Man beats HIV!
British man claims to be cured of HIVSunday, 13 November , 2005, 22:48
London: In a sensational medical development, a 25-year-old British man has emerged as the first HIV sufferer in the world to be cured of the killer virus, a London tabloid claimed on Sunday.
Andrew Stimpson, a sandwich-maker, has miraculously tested negative for the virus after having it for more than a year, according to a report in the News of the World.
The results so dumbfounded doctors they repeated the test twice because they couldn’t believe it — but they could find no trace of HIV in his blood, it said.
They have labelled Andrew’s case "medically remarkable". And a spokeswoman for AIDS charity the Terence Higgins Trust said "nobody has ever spontaneously cleared themselves of HIV. It’s the statistical equivalent of going to the moon without a spaceship. HIV researchers will be jumping up and down about this."
Andrew will now offer himself for medical tests to unlock the secret in his body that has killed off a virus responsible for wiping out 20 million people worldwide since 1981.
"I feel truly special and lucky," he told the newspaper.
"All the doctors have told me it is a medical miracle that I am clear." "I remember after the repeat tests my doctor came into the room saying, You’ve cured yourself! This is unbelievable, you e fantastic! Its so amazing to think that one day I was staring death in the face and now I am waving it goodbye."
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