HIV may help prevent MS

[seaguy]

Saw this on Yahoo news http://news.yahoo.com/hiv-may-help-prevent-multiple-sclerosis-225416068.html

[wood]

I mean this makes perfect sense, but its a terrible reason to get HIV. MS is an autoimmune disease, so the body attacks itself. immune responses are not always comfortable or pleasant, but in the vast majority of circumstance they are there to protect us.

Many people with depressed immune systems because of advanced HIV or AIDS, initially noticed that their allergies went way. This wasn't a good thing, it just meant the immune system no longer had enough cells to fight allergies as well as other pathogens.

[seaguy]

I'm not sure there is any good reason to want to get HIV in my opinion but for those who think or feel otherwise maybe this kind of news is at least good to know.