Dealing With Diabetes And Hiv

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Diabetes and HIV/AIDS

Table of Contents What Is Diabetes? Symptoms of Diabetes Glucose Tests Who Is at Risk for Diabetes? What Problems Can Diabetes Cause? How Are Diabetes and Pre-Diabetes Treated? HIV and Diabetes Taking Care of Yourself What Is Diabetes? Diabetes and pre-diabetes are serious conditions in which people have high levels of sugar or glucose in their blood. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC),...

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Diabetes and HIV

Do you have any statistics as to how long an HIV+ person with Tcells of 200, VL<50, and diabetes can expect to live? My diabetes is in check, and I take my meds (Sustiva, Norvir and reyataz) faithfully, however, my Tcells have steadily declined...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

It is distinctly unusual for CD4 count to decline in the face of controlled viral replication. But with a CD4 count of 200 the chance of HIV-related complications is extremely low. The regimen that you are on is a bit unusual, but it is being... Read more »

Diabetes and HIV

I have preexisting diabetes and I recently found out that I have HIV. Do I need to be concerned about starting antiretroviral therapy? ...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

There are no differences in the guidelines for HIV-infected patients with diabetes mellitus. But since some HIV medications may exacerbate diabetes mellitus (in some patients) it is important to take this into consideration when it comes time to... Read more »

Diabetes HIV Sugars

Hi, I have HIV and I am a diabetic. I am veruy careful what I eat. I take insilun 30 units in the morning and 26 at night. still my blood sugar is high. What can i do?Thanks...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

The management of diabetes is complex and includes lifestyle modification (dietary changes, exercise), medications for diabetes, and monitoring of glucose levels and glycosylated hemoglobin, and surveillance for complications. In my opinion this... Read more »

Diabetes and Hiv/aids.

Hi, I have diabetes! And I was wondering since I get bloodwork done every like 3months will my bloodwork show that I have hiv/aids. Like, can you see hiv/aids with any blood work? Or does it have to be a certain kind?...

Response from Nelson Vergel, B.S.Ch.E., M.B.A.

Program for Wellness Restoration

You need to get an ELISA, western blot, or HIV viral load test to make sure. There are changes that happen to people who are infected with HIV: Low HDL and total cholesterol, increased in MCH and other values in a CBC-SMAC. But the only sure way is... Read more »

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diabetes & hiv

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Does anybody know if having diabetes would effect hiv antibody production after infection??? I'm a juvenile diabetic who tested negative (ELISA) at 6 weeks and i'm so scared that my body hadn't developed antibodies yet. Please let me know if anyone... Read more »

hiv+diabetes

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

Anybody out there managing both hiv and diabetes? Would like to start correspondence. Read more »

hiv and diabetes

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I'm on HIV and type II diabetes meds, and for the past month intermittently get small welts on my legs that last about 2 hours then go away. They're round red, don't itch. Lacitc acidodsis or what???? Read more »

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