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Chosing the right Primary Care Physician

I just recently moved to the Atlanta area and i am finding it very difficult to chose a Primary Care Physician. I thought about a reverse decision and find a Infectious Disease doctor and ask for a recommendation. This whole move has made me very un...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Thanks for your post.Since HIV is probably the dominant issue for your health, if I were in your situation, I'd locate an HIV doctor that you can trust and ask her (or him) for a listing of primary care doctors that they'd recommend.... Read more »

HIV Specialist or Primary Care Doctor or Both?

My current primary care doctor is an HIV specialist in a busy medical center. Our appointments generally run about 15-20 minutes every 6 months at which we go over my labs and then talk about any other problems. My issue is that due to my doctors...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello and thanks for posting.You've asked a very important question- one without a single answer and one that has been the topic of many discussions. Here's a <a... Read more »

see the HIV specialist or primary care for sinus infection?

I was confirmed positive in March 2006, previous test Dec 2005 and my most recent tests reveal Vl 661/cd 664. Dr says stay calm, live sensible moderate life and you will be right for years, good things coming by the time you might hit the wall so to...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

If you have a bacterial sinus infection then you should take antibiotics to speed recovery. Although there is some risk of selection of resistant organisms with repeated courses of antibiotics, the risk of a severe untreated sinus infection is... Read more »

Doctor visit confusion

Hi Dr. Bob,Thanks for taking a second to read and respond to this. In a visit to my primary care physician today for the full scope of STD tests, I mentioned that I had a negative HIV antibody test done last week (four weeks post protected sex...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hey T,Protected sex is indeed protected, assuming the latex condom was used properly and did not fail, no matter with whom you are "doin' the nasty". For routine screening, a negative test at three months or longer is definitive in my... Read more »

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Verification of Primary Acute HIV infection.

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hello,

I may have contracted HIV through an unusual encounter (not via Sex nor Drugs nor blood)in April 1999. Refer to the URL for the story.
http://bbs.thebody.com/eshare/server?action=150&board=45&article=433

Shortly, from 10 to 16 May, I... Read more »

Dominatrix Visit Goes Horribly Wrong

Posted by Sprite1, 4 Replies

I'm a straight British guy, 25, who's always had a kinky side but never met a dominatrix for a real session. Most dommes don't do anything risky at all, as I understand it. However, I made the mistake of going to a Domme House that also offers full... Read more »

HIV and Primary Effusion Lymphoma (PEL)

Posted by SMARS, 1 Reply

Hello,

Back in October I discovered that my brother was diagnosed with HIV, feel free to review the post with subject "HIV Care US vs. India and Living in the Mid East". In the last two months we have been doing more tests. We've discovered that he... Read more »

Acute Primary HIV Infection

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello,

I may have been infected from an incident sometime in early Oct '99.

10 weeks later, on 23 Dec 99, I've developed a low grade fever, runny nose, bad cough, sore throat and a lot of thick yellow phlegm/mucus. After having taken the medicine, I... Read more »

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