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HIV causes thinner blood vessels? Apr 5, 2000 Dear Dr, I'm a doctor from Asia. I have a patient who was infected 20 months ago. He has never taken any anti-hiv medicine. I noticed that his blood vessels in both arms are becoming much thinner than that of one year ago. He also has yellow-colored urine for the past 3 months. Do you think that HIV can cause these problems? Thanks! Dr. Chua |
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 HIV (and its treatment) have been linked to loss of fat in the arms and around blood vessels but generally that makes the blood vessels look the same or bigger. I am not aware of any consistent observation of blood vessels getting smaller other than perhaps in the setting of wasting syndrome. Yellow urine could perhaps be a tip-off to a liver problem or dehydration/wasting. Keith Henry, M.D. | ||||||||
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