AIDS Disease

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What Is AIDS, HIV and HIV Disease?

What Is HIV? What Is AIDS? What Is HIV Disease? What Is HIV? Each letter stands for the following terms: H -- Human -- because this virus can only infect human beings. I -- Immuno-deficiency -- because the effect of the virus is to create a deficiency, a failure to work properly, within the body's immune system. V -- Virus -- because this organism is a virus, which means one of its characteristics is that it is...

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New drug for Aids Wasting Disease

I would like to learn more about Serono's new drug, Serostim. How does it differfrom the growth hormones on the market now and what are it's advantages over them? Is it reimbursable? Is it readily available? What clinicals are out there?...

Response from Cal Cohen, M.D., M.S.

Harvard Medical School

Somatotropin (Serostim) is recombinant human growth hormone, which was just approved by the FDA. It is generally given by subcutaneous injection at a dose of 4 to 6 mg per day for 12 weeks, depending on body weight. It is generally well-tolerated,... Read more »

Is Hodgkin's disease an AIDS-defining illness?

Dear Dr.Dezube, I am a 34 yo HIV+ wm, recently diagnosed with Hodgkin's Disease. I had been healthy up to that point, on medication with an undetectable viral load, and normal CD4. Considering my diagnosis with the cancer, do I now have...

Response from Bruce Dezube, M.D.

Harvard Medical School

Even with a diagnosis of Hodgkin's disease, you do NOT have AIDS. Basically the CDC (Center for Disease Control and Prevention) definition of AIDS includes non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, but NOT Hodgkin's disease. Even though Hodgkin's... Read more »

Aids/Hiv Surviving the disease

I have read about people who were undoubtablly hiv/aids positive and some how there immune system manage to destroy the virus completely and they are truely hiv/aids negative with no signs or symptoms. Is this True?????...

Response from John L. Sullivan, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

There is no good evidence for an individual being HIV infected and then becoming HIV negative[ uninfected];JLS.... Read more »

AIDS is not a gay disease!(BUSH SUCKS!)

Dr.Bob, I believe that man who said the AIDS is a gay disease has a loose noodle! AIDS is a biological bug and that is that.And as far as Bush being the greatest president! What a joke! Bush is appalled by abortion but had no problem sending...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,Loose noodle, wet noodle, noodle-kadoodle, whatever . . . he's certainly out of touch with the realities of the pandemic. Bush is out of touch with reality in general. A "uniter, not a divider?" Please!Stay well!Dr. Bob... Read more »

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"The AIDS-like Disease Seldom Mentioned"

Posted by My3Cents

UK PROGRESSIVE published one of my letters about NON HIV AIDS.

This marked its 9th publication on 4 continents. This topic has been censored from mainstream media since 1992.

www.ukprogressive.co.uk/the-aids-like-disease-seldom-mentioned/article208... Read more »

4 stages to HIV disease

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

AMFAR AIDS HANDBOOK (Chapter 4, Page 53 )

There are four stages to HIV disease

1) Acute Infection Stage (500-1200 CD4s)- begins immediately after hiv enters the body and starts multiplying in infected cells. Acute infection ends about 2-6 weeks... Read more »

HIV a DISEASE or a CONDITION

Posted by Survivor, 4 Replies

SO WHAT IS IT???

This is a very intersting question is it not...? Pharma says it's a Condition, others +ve and -ve say its a disease and or condtion..

WHATS THE BLOODY ANSWER!?!?!?!

"Oh Eric, I am so sorry for you, thats a horrible disease." Read more »

Curious - Do any of you have bone or joint disease

Posted by ScotCharles, 6 Replies

A guy in my Old Geezers with AIDS group has recently been diagnosed with advanced osteoporosis. I have spinal ankylosis and osteoarthiritis (which seem insignificant to me just now). There are also reports of people with AIDS getting a disease of... Read more »

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