Disease Unique To Hiv

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Bone Health and HIV Disease

Introduction What Is Bone? Who Is at Risk? What Is Osteopenia? What Is Osteoporosis? What Is Osteonecrosis? How Is Bone Loss Diagnosed? Preventing Bone Loss Treating Bone Loss Concerns for People Over 50 Access to Medicines Research on Bone Loss The Bottom Line Introduction As people living with HIV take HIV drugs over time, a growing list of conditions has become a concern for those who try to manage their overall...

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Unique question: Tagging gun HIV transmission

Hi there,I am very surprised that this question has not been addressed on this site before, as I think it is really important. It pertains to the HIV transmission risk when using a tagging device (tagging gun) to attach tags to clothing in a retail...

Response from David Wohl, M.D.

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill

Tell me again how this could lead to infection? I t would take the tagging of an HIV+ person followed by immediate application of the same needle to an uninfected person. How and why would such a thing happen? Even the most trigger happy... Read more »

Unique Question, Please answer, $100 donation promised !

Hi Dr Bob, Thanks a million for taking the time out to help everyone, I promis to donate and help out whichever way I can. My question: I am very scared about a potential exposure, performing unprotected cunnilingus on a prostitutefor about 5...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hi,1.You are correct: you should not be trying to diagnose yourself.2.Symptoms do not equal HIV disease. You should not be trying to diagnose yourself.3.If you are concerned that you've placed yourself at risk for HIV, then get HIV tested at... Read more »

My unique story being a WW

I am from an Asian country. 4 and a half years ago when I was 23, fresh out of college and naive. I was made drunk by a "friend" and brought to a sex worker. Drunk as I was, I was magically able to use a condom. Unfortunately, there was a...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Amazing story! Thank you for taking the time to write in and share your experience. It's enlightening to see how you propelled yourself through several countries, the GRE, and graduate training programs in chemical engineering and physics... Read more »

Unique testing question.BOOHOO?!!PLEASE

Dear DOC I dont know if you have been reading my posts and ignoring me. I know you are bussy and propably bored to answer long posts but please i have read EVERY SINGLE ORAL SEX POSTS THERE IS in this forum and i havent found anything similar to...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Well, you certainly have been persistent in submitting your question; however, my response to you is the same as it is to all oral sexers: The risk is extremely, extremely low. I'll very briefly try to respond to your multi-part... Read more »

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my story isn't unique but...

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I Thought About You: a unique memorial project

Posted by ithoughtaboutyou

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I Thought that visitors to this bulletin board might find a remembrance and memorial project being conducted for The International AIDS Conference in Barcelona of particular interest.

I Thought About You, an official program of the XIV... Read more »

4 stages to HIV disease

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

AMFAR AIDS HANDBOOK (Chapter 4, Page 53 )

There are four stages to HIV disease

1) Acute Infection Stage (500-1200 CD4s)- begins immediately after hiv enters the body and starts multiplying in infected cells. Acute infection ends about 2-6 weeks... Read more »

HIV a DISEASE or a CONDITION

Posted by Survivor, 4 Replies

SO WHAT IS IT???

This is a very intersting question is it not...? Pharma says it's a Condition, others +ve and -ve say its a disease and or condtion..

WHATS THE BLOODY ANSWER!?!?!?!

"Oh Eric, I am so sorry for you, thats a horrible disease." Read more »

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