The autonomic nervous system (ANS or visceral nervous system) is the part of the peripheral nervous system that acts as a control system functioning largely below the level of consciousness, and controls visceral functions.
ART significantly extends the likelihood of surviving for several decades, according to the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services. If untreated, HIV-positive persons typically live in clinical latency for around 10 years. Individuals on ART are not likely to have their HIV infection reach the AIDS stage. If the viral infection progresses to that stage, survival is estimated at around three years.
Statistics: Worldwide. Nearly 37 million people are now living with HIV. 2.6 million are under the age of 15. In 2014, an estimated 2 million people were newly infected with HIV. 220,000 were under the age of 15. Every day about 5,600 people contract HIVâmore than 230 every hour. In 2014, 1.2 million people died from AIDS. Since the beginning of the pandemic, nearly 78 million people have contracted HIV and close to 39 million have died of AIDS-related causes. As of March 2015, around 15 million people living with HIV (41% of the total) had access to antiretroviral therapy.