Children On Hiv Medication And Autistic Symptoms Due To Medication

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Talking With Your Children About HIV: HIV Awareness for Children

Table of Contents Introduction The Facts About HIV Starting the Discussion Talking to Children of Different Ages Taking Care of Yourself Related Info Sheets by The Well Project Introduction HIV is a tough subject for parents, guardians, and caregivers to discusswith their children. However it is important that all families have thisdiscussion. There are many reasons you may want to discuss HIV and AIDS withyour children: you...

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Co-administration and contraindications of EDTA and HIV medications.

Dr. Henry,Thank you for your prompt response, last night, Feb, 28th, on my inquiry of alternative treatments for experienced HIV patients who suffer with cardiovascular side effects, but it appears that you 'skirt' around many of my...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

I have seen no data regarding the safe use of EDTA in HIV + patients so I cannot comment further. Before responding to your question previously I reviewed several discussions on the topic of EDTA chelation therapy (including the one reproduced... Read more »

New data on HIV medication in children?

I have represented a lot of Social Security disability applicants over the years. I know that in the past, there was concern about the long-term effects of HAART meds on children - who did not have a fully developed immune system when they...

Response from Keith Henry, M.D.

University of Minnesota, School of Medicine

I am not the best person to answer that question. Younger persons with HIV infection often have a more pronounced CD4 recovery on effective ART compared to adults partly due to a larger/more functional thymus gland. Newer HIV regimens often get... Read more »

Acute HIV, Diahrre & Medication; Medical reasons for early testing?; Acute HIV treatment??

Dear Dr Bob,first of all let me thank you SO MUCH for running this fantastic site, and for providing such a positive inspiration for coping with HIV.Now several questions (please answer, altho by comparison with some of the qus asked here, these are...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello Nick,Thanks for your kind comments.Proceeding directly to your specific questions:1.Even though I have no idea what "possibly lesious" means, I would absolutely agree your HIV risk is negligible to nonexistent.2.Whether it's... Read more »

Life Insurance medical exam/Similar symptoms to HIV/AIDS

Hello I have 2 questions:1) What happens if an individual has been declined for life insurance due to having the HIV virus or the AIDS virus yet unaware? Does the Life Ins. Co. normally notify the individual (by mail, ph, etc?)and advise...

Response from Lynn L. Franzoi

Worldwide Benefits for Fox, Inc.

Usually when a person is declined coverage, either the insurance company tells him why or advises him how to get more information with respect to why coverage was denied. I do not know what disease has symptoms closest to HIV but it is probably... Read more »

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HIV Positive Doctors and Medical Students

Posted by JumptheHorizon, 4 Replies

Hi everyone,
I have good reason to be worried that I have HIV, and am waiting the time to be retested (first was negative, which was about one month after I think I could have been infected, but my lymphocytes were down).

Anyway, what is the story for... Read more »

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Posted by Anonymous

Wondering more about the why than the matching up of a symptom.

Folks talk about HIV symptoms. It seems like a dry mouth, lymph nodes swollen, shortness of breath top the list of what people "match up" as symptoms.

My question isn't to dispute if... Read more »

Have we been over medicated all along?

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Big pharma is going to love this study. This is amazing to me!

By Deborah Mitchell

DENVER (Reuters Health) - It may be possible to maintain long-term suppression of HIV and prevention of immune deterioration, while significantly reducing dyslipidemia,... Read more »

Will a child with hiv exhibit symptoms

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

If a child was born or contracted hiv as a child, would they eventually exhibit syptoms when they are older? I thought they would but read somewhere that a child got it as a baby (through pregnancy) and went all the way to college before they found... Read more »

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