HIV Linked To Degenerative Joint Diseases

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Atripla and Degenerative Disc Disease

Hello,I have been positive since 2006. At the time of diagnosis I had a VL of over 100,000 and a CD4 count that was rapidly dropping. I started Atripla 3 months after being diagnosed due to the fact that my VL was not going down. After starting...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

HIV treatment may contribute to bone loss (check DEXA scan) but has not been shown to specifically cause disc disease (that applies to Atripla as well). I cannot with any confidence recommend an alternative HIV regimen that would provide... Read more »

Arthritis like symptoms in joints - due to meds

My 62 year old mother has been HIV+ since 1989 and started taking medications immediately upon diagnosis. Within the past year or so she have been experiencing several pain in the hips. She can not walk 50 feet with out having to stop due to the...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

Elderly persons can get pain in their hips from conditions like osteoarthritis or degenerative joint disease independent of their HIV status or treatment. HIV treatment may be linked to a vascular necrosis of the hips (data is soft at present)... Read more »

Degenerative spine

Dear Sirs; In a 6 year period I ve had three spine surgeries, I ve had HIV 19yrs/full-blown 6 yrs. I am a long term survivor. My therapies have never gotten my viral load lower then 2800 highest t cells 290 I just under went a spinal fusion of 4...

Response from Brian Boyle, M.D., J.D.

Cornell University, Weill Medical College

It sounds like you have been through a lot lately. Most of the bone/spine disease that I have encountered has been related to opportunistic infections, but there have been reports of protease inhibitors causing osteoporosis/osteopenia (bone loss).... Read more »

are the following symptoms: muscle pain, joint pain, throat pain, night sweats, lymph gland pain all together only connect to hiv?

are the following symptoms: muscle pain, joint pain, sore throat, night sweats, lymph gland pain, oral thrush all together only connect to hiv? There are no other diseases it could realte to really, right?...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Those symptoms are all related to HIV, and many other viruses including flu, mono and others.MH... Read more »

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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 »

eyelids swelling joint pain thrush on lips

Posted by Anonymous

can anyone tell me is this related to hiv infection? Read more »

eyelids swelling joint pain thrush on lips

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can anyone tell me is this related to hiv infection? Read more »

muscle & joint pain

Posted by ElGringo, 1 Reply

Just wondering if anyone else has probs with joint disease or muscle wasting? I didn't have much of an issue til about 3 yrs ago & the cartilidge in my joints started withering away. Did the usual xrays etc & short of joint replacement, only... Read more »

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