HOW FAST DOES NEWLY HIV INFECTED LOSE WEIGHT

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The Stages of HIV Disease

HIV Is a Continuum Infection Primary Infection (or Acute Infection) Seroconversion The Asymptomatic Stage Early- and Medium-Stage HIV Symptomatic Disease Late-Stage HIV Disease (AIDS) HIV Is a Continuum Most of us are used to thinking of disease in very simple terms: if you feel sick, you are sick; if you feel healthy, you are healthy. However, because HIV may begin causing subtle changes in the immune system long before an infected...

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Newly diagnosed and gaining weight

34 male newly diagnosed 2.8.00 hospitalized intensive care with PCP for 8 days (4 days put into coma and mechanical ventilator inserted) when they awoke me I was told I had hiv, cd4 104 and vl 62000. started meds 2.22.00 sustiva, zerit, videx. vl...

Response from Marc Hellerstein, M.D., Ph.D.

University of California Berkeley & San Francisco

Great summary of your medical and personal situation! There are a lot of things to think about, from what you brought up.First, what kind of weight do you want to have on your body, and what kind of weight will help or harm your health? Having extra... Read more »

low t-cell/high viral load in newly infected individual

My brother tested positive to hiv a month ago, and is showing a cd4 of 50, viral load of 200,000. He also suffers numbness of his feet/hands. The doctors suggested he must have been infected 10 years ago, but he did have a negative test result in...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

It is possible to have been infected 5 years ago and have a CD4 count of 50 now. His doctors are referring to studies which suggest that people on average lose about 50-70 CD4 cells per year of infection. Treatment should be very effective in... Read more »

Newly Infected woman

First of all, thank you for this wonderful site.I have been positive for 15 years and am male. My sister recently (last week) tested positive. She was negative at this time last year. I really do not know what to tell her about getting started....

Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

In general, HIV infection in women is not much different than that in men. For both men and women it is important to be evaluated by a physician knowledgeable in HIV infection. Such an evaluation should include confirmation of the HIV infection, a... Read more »

Newly Infected woman

Response from Brooks Jackson, M.D.

Johns Hopkins University, School of Medicine

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newly infected could possibly have aids

Posted by johnjsteinbeck, 1 Reply

i was recently infected but belive i am an extremely fast progressor. after sero my immune system was basically nil. and it has slowly gotten better.

However i now have early symptomatic signs of hiv. I have recurrent bouts of angular cheiltis,... Read more »

Newly Diagnosed, Medication Overload!

Posted by whyyyyyy, 2 Replies

Sleeping away on a mid-summers night alone in my bedroom with the window opened up halfway, I lay there in a dream state. Dreaming of a life other than my own I explore this other world with such vividness it's almost like I've gone into realm of my... Read more »

Newly diagnosed HIV+ BF and me Negative

Posted by Obvious1, 4 Replies

In January My boyfriend of 4 yrs, and father of our daughter whom is 2, was diagnosed HIV+. A little history. In March of 09, he was diagnosed with Hep B. 3 months prior to that he had a tattoo cover up from a friend in his home. The Drs. feel he... Read more »

Losing Hope Fast

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

After having sex with a girl (The condom slipped off) I contracted something about a week later. I had to pee every other minute, aches, sore throat, swollen tonsil, dark-colored spot on the head of my penis, etc. I went to the doctor, who gave me... Read more »

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