Diet Lupus Hiv Positive

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Lupus and false positives??

After living a year thinking she was positive . . and finally getting her to face her fears and go the HIV clinic in our county . . . and them asking lots of questions about who, when and how she was "diagnosed" after the blood work came...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,A miracle? Nah. There is a much more logical explanation. A number of people will test repeatedly positive on HIV-antibody tests year after year, even though they are not HIV infected. The reason is that HIV-antibody tests do not actually test... Read more »

lupus, Fibromyalgia, and HIV follow-up I went back anyways!

Hey Dr. Bob - I couldn't stand not knowing with the symptoms I am having - sore throat, neck... Read more »

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

hiv/lupus

I tested poz for hivand my doctor ordered another test that came back inconclusive.My mother has... Read more »

Response from Keith Henry, M.D. »

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Canadian AIDS Treatment Information Exchange

Study Links Diet to Health in HIV Positive Men

One of the hallmarks of untreated HIV/AIDS is unintentional weight loss, or wasting. In the early 1980s, before the name AIDS was given to the pandemic, people in East Africa referred to AIDS-related wasting as "slim" or "slim disease." There... Read more »

AIDS Community Research Initiative of America

Diet Wise, Pound Foolish: Promoted Diets for HIV

Research on drug therapies is traditionally given a higher priority than research into nutrition due to profit potentials. Put simply, protease inhibitors generate significantly more profits than bananas. Since there are so many variations among... Read more »

This Positive Life: An Interview With HIV Prevention Activist Jose Ramirez

Table of Contents HIV Diagnosis at 17 From Childhood Trauma to Positive Action Talking About HIV With Family, Friends, Partners and Young People Mixed-Status Couples, Safer Sex and HIV Risk Through the Ages Tip, Tricks and Challenges... Read more »

Living Longer and Healthier with HIV: Three HIV-Positive People Share Their Advice

IT'S BEEN SEVERAL months since the Eleventh International Conference on AIDSended. While the conference consisted primarily of medically technicalpresentations, there were a few sessions specifically intended for those ofus who are actually living... Read more »

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Lupus affect hiv testing

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

If you had lupus and never been diagnosed becasue it may not be that severe could it still cause you to seroconvert late? Is so how late and would a 3 month test give you a false negative, false positive, or intermediate? Read more »

Falling for someone HIV positive...

Posted by Pan, 4 Replies

Hi,

This is my first time posting here. Well, I am 30-years-old and HIV negative. I always practice safer sex, with a low number of partners, and get tested regularly. Remaining negative is a really high priority for me.

Well, about one month ago I... Read more »

lupus

Posted by Anonymous, 2 Replies

I was just diagnosid with lupus,Ive been testing for hiv so far im neg.Lupus has alot of the same symptoms as hiv,ive had a hard time believing my neg hiv tests for this reason.Does anyone know if having lupus would delay or effect antibody hiv... Read more »

Lupus and HIV testing

Posted by Kate808, 2 Replies

Today the doctor diagnosed me with lupus. Would lupus delay antibody production or cause false negatives? Read more »

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