Can Anemia Kill You

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Anemia

These approaches might not work. It may not be possible to stop using all medications that cause anemia. Two additional treatments are injections of EPO and transfusions. EPO (erythropoietin) stimulates the production of red blood cells. In 1985, scientists learned how to make synthetic EPO. It is injected under the skin, usually once a week. The most common brand of EPO is Procrit. In 2011 the FDA warned that using Procrit can increase the...

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Fatique and Anemia

My educated guess would be that the fatigue and anemia experienced by HIVers is directly caused by the toxic meds they're on...When are we going to wake up to the fact that it's the meds that are killing HIVers, not the phantom HI virus!...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,The phantom HI virus? What's that? Surely you didn't mean to type "phantom HIV virus," did you? There is absolutely no doubt that HIV exists and that it causes AIDS.Can fatigue and anemia be caused by AZT and other anti-HIV... Read more »

Fighting constant anemia confused and depressed HELP!

I was diagnosed a year and a half ago with HIV and had a high viral load with a CD4 count in the low 100s. I began a treatment regimes that included "Trizivir" and "Kaletra". Within one month of starting treatment my red and...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,A precipitous hemoglobin drop from 14 to 6 within nine days is impressive and worrisome. Red blood cells and hemoglobin can drop due to decreased production or increased red blood cell loss or destruction. That you began Trizivir and Kaletra... Read more »

Nonoxynol-9 resubmitted from the fatigue and anemia forum

Hi, I hope you can answer my question. I recently had protected vaginal sex with a sex-worker in UK. We used a Condomi-'supersafe' condom, which I recently found out is lubricated with nonoxynol-9. I've read also that this can...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,If the condom did not fail (break), then you are not at risk for your sex-worker hokey-pokey hanky panky. However, we do recommend avoiding products that contain nonoxynol-9. I'll reprint some information below from the archives that... Read more »

Severe Anemia - Need Help!

Dear Dr. Bob.I was diagnosed positive in 09/03, started treatment almost immediately as my infection was very advanced (CD4: 19 - VL: 5 Million) I'm 30 Y/O and at the time I had thrush and KS.After my 1st month on Combivir/Sustiva my labs were:...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Ed,Sorry to hear you are having such a rough time.Balancing treatment for AIDS and KS can be challenging. Your KS may well improve if your HIV infection comes under better control and allows for further immune reconstitution. So let's... Read more »

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anemia

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

can some1 recently infected devlope anemia? does 1 get this early during hiv or is it later in the disease?

Basically, is it possible to devlope anemia less then a year after infection? Read more »

Anemia y VIH

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Es cierto que la anemia les da a los enfermos con VIH en cualquier estado de la enfermedad, asi lo dijo los doctores Steve y Santana, pero estar con anemia no significa que uno este con VIH. Tambien los retrovirales suelen provocar anemia en algunos... Read more »

anemia and hiv

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

i read on an anemia website that people with hiv/aids tend to get anemia easily.
is it possible to get anemia from hiv 5 months after exposure/contracting hiv ?
or is this something that only develops in later stages of aids ? Read more »

anemia

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Hola, tengo varias dudas ms:
1 la anemia puede alargar el periodo ventana?
2 me han salido unos granitos en la espalda que a veces me pican, es un sntoma o es causa del stress?

Ojal todos tengamos salud, gracias Read more »

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