Sentences with phrase «asymptomatic period»

Although the disease is not progressing as quickly as many experts feared, this is primarily due to earlier diagnosis and treatment with drugs such as AZT that prolong the asymptomatic period before the HIV - infected person develops full - blown AIDS.

An asymptomatic period that occurs between the onset of diabetic hyperglycemia, the elevated blood sugar levels that are a hallmark sign of type 2 diabetes, and clinical diagnosis is estimated to last from four to seven years, and many people are estimated to have had the condition for an average of ten years prior to diagnosis and treatment.

After an asymptomatic period, when the pancreas cell destruction is complete and the clinical diagnosis is done, the disease requires insulin administration for life.

Thanks to virus - fighting drugs (antiretrovirals), this asymptomatic period, known as the «chronic» or «latency» phase of the disease, can essentially be extended indefinitely.

Dogs with MMVD frequently develop congestive heart failure after an asymptomatic period.

FIV is a virus that causes AIDS in cats; however, there is a long asymptomatic period before AIDS occurs and our job is to prolong this asymptomatic period.

FIV is the virus that causes AIDS in cats; however, there is a long asymptomatic period before feline AIDS occurs and our job is to prolong this asymptomatic period as long as we can (The average life expectancy from the time FIV is diagnosis is 5 years).

The EPIC study (Evaluation of Pimobendan In Cardiomegaly) found pimobendan extended the asymptomatic period by an average of 15 months, while dogs that received the drug also lived significantly longer than those receiving a placebo.

Therefore, treatment focuses mainly on extending the asymptomatic period or, if symptoms have set in, on easing the secondary effects of the virus.