Antiretroviral treatment for HIV generally provides 20 years of life, but the exact time cannot be generalized due to the individual patient’s condition. AIDS is caused by human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, which is a very dangerous infectious disease. Currently, antiretroviral therapy is the first choice for the treatment of AIDS. If the patient’s condition is mild and relevant treatment measures are taken in a timely manner, the prognosis is good and the patient can live for 20 years. However, some patients with relatively serious conditions, poor treatment efficacy, and the emergence of opportunistic infectious diseases, opportunistic tumors and other complications, will affect their survival time, may only be able to live for about 2 years, the specific time to be based on their own situation to judge, can not be generalized. Once diagnosed with HIV, patients need to actively cooperate with doctors to take relevant treatment measures to avoid delaying their condition. In your daily life, you should ensure sufficient rest time, do not overwork, pay attention to dietary hygiene, to reduce the risk of gastrointestinal infections. Once fever, dizziness and other abnormal symptoms occur, you need to consult a doctor in time.