Do Hiv Medications Make You Sick

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What's the point...... sick of being sick

Posted by Anonymous, 7 Replies

I think I have lost my desire to keep fighting this disease. I am always tired and the meds make me sick.

My viral load is 30k and my cd4's are around 300... but I am just tired of it. I have was diagnosed in 97 and started feeling ill around the... Read more »

just got sick found out hiv + at 50

Posted by mike817, 4 Replies

my life is upside down I was just in the hospital for two weeks had tested neg two years ago now positive and my world is upside down. I started meds and I have little knowledge as to what I am going to experience over the coming months years. At 50... Read more »

scared sick or HIV?

Posted by QQQ, 2 Replies

Can anybody help? I had unprotected vaginal sex with female a met in a bar back in mid april 2000. She was slightly menstruating at the time. I developed some small zits around my groin area, but they went away after a week and have not returned.... Read more »

worrying myself sick!!

Posted by jerri, 3 Replies

It's me again all. I am soooooo scared right now. My doctor told me that my results were due tomorrow but he told me to call Wednesday since many times the results come back quicker because we are only about 30 miles away from the lab that the... Read more »

worrying myself sick

Posted by Anonymous, 1 Reply

I am looking for an opinion...Please, do NOT say "get tested" as I simply get ill just thinking about it. I just want someone, who knows something about AIDS to give me their opinion on the odds of being HIV+. Here is my scenario. OVer 13 years ago,... Read more »

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HIV and HIV-related sickness

Hi!Thank you for taking the time to answer my question. My boyfriend was diagnosed with HIV on May 20th, with an exposure date of April 8th and textbook symptoms 2 weeks after exposure. He has always had a fast metabolism so is trying to eat more...

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

Program for Wellness Restoration

It is important to find out what his CD4 cells and HIV viral load are right away. Those two numbers can tell us a lot about his health.Flu like symptoms without having the flu are not uncommon in those with HIV, specially with higher viral loads.... Read more »

Sickness bug and medications

Please can you help?I'm on medication for my HIV and take both Sustiva and Kivexa at 10pm every night without missing any!!!! The thing is over the Christmas period i was sick, once at 4 o'clock in the morning and again the night after at...

Response from Ewald Horwath, M.D.

University of Miami School of Medicine

With the CD4 count and viral load you reported, your antiretroviral medications appear to be working fine. I don't know what sickness you had, but not every illness is related to HIV. Even people without HIV sometimes get viral infections or... Read more »

Medic worried Sick :Body Lotion +Condom + Receptive anal with ejaculation [ no other similar questions]

Dear Bob, You have been a pillar of hope till now and your good luck karma has indeed been a blessing. 7 days ago, I tried anal sex for the first time with a working girl she-male. She used the Durex ultima extra thin condom with white creamy body...

Response from Robert J. Frascino, M.D.

The Robert James Frascino AIDS Foundation

Hello,Body lotion (including some by Johnson and Johnson) can be oil-based products, which are not compatible with latex condoms(causes denaturing). That the condom did not break is a good sign. There are no epidemiological statistics to quantify... Read more »

Chronic Sickness(HIV?)

Doctor, since my intial, severe ARS symptoms(specualation from the Emergency room Doctor)and after the exposure, it has been 1 year now. I have had ongoing("chronic-like")sickness. I feel sick for a while and then I will have a few good...

Response from Ryan M. Kull, C.S.W

Columbia University's Health & Related Services

Negative antibody screenings for HIV are accurate three or more months after exposure. A negative result 11 months after exposure is as exact as you can get.Your test results signify that your symptoms are related to something else. Talk with your... Read more »

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