EXCLUSIVE: Brit sports star set to publicly announce they are HIV positive
Crystal Palace winning the race to land £75k-a-week Chelsea legend CahillMan Utd transfer news LIVE - Latest news and gossip from Old TraffordThe sports star will follow in the footsteps of US basketball legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson, 59, who announced he was HIV positive in 1991. He takes a daily cocktail of drugs to prevent his HIV progressing to AIDS.
British figure skater John Curry, who won gold at the 1976 Winter Olympics, announced he was HIV positive in 1987. He died of an AIDS-related heart attack aged 44 in 1994. HIV — Human immunodeficiency virus — is spread through sexual contact and blood. There are an estimated 101,600 people in the UK with HIV.HIV is a virus that attacks the immune system, and weakens your ability to fight infections and disease.
AIDS is the final stage of HIV infection, when your body can no longer fight life-threatening infections.Most infected people experience a short illness, similar to flu, two to six weeks after coming into contact with HIV.
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