Patient's question:
The child's grandmother fell ill, and only then was it discovered that she had transmitted HIV (and the grandfather had been diagnosed with it over a year ago but had been constantly blaming us). The child was raised by the grandmother from birth until the age of four, and for one year, the child even slept with the grandmother. Now the child is seven years old. What is the likelihood of transmission of HIV? How can it be inferred? At the age of four, the child had high fever with convulsions and tonsillitis that required hospitalization. Currently, everything seems normal.Doctor's answer:
The transmission routes of AIDS are blood transmission, sexual transmission, and mother-to-child horizontal transmission. Therefore, coming into contact with an AIDS patient in daily life will absolutely not lead to infection. Moreover, according to your description, the child was raised by the grandmother before the age of four, but the grandmother did not have AIDS at that time. Grandpa was only diagnosed with AIDS a year ago, but by then, the child had already stopped living with them. So my conclusion is that the child should absolutely not be infected with AIDS.