Am I At Risk For Getting AIDS If I Had A Kidney Transplant?

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HIV and Kidney Disease

Why Should People With HIV Care About Kidney Disease? HIV disease can cause kidney failure due to HIV infection of kidney cells. This is known as HIV-Associated Nephropathy or HIVAN. Other causes of kidney disease include diabetes and high blood pressure. These problems, especially HIVAN, are much more common in African-Americans. Taking some medications used to treat HIV infections or related health issues can also cause kidney disease. Kidney...

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Kidney Transplant

I live in Honolulu. I have been HIV+ for over 15 years. My kidneys eventually gave out (ESRD) and I am now on dialysis.However, the answer that I keep receiving from my medical team is "we don't do transplants because of the risk of the...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

In many transplant centers HIV+ patients doing well on treatment are candidates for a kidney transplant and generally seem to do almost as well as HIV- patients after the transplant. KH... Read more »

Kidney problem with AIDS

My X-wife like myself is living with AIDS.She is having kidney problems that may require a transplant.She has a very low CD count of 60 and is on kidney dialysis.What has been the status of people getting a tranplant that are living with this...

Response from John L. Sullivan, M.D.

University of Massachusetts, Medical School

We have very little information on kidney transplants in HIV infected individuals; there is a large national study underway; a recently published study in Kidney International[ april 2005] showed a godd 2 year outcome in 40 individuals on HAART with... Read more »

Kidney Transplantation

Hello Doc.My question is whether I can give up my kidney for my brother while having AIDS, will I pass the virus during the transplantation? Also My viral load has been undetectable and ELISA and DNA PCR undetectable for 3 months after the exposure....

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

If you have HIV infection and AIDS, any organ will contain HIV virus, and therefore be transmitted to a recipient. Any transplant team will scrutinize the donor for a variety of diseases including HIV. They will determine whether to use a particular... Read more »

kidney transplant in hiv patients

are there any trial studies being done on kidney transplants for healthy hiv patients if so, where and what were the results? bill...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

I am sorry but I am not aware of any studies on kidney transplants for HIV-infected patients. I suspect that some of the larger transplant centers may have had some experience with this issue, but I have not seen any information. I hope you can find... Read more »

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HIV/AIDS related kidney problems...

Posted by alexzander, 2 Replies

i have a question and was wondering if ANYONE out there knew even a little bit....people who are HIV+ (i myself have AIDS) but is it common to see tons of reoccuring kidney infections?! i mean these have been going on for months and months....i'm... Read more »

whats my chance of getting AIDS by giving oral sex

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

About 3 weeks ago I gave oral sex to a sex worker in China. It lasted for about 1-2 minutes and I didn't feel any cuts in my mouth. What would be the possibility of me contracting AIDS this way assuming if she was HIV positive?

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Kidney Dialysis and AIDS

Posted by AlecPupah, 1 Reply

Hi, I am in the beginning stages of dialysis. My T-cells are currently 112, my viral load 40,000. Not great but better than they have been in years. Anyway, I am wondering if anyone else has been in this same situation that may be able to give me... Read more »

Getting tested tomarrow, High risk

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I got tested a couple of years ago and was neg. But my bf was a iv drug user before I ever met him and he had lots of gf that used drugs and cheated on him. I did not realize the extent of his use till his family informed me of it. I have not told... Read more »

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