Do People With Severe Dysplasia Often Have Hiv Too

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Older People and HIV

How Many Older People Have AIDS? About 29% of all people with AIDS in the United States are age 50 or over. In 2001, this proportion was 17%. In some cities, as many as 37% of people with AIDS are older than 50. The number of older people diagnosed with AIDS is increasing. There are three types of older people with HIV: People who have been living with HIV for many years; older HIV-infected people who are just learning their HIV status; and...

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High grade anal dysplasia

I have high grade anal dysplasia. My colorectal surgeon does a visual inspection every 4 months to see if there are changes. He does not do HRA and has never done an anal pap to see if I have developed into full blown cancer. Do you recommend an...

Response from Mark Holodniy, M.D., F.A.C.P., C.I.C.

Stanford University, School of Medicine

I agree that given high grade dysplasia was found already, more sensitive testing than visual inspection alone should be performed. You could start with an anal pap, but that is best performed by someone who knows what they are doing and has access... Read more »

High grade dysplasia (anal)

Hi Dr. Pierone:This question is not about meds but I saw you answer other questions regarding this so I thought I'd give it a try (especially since there is no longer a category for this issue).I was diagnosed HIV+ in Jan. '07. I went on...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Hello, and thanks for posting. I am not an expert on anal dysplasia so I forwarded your question to Dr. Anthony Lee, an HIV specialist at the Orlando Immunology Center, who is an expert on this topic. I have paraphrased his comments: Unfortunately... Read more »

Anal dysplasia - getting more frustrated

HIV pos for 3 years. T cells 1900 on HAART therapy. Pos. anal dypasia (severe) first go around, (mild) second, and third was (moderate). The thought of this ever 6 months the rest of my life is getting old. The literature appears very vague to me...

Response from Gerald Pierone, M.D.

AIDS Research and Treatment Center of the Treasure Coast

Hello and thanks for posting.Combination chemotherapy and radiation is used for invasive anal squamous cell cancer and this approach is not appropriate for management of anal dysplasia (which is a precancerous condition). There are no studies that... Read more »

surgery for mild dysplasia

i have had pap smears every 6mths and coloscopy annually. results show mild dysplasia. my obgyn is suggeseting she treat the dysplasia by surgically removing with a loop technique. My tcell count went from 60 to 160 and VL completely supressed. what...

Response from Sharon Lee, M.D.

University of Kansas Medical Center

Dysplasia is most often associated with Human Papilloma Virus infection of the mucous membrane tissue. It is hard to clear this virus if it is entrenched. It is even harder in people who have immune dysfunction associated with HIV. If your tcell has... Read more »

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