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When it comes to the symptoms of HIV/AIDS, there are three major points to keep in mind: There's a big difference between the symptoms of HIV and the symptoms of advanced HIV, also known as AIDS. It's what you do that puts you at risk for HIV -- not how you feel. Your mind is a powerful thing. 1.There's a big difference between the symptoms of HIV and the symptoms of advanced HIV, also known as AIDS. HIV is a virus that attacks...

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Bruising Easily--Am I Positive?

I am HIV-negative, but I have safe sex (no penetration) with my HIV-positivepartner. He has been positive for 12 years, and one noticable symptom he has is that he bruiseseasily, and bruises take a long time to heal. Suddenly, I am having the same...

Response from Rick Sowadsky, M.P.H.

Nevada State Health Division AIDS Program

Hi. Thank you for your question.In your post, you state that you have tested HIV negative. If you aretesting HIV negative at the time that you're showing symptoms, it indicatesthat your symptoms are not HIV or AIDS related. An infected person... Read more »

Bruising

What on earth would cause a person to bruis so easy other than HIV infection? Is it when your blood is not right? Could other things like Hep A,B, C, etc. cause this? Could just being ill for several months with strange symptoms cause this?...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Many other blood disorders could be causing it.MH... Read more »

bruising

Hi Dr. Holodniy, I was just wondering i cought herpes on my genitals and in my mouth last november and ever since then i have been constatly worrying about HIV. The only sysmptoms i would see on myself that would be associated with this would be...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Given your negative HIV tests, it is unlikely that you have HIV infection. It is very difficult to determine timing of herpes infection. If you have been sexually active in the past, you could have caught herpes then and symptoms might only be... Read more »

Bruising question

About 2 weeks after some kissing with a girl I know absolutely nothing about, the back of my forearm, quite near my elbow, developed a lump with the surrounding part of it being very lightly bruised. Not violet, more like dark pink. Anyway, the only...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Crazy Nervous Guy,"Is this a cause of worry?" Well, technically speaking it is indeed a cause "of worry," because you're worrying about it. However, it is not a cause "for worry," as kissing is not a risk for... Read more »

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Strange bruises

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Lately I have noticed weird bruises on my arms and legs. I am not sure where any of these came from. They look like normal bruises but with purple splotches inside them. Is this a symptom of AIDS?

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