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AIDS Defining Conditions

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) defines a person ashaving AIDS if she or he is living with HIV (HIV+) and has a CD4 cell count of 200 or less. The CDC has also developed a list of morethan 20 opportunisticinfections (OIs) that are considered AIDS-defining conditions (see below).If you have HIV and one or more of these OIs, you have a diagnosis of AIDS. This list comes from a governmentreport and contains medical terms. If...

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Fluconazole dosage for thrush?

Hello, and thanks for the forum. I hope this question is in the right place. My partner was diagnosed two weeks ago with advanced HIV, CD4 of 60 and a "high" viral load (percentage wasn't provided to us). Daily Bactrim double...

Response from Benjamin Young, M.D., Ph.D.

Rocky Mountain CARES

Hello, thanks for your post and questions.1) The fluconazole dose is entirely acceptable. Depending on the patient and circumstances, 100-200 mg once-daily of fluconazole is typically adequate. The duration of treatment seems a little short... Read more »

Defining AIDS (HIV VERSUS AIDS DIAGNOSIS DEFINITION, 2010)

If a persons cell count bounces back up above 200, or they beat an opportunistic infection, they are still considered to have AIDS. Why is that? I found out that I had HIV 17 years ago when I became extremely ill with flu-like symptoms but I also...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,See below. The information you requested was already waiting for you in the archives.Dr. BobCONFUSED ABOUT YOUR ARTICLE (DEFINITION HIV VS AIDS 2009) Feb 17, 2009In your answr to a patient , you said that the current definition of AIDS is not... Read more »

thrush/esphogial candida

At what stage would these infections occur? Would you normally see this six months after a possible exposure? Also, is an endoscopy always reliable in diagnosing esohogial candida?...

Response from Judith Feinberg, M.D.

University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine

Oral thrush can appear when T cells drop to about 350 cells or less. Usually oral disease precedes esophageal disease, which is considered an AIDS-defining illness and usually happens when T cells are about 200 or less. It is possible 6 months... Read more »

very low CD4 and now thrush

Hello, my husband is from Africa and after 14 months of waiting he recently arrived in the US, where I live. He is on HIV meds and when he arrived to the US his CD4 was 202 and it has since dropped to 142. His viral load was extremely high in Africa...

Response from Graeme Moyle, M.D.

Chelsea and Westminster Hospital

The fact that his viral load is now undetectable means that he is doing well with his medications and so should see gradual improvement in his immune function. This will lead to less infections happening. Thrush is are marker of HIV and a weakened... Read more »

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definately thrush!!

Posted by uhohblita, 5 Replies

After terrible bouts of bed sheet soaking night sweats, i woke up and definately had thrush!! small white patches in back of mouth and under tongue.. and terrible taste in mouth.. what is going on?!?!
for a reminder, i've had multiple elisa's neg at... Read more »

Question about thrush

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

Hello all,

I have a question about thrush, can it be caused do to your immune system being weakened by stress? Stress such as worrying if one has HIV? I ask this because I got tested for HIV twice, and both times the tests came back negative (this... Read more »