jamotto Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Link quote:A MAN who tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes Aids, has subsequently shown up negative for the disease in a case that has mystified doctors. It was claimed last night that Andrew Stimpson, 25, may have shaken off the virus with his own immune system after contracting HIV in 2002. If proved, the NHS has said the case would be “medically remarkable”. It could provide vital information to researchers looking into treatments for HIV and Aids, which has killed about 3,800 people in Britain since the 1980s. The worldwide annual death toll is more than 3m. The Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS trust, which treated Stimpson, has said he needs to undergo more tests before it can be established how he apparently conquered HIV. “These tests were accurate and they were his, but what we don’t know at the moment is why that has happened, and we want him to come back in for more tests,” said a spokeswoman. “It is potentially a fantastic thing.” Stimpson was tested three times in August 2002 at the Victoria clinic for sexual health in central London and the results showed he was producing HIV antibodies to fight the disease. Stimpson, originally from Largs in Ayrshire, contracted the virus from his boyfriend, Juan Gomez, 44. He began taking vitamins and other dietary supplements to keep his body healthy in the hopes that this might fend off the development of full-blown Aids. In October 2003, after impressing doctors with his good health, Stimpson was offered a new test, which came back negative. Further tests in December 2003 and March last year also proved negative. “It was the last thing I expected. I was astonished. I was baffled too,” he told the News of the World. “I couldn’t understand how anyone could cure themselves of HIV . . . I thought it had to be wrong because no one can recover from HIV, it just doesn’t happen.” The tests were re-checked by the Chelsea and Westminster Healthcare NHS Trust when Stimpson threatened litigation believing there must be a mistake, but the results confirmed all the tests had been accurate. In a letter understood to be from the NHS Litigation Authority in October this year, Stimpson was told: “The fact you have recovered from a positive antibody result to a negative result is exceptional and medically remarkable.” The trust said there had been several other cases of claimed “spontaneous clearance” of the virus worldwide, although it is not believed any have been proved. A spokeswoman added that the trust had urged Stimpson to return for tests, but that so far he had not done so. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 Get some of that man's blood and start making the vaccinne you idiots!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Prezioso Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 I have read about the number of infant children that are born HIV positive who later shed themselves of the didease. As far as I know, doctors still are at a loss for how. One theory suggested that the tests are not reliable at too young an age for some reason or other, but that can't account for ALL cases. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamotto Posted November 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 It was bound to happen eventually. Hopefully he allows them to do furthur tests so a possible cure can be found. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
weegee_101 Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Well there is some proof that the black death, which the majority of citizens in London were not immune to when it became an epidemic, eventually died off and people grew immunities to it. There are many theories but one is that the body eventually found ways to combat it. Maybe this is one of those cases? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jamotto Posted November 16, 2005 Author Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 He is probably one of the few lucky soul's out there that are lacking the correct receptors on his T-Cells that the virus needs to infect the cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted November 16, 2005 Report Share Posted November 16, 2005 Just as people with Sickle Cell anemia are resistant to Malaria. Makes sense to me, it's a possibility,that's for sure... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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