Patient's question:
The child's grandmother fell ill, and it was only then that she was diagnosed with HIV (and the grandfather had been diagnosed 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 a year, the child slept with the grandmother. Now the child is seven years old. What is the likelihood of contracting HIV? How can it be inferred? At the age of four, the child had high fever, 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 transmission. Therefore, coming into contact with an AIDS patient in daily life will not result in 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. Grandfather 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 not be infected with AIDS.