Chills Could I Have AIDS

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Follow-up on son (PWA) chills for over 9 months

As a mother of a son with AIDS, thank you for answering my earlier question. Recent blood tests revealed his TNF is elevated. I looked this up in AIDS Treatment Glossary where it refers to "fever, "chills"...and probably helps HIV...

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

Stanford University, School of Medicine

Sounds like you have been through alot. TNF stands for tumor necrosis factor. It is a natural chemical that the body makes in response to various kinds of infections or cancers (hence the name tumor where it was first isolated). Many different cells... Read more »

Damnit dude, I love you! Dr.Bob= kickass man! Everyone worried about hiv needs to totally chill out!!!

For a while I was worried that I was infected with hiv, and i was 100% sure I had it! I had almost... Read more »

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D. »

Chills and nosebleed

I'm not sure which forum to post this in and I'm not even sure if it's an... Read more »

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Iranian Doctors' Conviction Could Damage Public Health

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KALKIN are you PAULB? If so Chill the @#$% out!

Posted by Anonymous

Paul or Kalkin...chill out! I don't understand you! You have been to more than one HIV Specialist and yet you refuse to accept their advice and instead choose to believe the advice of some hack passing off as a GP on ICQ no less! You are losing... Read more »

A Real Chill in the air...

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Reading the story of INFECTED truly brings a chill to me..I agree with the person who is looking for more information as to how this could have happened. This could and should be a learning experience.

I called the CDC last night and they... Read more »

chill out

Posted by Anonymous, 4 Replies

Well, this is for all you ww out there. The last three months of my life have been terrible due to one horrible mistake I made in las vegas. I slept with a girl I didnt even know after a drunken night in the club and I didnt use protection. The next... Read more »

let's chill a little

Posted by Anonymous

I am new to this site, but I have to say I have found it very informative. One thing I must say we all need to get ourselves under control (you know who you are) A few hours ago I was a basket case still worring, I tested negative after 14... Read more »

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