Once someone is diagnosed with AIDS, can they reverse it to where the levels are so low, it can no longer be detected?

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I don’t know about it being undetectable, but absolutely people rebound from medication and go back to living a “healthy” life. No way for us to know if that will happen for your friend, but it has happened for two people I know. They did need to change medications more than once over the years.

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