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Can You Have Surgery If You Have Aids
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Ask the Experts
Heart Surgery & AIDSMy triple bypass surgery was delayed for three weeks because the surgeon said that I wasn't strong enough physically. I am currently UD and CD4's are over 500. Surgeon was concerned because I was 5 to 7 pounds uderweight. He also said that...
Response from Cade Fields-Gardner M.S., R.D.
The Cutting Edge
Just the fact that you are underweight makes your surgery a bit riskier. Surgery challenges the immune system without HIV infection. HIV infection is a chronic inflammatory disease and can complicate surgery because of a greater risk for...
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Plastic Surgery for Person with AIDSI was diagnosed with HIV in 1986. I became a paraplegic in 1988. I have had multiple myocutaneous... Read more »Fractures and surgery on persons with AIDSI am a rehabilitation case manager helping an injured worker with his on the job injury (fx of the... Read more »
Articles
Countries Should "Carefully Weigh" Ability to Add Male Circumcision to HIV/AIDS Prevention Strategies, Letter to Editor SaysAlthough male circumcision might not be "brain surgery," that "does not mean that it is simple to provide safely in countries with weak public health services," Lyn Messner, an Africa program officer for the International Women's Health Coalition ,... Read more »
South Africa: Literacy Trainers Lend a Hand in HIV/AIDS CareThe NGO Operation Upgrade has included AIDS as a topic in its training courses for several years. Recently, however, it became evident that a dedicated project was necessary, because tutors found that many of the approaches used to spread AIDS... Read more »
Lambda Legal and ARCW Resolve Discrimination Case on Behalf of HIV-Positive Woman Denied SurgeryMilwaukee, Wis. -- Today, Lambda Legal and the AIDS Resource Center of Wisconsin (ARCW) announced that the discrimination lawsuit they brought on behalf of Melody Rose, a woman living with HIV who was denied gallbladder surgery, has been resolved. ... Read more »
HIV-Positive Patients Can Do Well After SurgeryIn a new study, researchers set out to observe surgical outcomes of HIV-patients compared with uninfected patients. Dr. Michael Horberg and colleagues reviewed the records for 332 HIV-positive patients who had had surgery between 1997 and 2002.... Read more »
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Surgery
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
Does a hospital test a person for HIV before major surgery and if so will they inform the patient if they are positve.Read more » surgery
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
when you have surgery do they test for hiv in your blood workRead more » HIV Testing and Surgery
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Was wondering if anyone out there knows whether it is standard hospital practice to test patients for HIV prior to major surgery. ThanxRead more » surgery
Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply
is it safe to have surgery? relatively healthy but i have a hernia which should be fixed laproscopically. is this safe to have done? greater risk for infection,etc ?Read more »
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