to avoid the consequences of diseases as much as possible.. Those who started taking ART after 2008 have every chance of living to an average of 78 years - as well as people who are not infected with HIV.

However, among those who became infected while injecting the drug, there was no such significant progress..

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